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Battlefords

TABLE MOUNTAIN
Table Mountain reopens as warmer weather loosens grip of February deep freeze
Skiers in the Battlefords can once again feel the rush of speeding down the slopes at Table Mountain, as the ski resort reopens following weeks of extreme cold that forced multiple closures.Lawrence Blouin, general manager of Table Mountain Regional Park, said February's deep freeze took a toll on business and disrupte...
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DRUG BUST
Man charged after cocaine, meth seized in Loon Lake traffic stop
A traffic stop south of Loon Lake led to the seizure of cocaine, methamphetamine and evidence of drug trafficking on Feb. 18 , the RCMP said.Officers pulled over a vehicle on Highway 26, about 20 kilometres south of the community, around 2:30 p.m. Mounties noticed signs of drug trafficking and arrested the driver and t...
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BEACONS OF HOPE
Coldest Night of the Year walk raises over $20K for vulnerable youth in the Battlefords
The Battlefords' community spirit shone brightly at the 2025 Coldest Night of the Year fundraising walk on Saturday as more than 60 participants helped to raise over $20,000 to support Territorial Youth Services (TYS).With every step on the two or five-kilometre walk through the cold, walkers felt a glimpse of the hard...
Feb 23, 2025
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5-2 Win
Anderson hat-trick leads North Stars to victory over Klippers
Last night at the Access Communications Centre, the Battlefords North Stars continued their success, beating Nutrien division rival, Kindersley Klippers 5-2 in their sixth meeting of the season.The North Stars came out strong in the first period, scoring the opening goal of the game just under eight minutes in, coming ...
Feb 23, 2025
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Wandering Spirit
'Alive and well': Wandering Spirit narrative re-examined at commemoration event
At Fort Battleford, there is a headstone with the names of eight men who were part of Canada's largest mass hanging following the resistance of 1885. Among the names etched in the stone is Wandering Spirit. The mass grave, however, harbours a secret: beneath the earth, his body is not among those who lie beneath, but r...
Feb 22, 2025
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HOUSE FIRE
Traffic restrictions in place as fire crews respond to house fire in North Battleford
A section of 16th Avenue and 104th Street is blocked as firefighters and Community Safety Officers responded to a house fire on Friday.The cause of the fire is unknown, but all residents evacuated safely and no injuries were reported. Drivers are advised to use caution in the area as crews remain on scene.More details ...
Feb 21, 2025
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Saskatchewan

Provincial politics
NDP shadow ministers plan two week tour of northern Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan NDP Shadow Ministers are touring northern Saskatchewan to hear from northern residents and ensure they are represented when the Legislature reopens late on March 19. The tour was launched on Monday in Prince Albert, which according to Statistics Canada. ranked fifth in Canada for crime severity. Employment...
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Two U of R Rams among five arrested in $1.5M drug bust in Regina
Two Regina Rams football players have been arrested in relation to a four-month drug trafficking investigation.On Thursday and Friday, the Regina Police Service executed eight search warrants and charged five people. A news conference with more details is expected at 2:30 p.m. on Monday.980 CJME reached out to the Univ...
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Moe returning to D.C. with business group to push back on tariff threat
Saskatchewan's premier is once again heading to Washington D.C. in an effort to push back against the tariffs threatened by U.S. President Donald Trump.Scott Moe will be leading a delegation of Saskatchewan organizations and businesses on the trip, which runs from Monday to Thursday. The group includes representatives ...
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LOCAL COUNTRY STAR
Jake Vaadeland represents Sask. in SiriusXM's Top of the Country semi-finals
Jake Vaadeland isn't one for competition - but that's exactly what makes his spot in SiriusXM's 2025 Top of the Country semi-finals so charming.Growing up in Big River, Sask., the bluegrass and traditional country artist is one of eight semi-finalists in the national competition - and the only one representing the prov...
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Saskatchewan man reflects after helping rebuilding efforts in Ukraine
Last summer, Saskatoon's Nick Bettin decided to pack his bags, fly to Ukraine and help that country rebuild amid its war against Russia.Bettin is a building maintenance worker in Saskatoon. He said he has no family in Ukraine, but his Ukrainian heritage was part of the reason he decided he wanted to help the country re...
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Prayers for peace
'We will fight and we will win': third anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine marked with vigil
On the eve of the third anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Maria Trofmchuk proclaimed Ukraine will not break."We will fight and we will win," she told a large crowd with confidence in her voice.About 80 people attended Saturday night's vigil at St. George's Ukrainian Catholic Church in Prince Albert...
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Local Sports

5-2 Win
Anderson hat-trick leads North Stars to victory over Klippers
Last night at the Access Communications Centre, the Battlefords North Stars continued their success, beating Nutrien division rival, Kindersley Klippers 5-2 in their sixth meeting of the season.The North Stars came out strong in the first period, scoring the opening goal of the game just under eight minutes in, coming ...
Feb 23, 2025
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3-2 win
North Stars pull through in clash against Kindersley
It was a barn burner last night for the Battlefords North Stars at the Inter Pipeline Arena in Kindersley as emotions were high and fights erupted, but in the end the North Stars ended up walking away with a 3-2 win over division rival, Kindersley Klippers. Coming out for the first, it was North Stars' Seth Dragan who ...
Feb 22, 2025
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SWIM MEETS
Battlefords Orcas surge with record-breaking swim in Saskatoon
The Battlefords Orcas aren't just treading water-they're making waves.The swim club dove into the Saskatoon Goldfins Winter Whiteout and surfaced with a wave of personal bests, provincial qualifications and unmistakable team spirit.The nine-swimmer squad, led by Head Coach Lyne de Montarnal, took on the swim meet at th...
Feb 21, 2025
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Battlefords Pride
Hometown Hero: Jordan Grill's final year with the North Stars
A 'Crosby' stick and a ball is how the journey began for Battlefords product Jordan Grill and now, he represents the community by sporting the black and silver at the Access Communications Centre with an 'A' on his chest. From making big plays on the ice to setting an example off of it, the North Stars veteran has beco...
Feb 21, 2025
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Brownie the Buffalo
NWC welcomes Brownie
Brownie the Buffalo has grown up and is now a new college student, said North West College who unveiled the fluffy new mascot with a goal to bring "energy, pride, and a community spirit." According to a news release, Brownie is more than a mascot. Rather he serves as a "powerful symbol of strength and re...
Feb 20, 2025
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Team Saskatchewan eliminated from Scotties championship contention
Nancy Martin and Team Saskatchewan have been eliminated from playoff contention at the 2025 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Thunder Bay.Despite the team's 5-3 record heading into the final day of pool play at the tournament, Martin's rink wasn't unable to advance because Saskatchewan didn't have the tiebreaker advanta...
Feb 20, 2025
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Canada

Liberal party confirms Ruby Dhalla's disqualification from leadership race
OTTAWA - The Liberal Party of Canada confirms that leadership candidate Ruby Dhalla has been disqualified from the race. In a statement released shortly before the start of the French-language leadership debate on Monday, national director Azam Ishmael says the party's permanent appeals committee confirmed the decision...
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Convicted killer, 85, missing from minimum security prison north of Montreal
SAINTE-ANNE-DES-PLAINES, Que. - Correctional Service Canada says an 85-year-old convicted killer has escaped from a minimum security prison north of Montreal. Officials say Ricardo Vilches was not present during the noon head count today at the Archambault Institution in Ste-Anne-des-Plaines, Que. Prison officials say ...
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Google 'actively working' to fix mislabelling of Canadian 'state parks'
Canadians have taken to social media wondering why Google Maps is referring to some provincial parks as "state" parks, an incorrect designation that's ruffling feathers at a time of heightened tension between Canada and the United States. Social-media users are sharing screenshots showing provincial parks in ...
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First Nation report says communication shortfalls hampered B.C. landslide response
A report from a First Nation says the massive Chilcotin River landslide in the B.C. Interior last year revealed shortfalls in communication and co-ordination of the emergency response from provincial and federal governments. The Tsilhqot'in National Government's report says it had to overcome "jurisdictional confu...
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Musqueam and Feds make deal to share Vancouver airport lease revenue
VANCOUVER - The Musqueam Indian Band has signed an agreement with the federal government to share ground lease revenue from the Vancouver International Airport. Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations Gary Anandasangaree says the specifics of the agreement are being kept confidential but it's the first revenue-sharing d...
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Here's the latest as Liberal leadership candidates square off in French debate
OTTAWA - Liberal leadership candidates square off in a French-language debate in Montreal on Monday. The event is set to run from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. and will be moderated by former TVA-Québec anchor Pierre Jobin. Here's the latest (all times Eastern): --- 4 p.m. Liberal leadership candidates Mark Carney, Chrystia...
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World

Cleveland Guardians owner Lawrence Dolan dies at 94
CLEVELAND (AP) - Lawrence J. Dolan, owner of Cleveland's major league baseball team since 2000, has died at age 94. The Cleveland Guardians put out a statement Monday saying Dolan died Sunday night of natural causes. Dolan, a Cleveland native, purchased the team from Richard Jacobs in 2000 for $320 million. The Dolan f...
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Trump says Putin would accept European peacekeepers in Ukraine as part of potential deal to end war
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump said Russian leader Vladimir Putin would accept European peacekeepers in Ukraine as part of a potential deal to end Russia's war there. Trump made the comments to reporters at a start of a meeting at the White House on Monday with French President Emmanuel Macron on the third an...
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The UN adopts resolution demanding Russia immediately withdraw troops from Ukraine
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. General Assembly approved a Ukrainian resolution Monday demanding an immediate withdrawal of all Russian troops from Ukraine on the third anniversary of the invasion. The vote in the 193-member world body, whose resolutions are not legally binding but are seen as a barometer of world opin...
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Federal workers sue over Elon Musk's threat to fire them if they don't explain their accomplishments
WASHINGTON (AP) - Attorneys for federal workers said Monday in a lawsuit that billionaire Trump adviser Elon Musk had violated the law with his weekend demand that employees explain their accomplishments or risk being fired. The updated lawsuit, which was filed in federal court in California and was provided to The Ass...
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Pope is resting on 10th day of hospitalization after early stages of kidney failure detected
ROME (AP) - Pope Francis was resting Monday morning after a quiet night, on the 10th day of his hospitalization for a complex lung infection that has provoked the early stages of kidney failure, the Vatican said. The one-line statement didn't say if Francis, 88, had woken up. "The night passed well, the pope slept...
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Foreign leaders visit Ukraine's capital to mark 3rd war anniversary
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - A dozen leaders from Europe and Canada arrived in Ukraine's capital by train Monday morning to mark the third anniversary of Russia's invasion. The visitors were greeted at the station by Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha and the president's chief of staff Andrii Yermak. Among them were Euro...
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