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North Stars Hockey School kicks off Monday
The Battlefords North Stars kicked off Day 1 of their annual summer Hockey School Monday at the Access Communications Centre. Forward, Jake Southgate is one of the Stars' players on-hand to help with ...
Aug 16, 2021

Recap: Preston Faithful wins Percy Derocher Memorial Cup Championship
The Canadian Professional Chuckwagon Association (CPCA) made a stop in Meadow Lake over the weekend for the Percy Derocher Memorial Cup Championships. The event marked one of very few public gathering...
Aug 16, 2021

NW Territorial Days Parade set in North Battleford
There's just a few hours until parade time for families in the Battlefords.The Northwest Territorial Days Parade, held by the Battlefords Agricultural Society, gets underway this evening at 7:00 p.m. ...
Aug 16, 2021

Meadow Lake RCMP seeking information related to attempted arson
The Meadow Lake RCMP is asking for the public's assistance in identifying suspects involved with an arson attempt at the Sargent Hall Community Centre. According to police, suspects broke into the hal...
Aug 16, 2021

Smoky 'ominous' skies halt heat warning
A heat wave that gripped Prince Albert this past weekend came to a sudden halt Monday morning as a shift in the wind blew in clouds and smoke from the west coast. The original forecasted high for toda...
Aug 16, 2021

Active cases currently at 1,038 in Saskatchewan, 464 in northern zones
Eighty-five new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed today by the Saskatchewan government. This brings the total to 51,390 reported cases, 1,038 cases are considered active and 49,766 cases are considered...
Aug 16, 2021

Pride Week kicks off in the Battlefords
The City of North Battleford is officially declaring this week as Pride Week. Mayor David Gillan took part in a Pride flag-raising ceremony outside city hall on monday to mark the occasion. "We're ver...
Aug 16, 2021

Montreal Haitian group urges Ottawa to speed up immigration files for quake victims
Montreal's Haitian community is asking Ottawa to process immigration files more quickly for Haitians waiting to come to Canada, following a deadly earthquake that struck the country over the weekend. ...
Aug 16, 2021

Battlefords RCMP seize several kilograms of cocaine
The Battlefords Gang Task Force seized a significant amount of cocaine in North Battleford over the weekend.An investigation that was assisted by the Saskatchewan Crime Reduction Team, stemming from a...
Aug 16, 2021

Manhunt ends for robbery suspect
A manhunt that lasted the better part of a week has ended in Prince Albert. Glen Frederick Halkett, also known as "Baby Glen", was arrested Monday morning by the city's police service. The 25-year-old...
Aug 16, 2021