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Battleford mayor reflects on a year of progress
The town of Battleford achieved a year of steady progress, pointing to safety-focused infrastructure upgrades, and council collaboration. Mayor Ames Leslie reflected back on town highlights from 2025....
Dec 29, 2025
Health care, wildfires, and trade: 2025 through the eyes of Premier Scott Moe
Everyone's past 12 months have been different, but for the province as a whole, it's been an eventful year.Premier Scott Moe sat down with 980 CJME senior reporter Lisa Schick to talk about the year t...
Dec 29, 2025

Battlefords Family Health Center celebrates 25 years of Indigenous-led primary care and systemic advocacy
Twenty-five years after its initial development began, the Battlefords Family Health Center (BFHC), operating under the umbrella of Battle River Treaty 6 Health Centre (BRT6), stands as a powerful tes...
Dec 29, 2025

Young and old, flu takes over north central Saskatchewan
Almost one-half of the current cases of Influenza A in Saskatchewan are in young people under the age of 19 while at the same time, multiple long term care homes are seeing outbreaks of the same virus...
Dec 29, 2025

Operation Red Nose
Go out and have a good time during the holiday season.Make sure the good times can happen again by always finding a safe ride home for yourself and others.Operation Red Nose (ORN) is another great way...
Dec 29, 2025

A Festivus for the Rest of Us
The views and opinions expressed in this editorial are those of the writer's and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of Pattison Media.OK, technically Festivus was December 23, and maybe...
Dec 29, 2025

'A very progressive year': North Battleford first female mayor reflects on 2025, looks ahead
As 2025 comes to a close, North Battleford Mayor Kelli Hawtin says the past year was about laying the groundwork for long-term change rather than delivering quick wins."It's been a very progressive ye...
Dec 29, 2025
Saskatchewan deep freeze eases with warm-up early next week
Saskatchewan stayed locked in bitter cold Sunday, but forecasters said a noticeable warm-up was on the way early next week, enough to lift daytime highs by roughly 10 to 15 degrees in many areas."It's...
Dec 28, 2025

New interactive map helps anglers find stocked fishing spots
An outdoor enthusiast is making it easier to find out where you can fish for your favourite species and how to get there. Matt Siemens, who runs the popular website SaskLakes.ca, has been compiling al...
Dec 28, 2025

Hage scores in OT, Canada squeaks by Latvia 2-1 at world junior hockey championship
MINNEAPOLIS - Jack Ivankovic had seen most of Saturday's script at the world junior hockey championship play out exactly one year ago.The goaltender also counted on his University of Michigan teammate...
Dec 27, 2025