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Project OO: License to Heal radiothon will help fund hearing services at Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital
Every year almost 5,500 babies are born at the Jim Pattison Children's Hospital in Saskatoon and every one of them gets a hearing check. That is why this year's focus of the annual Pattison Children's...
Nov 04, 2025

Operation Red Nose kicks off 2025 campaign in the Battlefords, marking 15 years on the road
The national and Saskatchewan launch of Operation Red Nose's 2025 holiday campaign took place Tuesday at the Battlefords Concern for Youth office, marking 15 years of helping holiday revelers find a s...
Nov 04, 2025

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