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The Craig Family to be inducted into Business Hall of Fame
A long-standing North Battleford business will be honoured with a special award at the upcoming Battlefords Business Excellence (BBEX) Awards Gala.The Battlefords and District Chamber of Commerce and ...
Nov 2, 2022
Local teams take centre stage at NBCHS volleyball tourney
It was a big weekend for senior boys' volleyball at North Battleford Comprehensive High School.The NBCHS Vikings hosted their annual home tournament, inviting 16 teams from across the region to take p...
Nov 2, 2022
Trudeau says Canadians 'have to intervene' somehow in Haiti, convenes incident group
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will meet today with key cabinet ministers about the situation in Haiti. The collection of cabinet ministers known as the Incident Response Group meets only when...
Nov 2, 2022
Emergency alert cancelled after shooting death in Melville
The dangerous person alert issued Wednesday morning after a shooting in Melville was cancelled just after 1:30 p.m.The RCMP said in a release that one man was dead and another man had suffered life-th...
Nov 2, 2022
Clinching berth early will pay off in the road to the 2024 Paris Olympics
After barely squeaking into the world championship final as the eighth and last qualifier, Canada's women's gymnastics team knew there was only one way to go from there - up. "All we said was, 'We can...
Nov 2, 2022
Battlefords RCMP reporting a busy week
Battlefords RCMP responded to 534 calls for service between Oct. 26 and Nov. 1. Among the calls, police are investigating 27 assaults, including three stemming from Halloween.The first happened around...
Nov 2, 2022
Tony Hawk uses skateboarding to teach community organizing
Sara Campos remembers being inspired to start skateboarding after playing Tony Hawk videogames on the California family's PlayStation 2. Campos, 23, who uses they/them pronouns, never dreamed they wou...
Nov 2, 2022
Witness tells B.C. mayor's mischief trial that car may not have broken foot bones
SURREY, B.C. - An engineer has told the trial of a British Columbia mayor charged with public mischief that broken bones may not be the result if someone's foot is run over by a car. Dennis Chimich, a...
Nov 2, 2022
Gushue's rink thumps Japan 11-2 at Pan Continental Curling Championships
CALGARY - Canada's Brad Gushue improved to 2-1 at the inaugural Pan Continental Curling Championships with an 11-2 win over Japan in Wednesday's early draw. Gushue's team from St. John's, N.L., opened...
Nov 2, 2022
Freedom Convoy lawyer says police gave protesters a 'steady stream' of information
OTTAWA - A lawyer representing some organizers of the "Freedom Convoy" says police were regularly leaking operational plans and other information to protesters in Ottawa during last winter's demonstra...
Nov 2, 2022