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Listen To The First-Ever Radio Broadcast LIVE From A Snake Pit
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Never satisfied with the ordinary, Robert Ripley had to make his radio broadcasts unique. He spoke from all over the globe, with transmission towers carryi...
Dec 17, 2018
The Modern-Day Marco Polo’s Preferred Passport Stamp: China
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Though Robert Ripley sought as many Believe It or Not! stories as he could by researching in the library and fan submissions, he also spent a great deal of...
Dec 17, 2018

Letter To Santa Found After 120 Years
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! This Week [December 9-15th, 2018] A diamond ring found in the sewers, festive pothole, and spirit of Christmas past. Have A Heart A Southwest flight bound ...
Dec 17, 2018

Advice On How To Live Over 100 From One Of The Oldest People On Our Planet: Art Janssen
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Something in the Santa Rosa Water Robert Ripley was born in Santa Rosa, California, in 1890. He was equal parts explorer, reporter, artist, and collector-a...
Dec 17, 2018

The Strange But True History Of Robert Ripley
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Born LeRoy Robert Ripley in Santa Rosa, California, the small-town boy who would eventually be called the Modern-Day Marco Polo cultivated a curiosity for ...
Dec 17, 2018

Sunday's Scoreboard
Sunday’s Games SJHL Flin Flon 1, Kindersley 3 Nipawin 1, Battleford 2 OT SFMAAAHL PA 4, Swift Current 6 Battlefords 3, Regina 2 SO Notre Dame 6, Weyburn...
Dec 17, 2018

Stars top Hawks thanks to overtime magic
With just over a minute gone in 3-on-3 overtime, Quintin Loon-Stewardson jumped over the boards to join his elder brother Elijah and Cody Spagrud on the ice. Carrying the puck out of his defensive end...
Dec 16, 2018

Stars set for early bird start vs. Hawks
The Battlefords North Stars return to action tonight for the final time before the Christmas break, as the team welcomes the league-leading Nipawin Hawks back to the Civic Centre for the second-straig...
Dec 16, 2018

Holiday shopping trends in the Battlefords
With the holiday season upon us and the countdown to Christmas just over a week away, various local businesses in the Battlefords have been thrust into full swing with residents in the community shopp...
Dec 16, 2018

Saturday's Scoreboard
Here are Saturday’s scores: WHL Prince Albert 7, Swift Current 5 Brandon 6, Saskatoon 5 (OT) Moose Jaw 6, Regina 3 Edmonton 3, Calgary 2 (OT) Leth...
Dec 16, 2018