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It is an organization for all. The Food Connection For All, a non-profit organization that runs programs like the Collective Kitchen and Community Garden, has changed a lot since its inception.

The Battlefords Trade and Education Centre has received some new information about its proposed new facility to be located on 105th Street.

Businesses in the Glaslyn area now have a greater voice with the formation of the new Glaslyn and District Chamber of Commerce. The new organization is in the middle of its first year of operation, having incorporated officially on Jan. 1, 2012.

Several Northwest students are among 80 high school graduates with career aspirations in the skilled trades awarded $1,000 from the Saskatchewan Youth Apprenticeship (SYA) Industry Scholarship Program.

Battleford town council meets only twice in the last two months of summer, so there was much to discuss at their most recent meeting, Monday.

A man charged in connection to a drug bust in Medstead appeared in court last week. Scott Anderson, 43, of Medstead was in court Thursday morning in North Battleford Provincial Court.

They've done it. The St. Mary's Villa Foundation (SMVF) has raised enough funds to purchase a new bus for over 100 residents of the level four care home in Humboldt. The SMVF made the announcement on July 16 that they had reached their goal.

The Craven Jamboree ended with yet another mud bath this past weekend, and the Lumsden RCMP have released initial numbers of some of the mayhem that seems to accompany the annual music festival. According to Sgt.

It was a wet weekend for the Muenster Midget AA Red Sox. The Red Sox played two away games on July 14. In the first game, against Moose Jaw, Muenster won the game 7-2.

They're using bridge to cross the country. Donald Buttinger and Lorrence Pfeil will be competing at the national 55-Plus Summer Games in Nova Scotia in August, thanks to a bronze medal win at the provincial event in Saskatoon July 3-5.