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MEOTA — The Prairie Women on Snowmobiles enjoyed their morning coffee with Pearl’s homemade doughnuts, Feb. 6, in the Meota Community Complex. There were 10 ladies who were riders, along with their staff and crew of workers.

UNITY — By looking at her five-foot stature you wouldn’t expect the strength and power she possesses. However recent competition results demonstrate just how wrong that assumption is.

It has been estimated that one-third of Canada’s homeless are youth. On any given night 65,000 youth are without a place to call home. Crystal’s Home opened its doors in North Battleford in 2008.

Years of effort have come to fruition with the opening of a new 24-hour homeless shelter operated by the Lighthouse in North Battleford.

Battlefords-Lloydminster MP Gerry Ritz was in his riding Monday after a few eventful days in the American capital the week before.

Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz isn't convinced an inquiry into the issue of missing and murdered Indigenous women would serve any purpose. “I don’t.

The Rights of Children

Saskatchewan's western neighbour estimates the annual cost to municipal, agricultural and industrial infrastructure could easily be $75 million if quagga and zebra mussels invade Alberta's lakes, rivers and irrigation canals.

The Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission has appointed two new commissioners to its ranks. Colleen Cameron and Heather Kuttai have been appointed to join the commission with a five-year appointment made through an order-in-council Feb. 5.

Maidstone RCMP say damage to and thefts from portable buildings being stored at a business near highways 303 and 16 east of Lloydminster would have taken significant time to accomplish.