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Updated: Travel not recommended around Battlefords area
With heavy snow and winds expected to gust up to 80 km/h Thursday evening, motorists are being advised to stay off of area highways.As of 8:30 p.m., travel was not recommended on Hwy 4, Hwy 16, Hwy 29...
Jan 16, 2025

Bubbling Over: Foam firmness concerns provide new chapter in curling equipment saga
GUELPH, Ont. - A new chapter in a long-running curling sweeping saga came at an inopportune time for Team John Epping. Just before their first appearance this season on the top-flight Grand Slam of Cu...
Jan 16, 2025

SWHL well represented in Provincial Playoffs
This past week, the bracket for Senior Hockey Provincial Playoffs was released and the Battlefords surrounding areas had six teams selected, all from the Sask. West Hockey League (SWHL) to compete acr...
Jan 16, 2025

In what could be a Canadian first, Manitoba welcomes Gaza child seeking medical help
WINNIPEG - A child from the Gaza Strip seeking medical treatment has arrived in Winnipeg - possibly the first such case in Canada since the start of the Israel-Hamas war. Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew we...
Jan 16, 2025

Threat from toxic fire debris will prevent many LA residents from checking on damaged homes
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Homeowners learned Thursday that it could be a week or more before they will be allowed to check on their fire-damaged properties while officials assess the threat of potentially to...
Jan 16, 2025

Budget talks continue in N. Battleford
The $100,000 HWY 4 project, new ticketing software for the community safety officers, and remediating asbestos from the Battlefords Humane Society building, were among the big items on the North Battl...
Jan 16, 2025

Federal IT contracting cost 25 per cent more than in-house services: PBO report
OTTAWA - The federal government spent more on contracted IT services in four federal departments in 2022-23 than it would have if the work had been done by public servants, says a new report by the pa...
Jan 16, 2025

Updated: Road conditions around Meadow Lake
Travel is not being recommended on highways surrounding Meadow Lake Thursday evening.Shortly after 8 p.m., the Saskatchewan Highway Hotline website reported heavy snow, drifting or blowing snow and re...
Jan 16, 2025

New Canada coach Casey Stoney recalls past encounters with Canada on the pitch
New Canada women's coach Casey Stoney has vivid memories of facing Canada on the football pitch. At the 2012 London Olympics, Stoney experienced the high of captaining Britain to a 1-0 win over Brazil...
Jan 16, 2025

Stellato-Dudek rejuvenated ahead of first skating nationals as Canadian citizen
LAVAL, Que. - Deanna Stellato-Dudek feels like a new woman since gaining Canadian citizenship. "Every day since I've felt like a champion," the U.S.-born Stellato-Dudek said Thursday at Place Bell. "T...
Jan 16, 2025