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New easy access corridor highlights Sask. Crown sector Northern wildfire response
A new high clearance corridor being built in Northern Saskatchewan is just one of the many ways in how the province's Crown corporations are helping wildfire-stricken communities. According to a media...
Nov 04, 2025

North Stars back at home to take on the Nipawin Hawks
For the first time since Oct. 10, the Battlefords North Stars (6-4-1-2, 3rd in Nutrien Division) are at the Access Communications Centre as they try to get back to their winning ways against the Nipaw...
Nov 04, 2025

Winter Clothing Recycling Project
The Empty Stocking Fund |Battlefords District Food & Resource Centre is having a winter clothing recycling project.See the poster for details.
Nov 04, 2025
Sask. post-secondary education gets $250 million funding boost from province
The Government of Saskatchewan announced extra financial support for post-secondary education on Monday.Advanced Education Minister Ken Cheveldayoff announced that the province was providing $250 mill...
Nov 04, 2025
Sask. Premier Scott Moe expects ‘significant’ deficit in federal budget
Given the uncertain and tumultuous time Canada has recently experienced with trade, Premier Scott Moe said he expects a "significant" deficit to be unveiled in the Government of Canada's 2025-26 budge...
Nov 04, 2025

Dick Cheney, one of the most powerful and polarizing vice presidents in US history, dies at 84
WASHINGTON (AP) - Dick Cheney, the hard-charging conservative who became one of the most powerful and polarizing vice presidents in U.S. history and a leading advocate for the invasion of Iraq, has di...
Nov 04, 2025

Champagne’s biggest test yet — selling a ‘generational’ budget to anxious Canadians
OTTAWA - As Prime Minister Mark Carney looks to sell Canadians on his first-ever budget - one that he's billed as containing both once-in-a generation capital spending projects and austerity measures ...
Nov 04, 2025

Local resident brings historic Prince Albert to life using AI
About 25 years ago, Neil Headrick bought some CDs featuring digitized photos from the Prince Albert Historical Society for about $8. He spent some time adding colour to the old black and whites that c...
Nov 04, 2025

Fentanyl, cocaine and shotgun seized in Lloydminster traffic stop
Two men are facing multiple charges after Lloydminster RCMP seized drugs, cash and a firearm during a traffic stop within the city limits last week.Police say the stop, conducted on Oct. 30, led offic...
Nov 03, 2025

Battleford installs new light-up crosswalks to improve safety for pedestrians
Pedestrians and motorists in Battleford may notice two new LED crosswalks signs. The new light up crosswalks were installed in common problem areas within the town where pedestrian visibility is limit...
Nov 03, 2025