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"All of us have a duty to promote treaty because we are all treaty. We would all not be here if the Crown didn't sign treaty with the First Nations.

The CIBC Employee/Retiree Ambassador program has provided an opportunity for three CIBC staff and one CIBC retiree to access $2,000 for the Blaine Lake Centennial committee for its monument project.

Maidstone's Royal Eccentric Dynamic (RED) Hatters held their 4th annual Festival of Trees last week.

Leask Recreation Board Christmas craft and trade fair Nov. 26 showcased 32 craftspeople, artisans and independent distributors with representation from Spiritwood, Shell Lake, Blaine Lake, Leask, Saskatoon and many locations in between.

Sometime between Nov. 25 and 26 tires on a black 1994 Pontiac Grand AM parked on the 1500 block of 101st Street were slashed. Five men broke into the swimming pool area at a hotel located on the 900 block of 101st Street Nov.

The Royal Canadian Legion Speers-Hafford Branch No. 116 held their 60th Remembrance Day Service at Hafford Communiplex Nov. 11. More than 175 took part in the service. The service began with Legion member Rolland Pelletier marching in the colours.

The fourth annual Cowboy Christmas parade hit the streets of Battleford Nov. 12 after participants shook off what looked like some bad weather brewing and stuck it out for what turned into a fine day for a parade.

Recruiting doctors takes time. Humboldt's Doctor Recruitment and Retention Committee (HDRRC) has been making progress on bringing more physicians to Humboldt. "Things are happening.

RCMP are once again calling on the public for assistance in locating a person missing since June from Red Pheasant First Nation. They are trying to locate Ronald Peequaquat, age 46, who went missing June 25.

Spiritwood RCMP are seeking the public's help with respect to a break and enter near Chitek Lake, Saskatchewan. The alleged break-in activity took place at Chamakese Resort.