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A $5,000 hole-in-one for Humboldt's Murray Lees
Murray Lees of Humboldt is celebrating his third career hole-in-one, and the most lucrative.The stroke earned Lees $5,000 at the Auto Clearing Senior Men's Championship at the Moon Lake Golf and Count...
Jul 23, 2021

Strong storm winds felt in Battlefords, throughout region Thursday evening
It was an extremely windy night in the Battlefords, and across the region Thursday that included sporadic power outages, heavy wind gusts and even the odd tree tipped over.With north northwest wind gu...
Jul 23, 2021

Mother nature leaves mess following flash storm
Editor's note: This story was ammended at 520p.m. to include an update from Sask Power.There are numerous reports of broken trees, toonie-sized hail, and power outages following a flash storm that rol...
Jul 23, 2021

Olympic Roundup: Small, enthusiastic contingent represents Canada at opening ceremony
TOKYO - A red-clad contingent of 30 athletes represented Canada in an understated opening ceremony at the Tokyo Olympics. Led by flag-bearers Miranda Ayim and Nathan Hirayama, the small Canadian conti...
Jul 23, 2021

New program to support Sask. families in crisis
A new provincial program has been introduced that pledges to connect families in crisis with "immediate help and ongoing assistance" in the central west part of the province.The initiative - called Fa...
Jul 23, 2021

North Battleford RCMP searching for owner of urn containing ashes
The North Battleford RCMP are searching for the owner of an urn, which contains ashes, after it was found behind a business last month.According to a media release, the urn was located by a person beh...
Jul 23, 2021

SaskTel offers 3 new plans in compliance with CRTC
SaskTel and other large communications corporations like Bell, Rogers and Telus, are now offering low-cost and occasional-use wireless service plans.The direction came from the Canadian Radio-Televisi...
Jul 23, 2021

Reel Rave International Film Festival a Go in 2021
Exciting news!! The Reel Rave International Film Festival for 2021 is a go from September 10-12, 2021 at Twin Pine Cinemas in Waskesiu, Prince Albert National Park featuring six international award-wi...
Jul 23, 2021

Red Pheasant Cree Nation 6th Annual Competition Pow Wow
We are not hosting a rodeo this year but we are hosting a three-day Pow Wow. Everyone is welcomed!Red Pheasant Cree Nation, 20 minutes south of The Historic Battlefords on Highway 4 South.
Jul 23, 2021

'It's not going to be easy': La Ronge residential school cemetery search set to commence
Lac La Ronge Indian Band (LLRIB) Chief Tammy Cook-Searson is asking for prayers and strength as a historic residential school cemetery is about to be searched using ground penetration radar technology...
Jul 22, 2021