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Battlefords

Local budget reaction
'Optimistic': Battlefords leaders react to budget
There's excitement in the Battlefords the day after the provincial budget was released. "I'm definitely excited that a, this is a balanced budget," said Battleford Mayor Ames Leslie. He also said it was good to see a surplus. He explained that some people may have looked at it from a different perspective or ...
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BUSINESS FRIENDLY FUTURE
Local businesses voice concerns, propose changes at city's zoning bylaw open house
Local businesses and residents gathered at the North Battleford Public Library on Wednesday to discuss zoning bylaws, safety concerns, and economic growth at a public open house hosted by the city.The event was part of the city's efforts to create a more business-friendly environment, giving residents an opportunity to...
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Battlefords Volleyball Club
Positive team culture leads to undefeated weekend in Melfort
It was another successful showing for the Battlefords Volleyball Club (BVC) Team Storm as they went undefeated in Melfort this past weekend at the North East Rage Riot Tournament to claim first place in the competition. Only losing a single set throughout the weekend, BVC Storm head coach Kim Voegeli said it was the te...
Mar 19, 2025
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RECONCILIATION PROJECTS
MGBHLM announces new memorial, updates reconciliation efforts at Battleford Industrial School
The Mosquito Grizzly Bear's Head Lean Man First Nation (MGBHLM) is advancing its reconciliation initiatives at The Ridge, the former site of the Battleford Industrial School, with plans for a new memorial and continued work on ground-penetrating radar (GPR) investigations into unmarked graves. Memorial to honour surviv...
Mar 19, 2025
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Stolen cards
Loon Lake RCMP issue more than 60 charges; stolen cards, firearm seized
A large number of IDs and financial cards reported stolen in Alberta were recovered during a traffic stop on Ministikwan (Island Lake First Nation).During a proactive safety check stop last week, Loon Lake RCMP officers became suspicious when the driver couldn't produce a license and also provided a fake name. In addit...
Mar 18, 2025
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Town Hall Reno
Renovations to Battleford Town Hall office space approved for $100K
Battleford Town Hall is getting a facelift. The council voted four to two in favour of a renovation project that will refresh and revitalize the office space. "There'll be some realignment of the workstations to give a little bit more flow ability and a little bit more egress, which kind of meets that safety piece...
Mar 18, 2025
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Saskatchewan

The Prairies and Team Canada
Navigating tariffs and trash talk, paNOW hosts political science panel
In light of ever-changing tariff threats, an upcoming federal election and a change in Canada's relationship with its American neighbour, the team at paNOW wanted to get two takes on these issues, both from a provincial standpoint and a national one. Editor Glynn Brothen spoke to two political scientists. Daniel Westla...
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Sask Most Wanted
PHOTOS: Saskatchewan RCMP release 'Most Wanted' list
The Saskatchewan RCMP are asking the public for help in locating some criminals on the lam.On Thursday, the police service released a list of 10 wanted fugitives in the province, all with active warrants, who were last known to be living in Saskatchewan.The offenders were chosen to appear on the list based on their cur...
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TRADITION AND MODERNITY
Bridging two worlds: Indigenous healing and western medicine
For Joseph Neapetung, an Anishinaabe graduate student from Yellow Quill First Nation, medicine is more than science-it's a connection to culture, history, and traditional knowledge.At a recent TEDxUniversityofSaskatchewan event, Neapetung delivered a talk about Indigenous Neuroscience: The Healing Power of Willow Bark,...
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Flight from peace officer
Failing to stop for police a growing trend in Prince Albert
Since January 1st, the Prince Albert Police Service has had nearly 100 situations where a driver has failed to stop for police."What we've noticed is a trend starting this year where we have people that, when an officer is trying to stop that vehicle, they're not following the lawful authority and we have people t...
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Election
Mistawasis election includes six candidates for Chief
Members of Mistawasis First Nation will head to the polls next month.The band's election has been scheduled for April 7.Advance polls will begin on April 2 at the Ramada in Saskatoon and continue on April 4 at the Day's Inn in Prince Albert.Daryl Watson, who was first elected Chief in 2015, is seeking re-election and i...
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New programming
SRPSD announces new sports academy partnership
The Saskatchewan Rivers Public School Division (SRPSD) announced a new partnership for their sports academy on Thursday. In a release, the division welcomed Trach Power Skating & Skills and Trach Sports Academy for the 2025-26 school year, promising high-quality athletic programming to student-athletes across the S...
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Local Sports

North West AA Stars
U15 Stars on the hunt for North division title
After beating the Saskatoon Stallions 2-1 in a three-game series, the North West U15 AA Stars now make their way to Saskatoon tonight to take on the Saskatoon Bandits in game one of the North Division finals in the Sask. AA Hockey League. The Bandits were one of the best teams during the regular season, boasting a 24-1...
Mar 19, 2025
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Making history
Aspaas OT winner sends Sharks to first ever league finals
History was made Tuesday night at the Battlefords Arena as the Battlefords AAA Sharks punched their ticket to their first ever Sask. Female U18 AAA Hockey League (SFU18AAAHL) finals after Sharks forward and Rochester Institute of Technology commit, Anneka Aspaas sealed the deal in overtime to give the Sharks the win ov...
Mar 19, 2025
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Battlefords Volleyball Club
Positive team culture leads to undefeated weekend in Melfort
It was another successful showing for the Battlefords Volleyball Club (BVC) Team Storm as they went undefeated in Melfort this past weekend at the North East Rage Riot Tournament to claim first place in the competition. Only losing a single set throughout the weekend, BVC Storm head coach Kim Voegeli said it was the te...
Mar 19, 2025
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Senior Hockey
Neilburg wins first SPHL title over defending league champions
For the first time since 2019, the Sask. Prairie Hockey League (SPHL) saw someone else raise the trophy this past Sunday as the Neilburg Monarchs beat the four-time defending champions, Meota Combines in the final game of the series to win their first ever league title. Monarchs Assistant Coach Shawn Hein said it was a...
Mar 18, 2025
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6-0 win
North Stars shutout Klippers to win division and end regular season
Last night, the Battlefords North Stars were at the Inter Pipeline Arena in Kindersley for their final game of the regular season and shutout the Kindersley Klippers 6-0 to take the Nutrien Division title. In the first period, the North Stars opened up the scoring just eight minutes in on a powerplay goal from Anthony ...
Mar 16, 2025
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AAA Sharks
'We're excited and ready to go': Sharks prepared for playoffs following historic regular season
From multiple tournament wins to best in the league and a national ranking, the U18 Battlefords AAA Sharks are now getting prepared for the semi-finals this weekend after earning a bye in the first round of the playoffs. The Sharks ended the regular season in the Saskatchewan Female U18 AAA Hockey League with a 23-3-2-...
Mar 15, 2025
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Canada

Toronto flights from Heathrow cancelled after London fire causes power outage
TORONTO - Toronto's Pearson airport says all arriving flights from Heathrow have been cancelled after an overnight fire caused a power outage and forced the British airport to close for the day. Pearson airport lists at least five scheduled arriving flights from Heathrow as cancelled, as well as two departing flights. ...
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Poilievre outlines plan to boost apprenticeships, training for trades workers
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is announcing a plan to boost training and jobs for workers in skilled trades. In a news release this morning, Poilievre says his plan for "more boots, less suits" will expand training halls and provide direct grants and faster employment insurance for apprentices...
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In the news today: Carney and premiers to meet, Liberal MP being dropped by party
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Carney to host meeting with premiers today Prime Minister Mark Carney is hosting Canada's premiers today in Ottawa as the provinces grapple with the effects of Chinese and U.S. tariffs. The meeting is taking place just days before...
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Prime Minister Mark Carney hosting a meeting with Canada's premiers today
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney is hosting Canada's premiers today in Ottawa as the provinces grapple with the effects of Chinese and U.S. tariffs. The meeting is taking place just days before Carney is expected to launch a federal election campaign that would send Canadians to the polls as soon as April 28. The me...
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Nearly half of landslides during B.C. disaster linked to logging, wildfire: study
VANCOUVER - A study has found nearly half of the landslides, debris flows and washouts that occurred during British Columbia's atmospheric river disaster in November 2021 originated in areas that had been logged or burned by wildfire. Severe rains triggered a landslide that killed five people on a stretch of Highway 99...
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Liberals revoke Arya's nomination, after removing him from leadership race
OTTAWA - Liberal MP Chandra Arya says his nomination to run for the party again in his Ottawa riding has been revoked. The 62-year-old has represented the city's Nepean seat since 2015. The decision to remove him comes almost two months after the party also told Arya it would not accept him as a candidate for the leade...
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World

Israel's top court halts Netanyahu's dismissal of the country's internal security chief
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel's top court on Friday ordered a temporary halt to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's dismissal of the country's domestic security chief until his appeal can be heard. The Supreme Court's decision came hours after Netanyahu's Cabinet unanimously approved his request to fire the head of the Shin ...
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Sudan's military says it has retaken the last area of the capital held by rival paramilitary forces
CAIRO (AP) - Sudan's military said it retook the Republican Palace in Khartoum, the last bastion in the capital of rival paramilitary forces, after nearly two years of fighting. Social media videos showed its soldiers inside giving the date as the 21st day of Ramadan, which was Friday. A Sudanese military officer weari...
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Florida man is executed for the killings of an 8-year-old girl and her grandmother
STARKE, Fla. (AP) - A Florida man who killed an 8-year-old girl and her grandmother on a night in which he drank heavily and used drugs was executed Thursday evening. Prison officials said Edward James, 63, was pronounced dead at 8:15 p.m. after receiving a three-drug injection at Florida State Prison near Starke. He d...
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Jury convicts 2 men of plotting to assassinate an Iranian American journalist in New York
NEW YORK (AP) - A jury has convicted two men of plotting to assassinate Iranian American journalist Masih Alinejad at her home in New York City in a murder-for-hire scheme that prosecutors said was financed by the Iranian government. The verdict was returned at a federal court in New York on Thursday, ending a two-week...
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Georgetown scholar detained over American wife's Palestinian ties, lawyer says
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - A federal judge on Thursday ordered immigration officials not to deport a Georgetown scholar that the government detained until the court has had a chance to rule. U.S. District Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles in Alexandria, Virginia, ordered that Badar Khan Suri "shall not be removed from the...
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Trump orders a plan to dismantle the Education Department while keeping some core functions
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday calling for the dismantling of the U.S. Education Department, advancing a campaign promise to take apart an agency that's been a longtime target of conservatives. Trump has derided the Education Department as wasteful and polluted by liberal id...
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