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Baseball season has begun. After several weeks of practice indoors, one bantam, one peewee and possibly four mosquito baseball teams have begun practice and will soon have games on the diamonds.

Ophthalmology services were on the agenda when members of the Prairie North Health Region board met April 27. CEO David Fan provided information about ophthalmology services in PNHR, in response to a newspaper article.

Several Northwest students were recognized at Lakeland College awards night ceremonies at the Vermilion campus March 8 and at the Lloydminster campus March 23.

A monumental part of Humboldt's history is the story being told at the Humboldt and District Museum and Gallery (HDMG). The Sisters of St.

For the last 19 years, children in the Battlefords have had something special to look forward to with the coming of spring.

Great golfing, great food, great company and a great cause - that is how Claudette McGuire, Battlefords Union Hospital Foundation executive director, describes the annual Wayne Pruden Memorial Golf Tournament.

Prairie North Health Region is receiving $1.45 million for repairs to health care facilities and equipment upgrades. The funding is part of the $133.

Confusion reigned at city council, as councillors struggled to figure out what to do about an application for a medical clinic in the north end of the city.

Not everyone can finish first in a race - or even second or third. Someone has to bring up the rear, and that was the fate of Green Party candidate Norbert Kratchmer in Battlefords-Lloydminster Monday.

North Battleford council has put on ice a proposal by a local entrepreneur to operate a mobile ice cream stand on modified all-terrain vehicles.