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Boss Babes End of Summer Showcase
Come on out this Saturday to support your local boss babes! Concession will be open and there is free admission. Door prize tickets are 1 for $5 or 3 for $10 with all proceeds going to Battlefords Men...
Sep 06, 2018

Gold Eagle Casino gives boost to back to school program, other charities
The Gold Eagle Casino in North Battleford gave its support to the local community once again Wednesday, through the annual SIGA Day of Sharing campaign. This year it supported the Battleford...
Sep 06, 2018

The 1950s Science Kit That Had Real Uranium
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Gilbert Atomic Energy Lab In 1950, American inventor-and magician-Alfred Carlton Gilbert sought to bring the marvels of nuclear physics to the playtimes of...
Sep 06, 2018

New Guinean Finger Chopper Used To Mourn The Dead
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Finger Chopper The death of a spouse has severe emotional repercussions, but for the women of New Guinea’s Danai tribe, it also can mean great physic...
Sep 06, 2018

RCMP appealing for information on missing teen's location
Meadow Lake RCMP are asking for help in locating a 14-year-old Indigenous female last seen at the Flying Dust First Nation Powwow. Shaylene Roy is described as five-foot-six, weighing 115 pounds. She ...
Sep 06, 2018

Local hotel recognized just months after opening
Just two months after opening, the Comfort Inn and Suites in North Battleford has been recognized by Choice Hotels Canada. The hotel, which opened June 28, is still being finished up, yet it was recog...
Sep 06, 2018

Celebrity Sports Dinner
The Battlefords Minor Baseball is hosting a Celebrity Sports Dinner with special guests Tom Henke and Danny Cox. For full details, see the poster below.
Sep 06, 2018
Is this for real?
The CFL turned into the second half of its schedule with a few teams tottering on the abyss. Meanwhile others are looking around and like the Talking Heads are asking themselves...well, how did I get ...
Sep 06, 2018

PA Chuckwagon and Chariot Season Wind-Up
The Prince Albert Chuckwagon and Chariot Season Wind-Up will be this weekend at the Prince Albert Exhibition Grounds. Carts go at 2:00 p.m. and Wagons at 5:00 p.m. There will be Cowboy Church on Sunda...
Sep 06, 2018

Wednesday's Scoreboard
Wednesday’s Games MLB American League Cleveland 3 Kansas City 1 Toronto 10 Tampa Bay 3 L.A. Angels 9 Texas 3 Detroit 10 Chicago White Sox 2 Houston 9 Minnesota 1 Oakland 8 N.Y. Yankees 2 ...
Sep 06, 2018