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Bed shortage separates elderly couple

Bed shortage separates elderly couple

Annie and Edmund Baier have known each other since they were children in war-torn Germany. As teens, they escaped from East Germany together, climbing over the Berlin Wall in the dead of night.

Man faces 18 charges

A Battleford man accused of sexual assault against minors will return to court next week. David Smith appeared by video link from Saskatoon in provincial court in North Battleford July 19.

North Battleford hit by the summer of storms

The Battlefords has joined the long list of Saskatchewan communities to fall victim to this year's summer of storms.

Seniors lodge complaint

When people think of River Heights Lodge, they often think of it as a senior's lodge. Lorraine Wright, a special care aide at the facility, has worked there for the past 17 years and has noticed in recent years the admittance of younger patients.

State of Emergency declared in North Battleford

Hour-long deluge of rain and hail floods basements, roadways

Watch out for West Nile

It's approaching the end of July, and that means health officials are on the lookout for West Nile Virus.
Deadly crash

Deadly crash

One killed, four injured in terrible collision on Hwy. 5

We are not Riderville

The Battlefords' chances of winning the Where is Riderville? contest went down the drain Saturday. Five finalists in the Saskatchewan Roughriders contest as part of the club's 100th anniversary celebrations were announced on the weekend.

Delorme to jail for pizza robbery

A woman who pled guilty to a humiliating robbery-gone-wrong is going to jail.
Defunct railroad equipment nifty way to travel

Defunct railroad equipment nifty way to travel

Not everyone was at the Craven Country Music Jamboree or the Roughrider game at Mosaic Stadium in Regina.