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Battlefords

North Stars Struggle
Mills take weekend sweep over North Stars
It was another tough game for the Battlefords North Stars on Friday at Access Communications Centre as they lost 6-3 to the Melville Millionaires, getting zero points over the weekend.In the first period, the North Stars started off strong getting the first goal of the game coming from Michael Carter to take an early 1...
21h ago
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Young guilty
Guilty: Robert Young convicted of second-degree murder of Jason Chartier
Six years ago, Robert Young told the responding paramedic that his friend, then 42 and lying under a blanket in Young's Buffalo Narrows shack, was sick following an altercation. The paramedic replied, "Your friend is not sick, he's dead." On Friday afternoon and sitting behind the plexiglass of the Court of K...
Jan 25, 2025
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MISSING MAN
RCMP searching for missing North Battleford man in Lloydminster
Lloydminster RCMP is asking businesses and homes to check their CCTV footage as they are looking for a man from North Battleford who has been missing in the city since Jan. 21 Codey Patrick Wright was last seen on Jan. 18 near 44 Street in Lloydminster. Police say he expressed an interest in visiting Moosomin First Nat...
Jan 24, 2025
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ALL FOR LOVE
At 91, Battleford woman digitally preserves Sask baseball history to honour late husband's legacy
A 91-year-old woman in Battleford has devoted decades to safeguarding the beloved baseball legacy she and her late husband, Dave Shury, built-in 1983.Jane Shury has worked tirelessly at the Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame Museum every day, making sure that their shared dreams and the spirit of the game live on for f...
Jan 24, 2025
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Budget Passes
North Battleford council passes $45M budget
After a long process, the wait is over. North Battleford city council approved its first budget; set at $45 million, it marks a six per cent increase over last year. "Now that the budget is passed, there's not a lot of change in services," said Mayor Kelli Hawtin following Thursday night's approval meeting. C...
Jan 24, 2025
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Armed Robbery
RCMP make arrests in Wednesday's armed robbery
Three men have been arrested following an armed robbery Wednesday night in North Battleford. According to RCMP, the incident happened on the 1300 block of 101st Street when the men threatened another man with a weapon and attempted to rob him. During the investigation, a machete was seized and while Gang Task Force cau...
Jan 23, 2025
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Saskatchewan

Staff Shortage
RCMP, Mounties union says Manitoba, Saskatchewan face severe staffing stresses
Saskatchewan's top Mountie says a countrywide RCMP internal memo asking front-line officers to come and fill shifts in her province and in Manitoba is unusual but necessary. RCMP have asked for members and reservists to sign up for two-week stints in the two Prairie provinces this spring.It's an issue that has raised q...
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progressing as scheduled
Sneak peak of construction progress at Victoria Hospital
Construction of the new tower at the Victoria Hospital in Prince Albert is progressing as scheduled.Sask Builds and Procurement said construction is anticipated to be completed in the spring of 2028. A short, emailed statement from the ministry sent to paNOW read, "We announced the start of construction on May 10,...
Jan 24, 2025
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Bad weather
Travel advisory in effect for Meadow Lake
Environment and Climate Change Canada has a message for anyone planning to travel to or from Meadow Lake: delay your travel. Conditions deteriorated Friday morning prompting Sask Alert to issue an advisory about snow squalls around Meadow Lake from the Alberta border all the way to Big River. It said periods of brief b...
Jan 24, 2025
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Overdose statement
SHA, Ministry of Health issue statements after overdoses in Kelvington
The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) has issued a statement following the overdoses in Kelvington this week. Several people were treated by EMS personnel for what they believed were overdoses linked to crystal meth potentially laced with fentanyl.Kelvington Mobile Health Services issued a statement on their social m...
Jan 24, 2025
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Spreading awareness
Prince Albert woman shares horrific pet-homing experience
WARNING: This story contains details of serious physical abuse of an animal. Some readers may find the information disturbing. --A Prince Albert woman is offering some cautionary words to people who are selling or giving away pets online - do your homework and find out exactly who you are giving them to.The woman who s...
Jan 23, 2025
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Decisions at a local level
Sask. school divisions told to develop change room policies; Pride groups 'cautiously optimistic'
The provincial government has directed school divisions across Saskatchewan to develop and implement policies on change room use.The Ministry of Education announced Thursday the policies will be administrative documents used by staff at schools when dealing with issues around privacy and safety.The province's school di...
Jan 23, 2025
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Local Sports

Riders
Nelson Lokombo signs extension with Riders
The Saskatchewan Roughriders are bringing back its starting safety from 2024.Nelson Lokobmo has been announced as the latest Rider to sign a contract extension.The Abbotsford, B.C., product will return for his fifth CFL season. The Riders selected the former University of Saskatchewan Huskie second overall in the 2021 ...
17h ago
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North Stars Struggle
Mills take weekend sweep over North Stars
It was another tough game for the Battlefords North Stars on Friday at Access Communications Centre as they lost 6-3 to the Melville Millionaires, getting zero points over the weekend.In the first period, the North Stars started off strong getting the first goal of the game coming from Michael Carter to take an early 1...
21h ago
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5-3 Loss
North Stars can't mount comeback over Mills
The Battlefords North Stars were back in action last night at the Access Communications Centre and ended up falling short 5-3 against the Melville Millionaires for the first time this season. Things started out tough in the first period for the North Stars as the Mills scored three goals in the first 15 minutes, includ...
Jan 24, 2025
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National Aboriginal Hockey Championship
Sharks set to represent Team Sask at NAHC
It's already been a historic season for the Battlefords AAA Sharks as they are currently the #2 ranked AAA team in the nation, boasting a 25-4-1 (W-L-OTL) overall record and now, the accolades continue to pile up. Forward Danika Dureau, goalie Mackenzie Seth and affiliate player Berkley Wuttunee of the Sharks have all ...
Jan 23, 2025
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Rider moves
Riders announce Trevon Tate extension, Ajou released for NFL chance
The Saskatchewan Roughriders made a few roster moves on Wednesday - an extension and a release.Trevon Tate will be back in green and white for another CFL season while Ajou Ajou has been released to pursue an NFL opportunity.The Riders have announced the American offensive lineman has signed an extension with the club....
Jan 23, 2025
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Sask. Roughriders shore up O-line with Trevon Tate extension
Trevon Tate will be back in green and white for another CFL season.The Saskatchewan Roughriders have announced the American offensive lineman has signed an extension with the club. Tate is expected to be the team's starting left tackle after Trevor Reid - the team's Most Outstanding Rookie nominee - was released to pur...
Jan 22, 2025
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Canada

Liberal leadership hopefuls campaigning in Quebec on Sunday
OTTAWA - Former central banker Mark Carney is set to add another big endorsement to his growing pile of backers as Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne is expected to announce his endorsement today. Two sources who weren't authorized to discuss it publicly, tell The Canadian Press Carney and Champagne w...
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Survey says more young Canadians believe the history of the Holocaust is exaggerated
OTTAWA - On Monday the world will mark eight decades since the liberation of Auschwitz, the notorious Nazi extermination camps where more than a million people, most of them Jews, were murdered during the Second World War. But as world leaders and Auschwitz survivors prepare to gather at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial...
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Sailor dead after a boat capsized in Bedford Basin: Royal Canadian Navy
HALIFAX - The Royal Canadian Navy says a sailor has died in the Bedford Basin after a boat capsized. The Navy says two sailors were operating a rigid-hull inflatable boat in the Halifax-area bay when it overturned and capsized around 10 p.m. on Friday. It says a rescue effort by the Joint Rescue and Coordination Centre...
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Trudeau meets with families of victims of deadly 2017 Quebec mosque attack
QUÉBEC - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has met with the families of six men who were killed at a Quebec City mosque, days before the anniversary of the 2017 attack. Eight years ago, on Jan. 29, 2017, Alexandre Bissonnette killed six men at the Centre culturel islamique du Québec and this year the centre h...
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Carney secures two more ministerial endorsements
OTTAWA - Liberal leadership hopeful Mark Carney secured two more endorsements from cabinet on Saturday. Defence Minister Bill Blair backed Carney in a statement on X, while Nate Erskine-Smith hosted an event for the former Bank of Canada governor in his Toronto riding. MP Adam van Koeverden also endorsed Carney on Satu...
14h ago
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Politics
Trump's sweeping pardon of rioters highlights differences in U.S., Canadian systems
In one of his first acts upon taking office Monday, U.S. President Donald Trump pardoned or moved to dismiss the cases of some 1,500 people charged in the Capitol riots of Jan. 6, 2021.The sentences of 14 people, including several convicted of seditious conspiracy, were reduced to the time they had already served.Could...
14h ago
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World

Jannik Sinner beats Alexander Zverev in 3 sets for his second Australian Open title in a row
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Jannik Sinner claimed his second consecutive Australian Open championship on Sunday, never facing a single break point and using his complete game to outplay and frustrate Alexander Zverev for a 6-3, 7-6 (4), 6-3 victory in the final. Sinner, a 23-year-old Italian, is the youngest man to lea...
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South Korean prosecutors indict impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over his martial law, reports say
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korean prosecutors on Sunday indicted the impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over his imposition of martial law last month, news reports said. Yonhap news agency reported that the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office indicted Yoon over rebellion in connection with his Dec. 3 decree ...
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Belarus strongman set to win a 7th term in an election the opposition calls a farce
The smiling face of President Alexander Lukashenko gazed out from campaign posters across Belarus on Sunday as the country held an orchestrated election virtually guaranteed to give the 70-year-old autocrat yet another term on top of his three decades in power. "Needed!" the posters proclaim beneath a photo o...
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Some 70 people killed in attack on hospital in Sudan's Darfur region, WHO chief says
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Some 70 people were killed in an attack on the only functional hospital in the besieged city of El Fasher in Sudan, the chief of the World Health Organization said Sunday, part of a series of attacks coming as the African nation's civil war escalated in recent days. The attack on the ...
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Belarus strongman set to win a 7th term in an election the opposition calls a farce
The smiling face of President Alexander Lukashenko gazed out from campaign posters across Belarus on Sunday as the country held an orchestrated election virtually guaranteed to give the 70-year-old autocrat yet another term on top of his three decades in power. "Needed!" the posters proclaim beneath a photo o...
7h ago
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Some 70 people killed in attack on hospital in Sudan's Darfur region, WHO chief says
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Some 70 people have been killed in an attack on the only functional hospital in the besieged city of El Fasher in Sudan, the chief of the World Health Organization said Sunday. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus offered the figure in a post on the social platform X. Offic...
7h ago
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