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Chief Holm reflects on achievements in 2023
As this year winds down to a close, North Battleford Fire Chief Lindsay Holm is taking time to look back at the local events that shaped 2023."Actually 2023 all the way around was a pretty good year,"...
Dec 20, 2023
Sturgeon Lake high school student helps warm Prince Albert's homeless
A Grade 12 student at Sturgeon Lake Central School is embodying the Christmas spirit.Paris Joseyounen was among a number of students brought into Prince Albert on Monday to get props for their Christm...
Dec 20, 2023
Oregon State, Washington State eye affiliate membership in West Coast Conference, AP sources say
Oregon State and Washington State are working on a deal to become affiliate members of the West Coast Conference for basketball and other Olympic sports for two years, two people with knowledge of the...
Dec 20, 2023
Qapik Attagutsiak, last survivor of Inuit war effort and beloved elder, dies at 103
Qapik Attagutsiak was already a young woman in 1940, a mother at ease on the land and a skilled midwife, when she heard about a conflict occurring among many people in faraway lands. Qapik, who prefer...
Dec 20, 2023
Community Grant Program to benefit Battlefords, Lloydminster and Meadow Lake area programs
The Community Initiatives Fund (CIF) will provide some added benefit to programs in the North West region in the latest installments. Family programs will receive support in the Battlefords, Meadow La...
Dec 20, 2023
Outback Thunder believing in better fortunes for second half of the season
The Carrot River Outback Thunder haven't had the best start to their 2023/24 campaign, to say the least, but from here on out, it can only get better.Currently, the Junior B club is sitting in last pl...
Dec 20, 2023
Murals showcase unity of tri-communities during COVID pandemic
Three commemorative murals representing Air Ronge, La Ronge and the Lac La Ronge Indian Band emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic as a tri-community have been completed. Donna Langhorne, known for her ...
Dec 20, 2023
Trinidad winger Tyrese Spicer ready to make jump to Toronto FC first team
TORONTO - Tyrese Spicer remembers the tough times growing up in Trinidad. "Not having enough money to buy sneakers, buy cleats, to go to school. Not having enough money to eat," he recalled. "I had so...
Dec 20, 2023
P.A. kids go Christmas shopping with police
Using recommendations from their schools, 25 children got to spend several hours of their school day on Wednesday with members of the Prince Albert Police Service and shop for their families. Each chi...
Dec 20, 2023
NDP Justice Critic Nicole Sarauer visits North Battleford to learn about communities public safety needs
The justice critic for the Official Opposition was recently in the Battlefords to learn about what the communities' public safety needs are.Nicole Sarauer, MLA for Regina-Douglas-Park and NDP critic f...
Dec 20, 2023