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City extends Community Clean Up Day
As a result of the inclement weather, the City of North Battleford has decided to extend its Community Clean Up Day, originally scheduled for Friday. Parks and Recreation Director Cheryl DeNeire is ad...
Apr 21, 2023
Canada's premiers, police chiefs reup calls on Ottawa to reform bail
OTTAWA - The association representing Canada's chiefs of police is calling for the extension of a federal guns and gangs strategy and urgent reforms to the country's bail system after a meeting with p...
Apr 21, 2023
CPL clubs allowed affiliations with lower-division teams under pilot project
TORONTO - Canadian Premier League clubs will be allowed to share talent with teams in lower divisions under a pilot project announced Friday. The plan allows all eight CPL franchises to partner with o...
Apr 21, 2023
Coroner says Montreal police used unnecessary force, lacked training in man's death
MONTREAL - A coroner's report into the 2017 death of a man killed by Montreal police says arresting officers used unnecessary force and lacked proper training in de-escalation tactics. Coroner Luc Mal...
Apr 21, 2023
SPSA President expected to join Prince Albert Board of Police Commissioners
A big change is coming to Prince Albert's Board of Police Commissioners.Darcy Sander has resigned as Chair, and as per Monday's city council agenda, a recommendation is being made to have Marlo Pritch...
Apr 21, 2023
North Stars with chance to take Finals series stranglehold in Game 3
The Battlefords North Stars return to action Friday night, as the scene shifts to Flin Flon for the first time, in Game 3 of the SJHL Finals. The North Stars enter the weekend with a 2-0 series lead i...
Apr 21, 2023
Liberals table legislation to overhaul passenger rights charter
OTTAWA - The Liberals have put forward legislation that aims to make good on their pledge to tighten passenger rights rules after a year marked by travel chaos and a ballooning complaints backlog. Tab...
Apr 21, 2023
First Nations in B.C. died at a much higher rate from toxic drugs, health authority
VANCOUVER - The chief medical officer of British Columbia's First Nations Health Authority says the toxic drug crisis in 2022 was the most devastating year so far for Indigenous people, their families...
Apr 21, 2023
Judge in Prince Rupert, B.C., strikes arguments as 'stupid' in contempt case
PRINCE RUPERT - A provincial court judge in Prince Rupert, B.C., has sentenced a 46-year-old man to a year in jail for contempt of court, ruling he tried to circumvent the justice system with "pseudo-...
Apr 21, 2023
P.A. & North Battleford among communities getting funding for EMS positions
Prince Albert and North Battleford are getting funding from the province to add multiple emergency medical services (EMS) positions.The Government of Saskatchewan announced earlier this week that arou...
Apr 21, 2023