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Burgers, a back hoe and freaky tasting food were some of the highlights of the Maidstone School Community Council's Back to School Backyard Barbecue held last Wednesday.

There were a lot of unfamiliar faces in key roles Friday for the North Battleford Composite Vikings to kick off the 3A football season.

If there is a hope for beleaguered rural communities in finding and keeping doctors, that hope has just been given a face.

The United Church of Canada celebrates its 85th anniversary this year and in celebration, the Richard United Church Women association organized a program to honour the historic event.

Who is your favourite North Star? Just wait, you may not want to answer that just yet. The Battlefords North Stars are in the midst of evaluating and working towards their 2010-11 opening day roster.

Teachers in the Living Sky School Division kicked off a series of professional development seminars, which will see a greater emphasis placed on students' learning profiles.

SEPTMEBER 8 North Battleford Men's Touch Football League has one game on the schedule. The Home Hardware Broncos play the Gophers at Centennial game time is 6:30 p.m.

The Saskatchewan Roughriders improved to 28-16 all-time record in the Labour Day Classic with a 27-23 victory over the rival Winnipeg Blue Bombers Sunday before another sellout crowd of 30,048.

Sept. 9 marks the 12th anniversary of the first international FASD Awareness Day. Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder is the leading cause of development disability among Canadian children.

Another Battlefords senior soccer season is in the books and the trophies and awards were handed out in mid-August. After winning the league, The Little Pine Ladies were upset in the championship tournament by the Athletics.