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Garden Chat: Easy-to-grow plants for the Canadian Prairies

Garden Chat: Easy-to-grow plants for the Canadian Prairies

Edging, rock garden or groundcover? [Part I]
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How to keep your kids safe at the pool, beach and cottage this summer

How to keep your kids safe at the pool, beach and cottage this summer

Accidents happen while people are taking selfies and are too close to the edge of a waterfall or a river. ada.
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Sask. wildfire evacuees save Battlefords residents from fire

Sask. wildfire evacuees save Battlefords residents from fire

Four security guards from English River First Nation, Dwayne Bourassa, Ethan Maurice, Roger McCallum and Edwin Gunn saved two elderly residents from a house fire in the early hours of the morning on May 30.
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Gilbert Katerynych: The Sask. photographer drawn to the camera

Gilbert Katerynych: The Sask. photographer drawn to the camera

Everybody Has a Story
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N B'frd UPAR construction projects to run through June to September

N B'frd UPAR construction projects to run through June to September

12th Avenue UPAR improvement is scheduled through June, while several blocks along 98th Street are set to receive improvements from June to September.
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Naomi Yellowtail cleared of arson charge in apartment fire

Naomi Yellowtail cleared of arson charge in apartment fire

'I think this is probably the best result at this time given the frailties of the Crown’s case': Mike Nolin, defence.
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Former RCMP S/Sgt Darcy Woolfitt named to Order of Merit

Former RCMP S/Sgt Darcy Woolfitt named to Order of Merit

Woolfitt was invested as Member of the Canadian Order of Merit of the Police Forces by Governor General Mary Simon.
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Battlefords RCMP gang unit make arrests

Battlefords RCMP gang unit make arrests

North Battleford RCMP Gang Task Force executed one search warrant at a home in the 1200 block of 105 Street, in North Battleford and a second at a property approximately two kilometres east of the city. 
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Letter: City of North Battleford targeting residents with unfair fines

Letter: City of North Battleford targeting residents with unfair fines

Focus on back alley trash, ignoring the city’s real problems.
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Crop report: northwest leads the province in seeding progress

Crop report: northwest leads the province in seeding progress

Producers are grateful for the rain received this week. However, more will be needed soon to keep crops in good condition.
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