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These past several days I have been wasting my time watching live gavel-to-gavel coverage of the American political conventions, both online and on TV. I use the words "waste of time" deliberately, because that's what it has been.

June 11, 2008 was a historic day for all Canadians.

Though Canada's Residential Schools may have been started with noble intentions, they are now, over 100 years later, a black mark on Canada's history.

The father of the man serving a life sentence for the murder two RCMP officers is in some legal trouble of his own. Art Dagenais, father of convicted killer Curt Dagenais, was arrested and taken into custody last week.

The new name of the newly-merged Curling club in the Battlefords is the Twin Rivers Curling Club. That was the name selected following the name-the-club contest that took place this year.

Finalists have been announced in the categories for this year's Battlefords Business Excellence Awards.

An 18-year-old man is dead following a two-vehicle crash on Highway 3 on the east side of Turtle Lake near Turtleford Friday morning.

Two young offenders have been charged in the armed robbery of a cab driver in North Battleford Aug. 8. Both will appear at North Battleford Provincial Court in September. The cab driver was robbed at about 2:30 a.m.

An 18-year-old man is dead following a two-vehicle crash on Highway 3 on the east side of Turtle Lake near Turtleford Friday morning.

North Battleford Fire and Emergency Services sent personnel out on several calls over the weekend, but the incidents were all minor. At 6 p.m. Sunday, three firefighters responded to a call at 1101 - 99th St.