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New arena study to be more detailed, comprehensive
The new study the City of North Battleford has proposed to look at replacing the aging Access Communications Centre will be much more thorough and comprehensive than the study done by the prior counci...
Jan 27, 2024

Aryna Sabalenka beats Zheng Qinwen 6-3, 6-2 to clinch back-to-back Australian Open titles
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Aryna Sabalenka clinched back-to-back Australian Open titles with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Zheng Qinwen on Saturday in a one-sided women's final. The No. 2-seeded Sabalenka brok...
Jan 27, 2024

In an RV outside Walmart, a senior dreams of housing as 'dramatic reversal' plays out
VANCOUVER - Seventy-seven-year-old Keith Light is back at home in a recreational vehicle outside a Walmart in East Vancouver, having recently been discharged from hospital after an accident. He's glad...
Jan 27, 2024

Atmospheric rivers roll over B.C., melting snow and triggering flood warnings
VANCOUVER - Balmy weather and a series of rainstorms forecast for British Columbia's South Coast have set off flood advisories for rivers, streams and low-lying areas. Environment Canada says a series...
Jan 27, 2024

North Stars fall 5-4 to Bombers in epic OT clash
For all the hype surrounding Friday night's opening game of the season series between the Battlefords North Stars and Flin Flon Bombers, the game itself delivered on all fronts, with the Saskatchewan ...
Jan 27, 2024

Cobra Chickens come from behind to edge Blades in shootout
On a night that they identified as the Lake Country Cobra Chickens in a nod to the Canada Goose, the Prince Albert Raiders showed the kind of tenacity that's commonly found in the northern bird.Traili...
Jan 26, 2024

Golden Knights skate past Rangers behind Marchessault's hat trick
NEW YORK (AP) - Jonathan Marchessault scored three times, Adin Hill stopped 36 shots and the surging Vegas Golden Knights beat the New York Rangers 5-2 on Friday night. Keegan Kolesar and Sheldon Remp...
Jan 26, 2024

Bucks officially announce they have hired Doc Rivers as their coach
MILWAUKEE (AP) - Doc Rivers is about to resume his coaching career at a place where his jersey hangs from the rafters. The Milwaukee Bucks officially announced Friday night they had hired Rivers to ta...
Jan 26, 2024

Doncic scores franchise-record 73 points, tied for 4th in NBA history, as Mavs edge Hawks 148-143
ATLANTA (AP) - Luka Doncic scored a franchise-record 73 points, tied for the fourth-most in NBA history and surpassed only by Wilt Chamberlain and Kobe Bryant, to power the Mavericks to a 148-143 win ...
Jan 26, 2024

Wrestling icon Vince McMahon resigns from WWE after former employee files sex abuse lawsuit
STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) - Wrestling icon Vince McMahon resigned Friday from WWE's parent company the day after a former employee filed a federal lawsuit accusing him and another former executive of serio...
Jan 26, 2024