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As the final few days of May rushed by, preparations for the final events of the school year have been underway. The grass is really green on the playground, thanks probably to all those rain showers in May.

As most of you will know, before moving to Maymont I had worked as a case worker for Child Find Saskatchewan.

As the Battlefords North Stars were holding their year-end banquet last month, graduating forward Keaton Holinaty was given a heads-up from head coach and general manager Nate Bedford that he would be getting a phone call in the coming days.

Grade 10 student Nicholas Bertoia accomplished something that hasn’t happened in a long time Saturday in Saskatoon. Thanks to a throw of 35.

It was a busy but rewarding weekend for Wilkie’s Treyton Pernitsky.

Josh Hill made sure that his final event for Medstead Central School was one to remember.

Playing in the National Hockey League is no small feat. And that feat was not lost on members of the community as the Humboldt and District Sports Hall of Fame is getting set to induct former NHLer Brad Lauer into the hall.

With no picks until the third round Friday, the Battlefords North Stars had a simple approach to things during the 2017 Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League bantam draft in Nipawin.

There’s something about the North Battleford Exhibition Grounds that agrees with what Kris Molle does every time he races around the chuckwagon track.

Battlefords North Stars general manager and head coach Nate Bedford will have a brand new experience Friday in Nipawin.