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Entries open for annual Battleford parade
Anyone planning to take part in the Town of Battleford’s annual parade can sign up now, and entry forms are available on the town's website. Those wishing to field a float will need to register ...
Jun 13, 2018

Celebrity Sports Dinner
Do you want an exciting evening out where you don't have to do the cooking, you can sit back and relax? Then, grab your partner, friends and family and join us for the Inaugural Celebrity Sports Dinne...
Jun 13, 2018

June proclaimed Recreation and Parks Month in N.B.
The month of June is Recreation and Parks Month in the City of North Battleford. The proclamation was brought forward at Monday's city council meeting and passed with a unanimous vote. Mayor Ryan Bate...
Jun 13, 2018

Learn to Make Cute Tea Pot Cups
The Battlefords Immigration Resource Centre is hosting an event making Tea Cup Plant Holders on June 21 at 6:30 p.m. Please register ahead of time. See the poster for full details.
Jun 13, 2018

POLL: Are you a member of a neighbourhood watch or similar group?
Jun 13, 2018

Responding to the needs of victims
If you are a victim of crime in the Battlefords area and are unsure of where to turn, the staff at the Battlefords Victims Services program want to help. Battlefords Victim Services is a non-profit or...
Jun 13, 2018

National Crime Prevention Strategy Funding Programs
Public Safety Canada is working to build a safe and resilient Canada through the National Crime Prevention Strategy, which provides time-limited funding in the form of grants and contributions. ...
Jun 13, 2018

Psychograph: The Pseudoscientific Phrenology Machine
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Phrenology Phrenology has been called pseudoscience, quackery, and fringe. During the 1800s, however, the study of the bumps on a person’s head was f...
Jun 13, 2018

5 Weird Americanisms And Their Origins
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Americanisms Have you ever paid attention to the things we say? My neck of the woods? Shooting the breeze? Riding shotgun? They're such timeworn clichs, we...
Jun 13, 2018
This Artist Paints With His Palms
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Handstamping Art Russell Powell of San Jose, California, stamps his art onto paper after carefully painting his palms. One day, while teaching art at an el...
Jun 13, 2018