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Hope and the Future: a challenging year but city still pursuing goals
The COVID-19 pandemic makes 2020 a year many may prefer to forget, but there is hope for the future. We've decided to make that the focus of our series of end-of-year stories."Hopefully, we are going ...
Dec 31, 2020

'After a week we thought gosh she's gonna make it': 106-year-old Prince Albert woman beats COVID-19
In her lifetime, Prince Albert's Rubena Wenzel has lived through world wars and now survived two pandemics, the Spanish flu in 1918 and COVID-19 in 2020.Roughly two and a half weeks after her initial ...
Dec 31, 2020

Fireworks display still going ahead for New Year's Eve
The City of North Battleford still plans to go ahead with its fireworks display at King Hill starting at 7 p.m. Dec. 31 to celebrate the New Year, while following the province's COVID-19 precautions.M...
Dec 30, 2020

City of P.A. urges residents to stop putting face masks in the blue bin
Prince Albert's sanitation manager is urging residents to dispose of face masks in the garbage, not the blue bin.Not only are the face coverings not recyclable, but they're hazardous for the workers w...
Dec 30, 2020

What'sHappeningNOW Dec. 30, 2020
Reporter Alison Sandstrom talks about a 70-year-old aircraft to be reinvented as roadside landmark.
Dec 30, 2020

Saskatchewan government backs battery recycling program
The Government of Saskatchewan has approved a program that can recycle all of those batteries that have died in the toys kids got for Christmas.In a media release Wednesday, the government announced i...
Dec 30, 2020

Hope and the Future: Local businesses gear up for a new year
The COVID-19 pandemic makes 2020 a year many may prefer to forget but there is hope for the future. We've decided to make that the focus of our series of end-of-year stories.Local businesses were nega...
Dec 30, 2020

A look back: North Stars year in review 2020
It has been a year unlike any other for the Battlefords North Stars. The following is a countdown of some of the biggest storylines of the last year surrounding the team. #5. Nine North Stars named to...
Dec 30, 2020

Thinking of Local Seniors on Christmas
Casey Hyllestad took her horses to the Big River Lakewood Lodge on Christmas Day to entertain the residents in the afternoon.She rode Navajo, her quarter horse mare, and ponied the two 2 year old baby...
Dec 30, 2020

Staying Connected During Isolation
Hello Folks. This has been a difficult year. Covid-19 has negatively impacted our daily living and our daily contact with others. Seniors may be struggling with the lack of contact from friends and lo...
Dec 30, 2020