First Person

What's new about Las Vegas

John Cairns ,  Staff Reporter / Battlefords News-Optimist

March 19, 2018

As you can tell by looking at the pictures accompanying this story, I am back from my latest vacation to Las Vegas earlier this month. This served as my “winter getaway ...

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