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Operation Popeye: America’s Secret Weather Warfare Project
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Militarizing Meteorology As the United States became quagmired in its conflict with the Viet Cong in the late 1960s, one military operation looked at a way...
Jun 28, 2018
Opium Pipe And Scales, Relics Of A Blight In China
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Opium Pipe And Scales Though the drug has been used for millennia, the 13th century popularity of opium in China outmatched any period in history before. A...
Jun 28, 2018
CARTOON 06-28-2018
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Source: CARTOON 06-28-2018
Jun 28, 2018
Chumak Way cycling tour ready to roll through Battlefords
The Chumak Way peace cycling tour will be rolling through the Battlefords in just a few days. The cyclists, who are Ukranian war veterans, are travelling 10,000 kilometers across the United States and...
Jun 27, 2018
Dekker Centre dealing with financial challenges
The Dekker Centre is expected to move out of the red and into the black in the near future after finishing 2017 with a $17,500 deficit, based on the general manager’s latest report. When the Dek...
Jun 27, 2018
Carbon tax could mean bad news for Sask. GDP: study
The Saskatchewan government says it now has the numbers and research to prove a federal carbon tax would be bad for the economy. Environment Minister Dustin Duncan unveiled the results of a study by r...
Jun 27, 2018
MP Falk’s office officially opens to constituents
Constituents in the federal riding of the Battlefords now have a place where they can voice their concerns with their Member of Parliament. Rosemarie Falk, who was elected almost seven months ago, off...
Jun 27, 2018
City signs new collective agreement with CUPE Local 287
The City of North Battleford and Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 287 union committee representatives came together to sign a new collective agreement at Monday’s council meeting....
Jun 27, 2018
Riders’ Duron Carter pleads not guilty to pot possession
Saskatchewan Roughrider Duron Carter is fighting his pot possession charge. The lawyer for the 27-year-old entered a not guilty plea on his behalf at Saskatoon Provincial Court Wednesday morning. Cart...
Jun 27, 2018
Battlefords United FC getting set for Provincials
With the World Cup on everyone’s minds right now, it's a great time to get out and watch a game live right here in the Battlefords. This weekend the Saskatchewan Soccer Youth Provincials will be...
Jun 27, 2018