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Driver charged after collision with ambulance
A 23-year-old man from the Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation has been charged with impaired driving after a head-on collision with an ambulance. Police said on Jan. 1, they were called to the collision on ...
Jan 03, 2019
Suspects sought after early morning armed robbery
Information is sought on two suspects after an armed robbery at a business Thursday morning. Battlefords RCMP said in a media release that around 1:30 a.m., two males entered the 7/11 on 100th St. wit...
Jan 03, 2019
Wednesday's Scoreboard
Wednesday’s Games World Junior Hockey Championship Quarterfinals at Vancouver Finland 2 Canada 1 (OT) Russia 8 Slovakia 3 Switzerland 2 Sweden 0 United States 3 Czech Republic 1 Re...
Jan 03, 2019
CARTOON 01-03-2019
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Source: CARTOON 01-03-2019
Jan 03, 2019
Chamber planning changing of the guard at annual banquet
The Battlefords Chamber of Commerce is looking forward to hosting the 113th Annual Chair’s Banquet later this month. “It’s always an exciting time of the year in January,” said...
Jan 02, 2019
Battlefords AAA Sharks coming soon to the TV screen
The Battlefords AAA Sharks are hosting a televised game Jan. 10 when the team welcomes the Saskatoon Stars to town for a showdown at Battleford Arena, with the matchup of the two teams to be featured ...
Jan 02, 2019
City urging residents to recycle Christmas trees
Residents are urged to recycle their Christmas trees for free this season with the city so they can be turned into chips for mulch. Trees can be dropped off at the North Battleford Parks Shop on Eight...
Jan 02, 2019
New Horizons could provide data on beginnings of solar system: Sask. astronomer
A Saskatchewan astronomer is excited about the data a NASA spacecraft will send back to Earth. James Edgar of Melville, a former president of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, s...
Jan 02, 2019
Cancer Society urges you to quit smoking in 2019
It’s never too late to quit smoking. That’s the message from Donna Pasiechnik of the Canadian Cancer Society, as many are ushering in 2019 white-knuckling it without a cigarette for the la...
Jan 02, 2019
Battlefords welcomes first baby of 2019
The Battlefords has welcomed its first baby for 2019. Jesse Michael Wurz was born at 12:35 a.m. on Jan. 2 to Michelle and Jerry at Battlefords Union Hospital. The Saskatchewan Health Au...
Jan 02, 2019