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Battleford to receive $264,000 from restart plan
The Town of Battleford joins municipalities across the province in having to make decisions in the coming weeks on how to utilize government funding from the Safe Restart Canada Plan.The town was allo...
Sep 11, 2020
Walk a Mile fundraiser to go ahead next week
The Battlefords and Area Sexual Assault Centre (BASAC) will host their fourth annual, Walk a Mile in Her Shoes fundraiser, Sept. 17 at the Blend Bar and Restaurant.Walk a Mile is an international even...
Sep 11, 2020
Meals in the Fields gives back to farming community this fall
A North Battleford area beef producer is one of the latest winners in the Meals in the Fields contest.Connie Walker said it was a thrill to receive free Domino's Pizza for her family and crew, along w...
Sep 11, 2020
$30M in improvements coming for B.C. logging road where two students died
VICTORIA - Improvements are coming to a narrow logging road on Vancouver Island where members of the local First Nations as well as two university students have lost their lives. Indigenous Relations ...
Sep 11, 2020
A COVID lookback during National Trucking Week
COVID-19 has done a lot to change things on the work front, with many setting up offices at home and learning how to hold virtual meetings.But for truckers, who were quickly classed as essential servi...
Sep 11, 2020
Shahab reflects on first six months of pandemic in Saskatchewan
Six months ago, many people in Saskatchewan had never heard of terms like social distancing or effective reproductive number. They never considered wearing a face mask to the grocery store.Things have...
Sep 11, 2020
Supreme Court of Canada to hear Sask. challenge of carbon tax this month
Saskatchewan's challenge of the federal government's carbon tax is to be heard by the Supreme Court of Canada starting on Sept. 22.The country's top court issued its agenda for the month Friday and th...
Sep 11, 2020
Steeler Smith-Schuster impressed with Canadian rookie Chase Claypool
JuJu Smith-Schuster can see Canadian rookie receiver Chase Claypool having a big year with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Pittsburgh selected the six-foot-four, 238-pound Claypool, a native of Abbotsford, B...
Sep 11, 2020
Province records 13 new cases of COVID-19, five more recoveries
There are 13 new cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan, bringing the total amount to 1,688 reported cases. The new cases are in the Far North East (one), Saskatoon (four), Central East (seven) and Regina ...
Sep 11, 2020
Ottawa, airlines agree on passenger info rules to aid contact-tracing efforts
OTTAWA - Transport Minister Marc Garneau says Canada's largest airlines agreed to a new set of rules to help contact-tracing efforts should a passenger test positive for COVID-19. Passengers will be a...
Sep 11, 2020