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Students, staff share excitement as new school year begins
As Grade 11 student, Ava Beausoleil, sat in the common area at North Battleford Comprehensive High School, she couldn't help but smile, being surrounded by friends once again on the first day of schoo...
Sep 01, 2021
U of S study shows COVID-19 increase in North Battleford wastewater
The University of Saskatchewan's viral wastewater monitoring is showing increases of the COVID-19 variant in North Battleford's wastewater for the period assessed.The City of North Battleford recently...
Sep 01, 2021
Northern filmmaker honoured with TIFF Emerging Talent Award
The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) has announced La Ronge filmmaker Danis Goulet will receive the Emerging Talent Award later this month.In bestowing Goulet with the honour, she was descri...
Sep 01, 2021
Ontario to require proof of vaccination in high-risk settings starting Sept. 22
TORONTO - Giving in to mounting pressure from experts, businesses and political opponents, Premier Doug Ford announced a vaccine certificate system Wednesday that will see Ontarians showing proof of i...
Sep 01, 2021
Child-care system or tax credit: Parties' pitches mean varying benefits for families
OTTAWA - Six years ago, Rob Gillezeau watched as a child-care pledge he worked on for the federal New Democrats got pitted against competing policy ideas on where the country should go politically on ...
Sep 01, 2021
Lockdown orders in N.W.T. to lift this weekend as COVID-19 cases start to decline
YELLOWKNIFE - Two communities in the Northwest Territories under lockdown orders since mid-August will see those orders lifted late Saturday as active cases of COVID-19 start to decline across the ter...
Sep 01, 2021
SJHL implements mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy
With training camps already well underway, and the start of the hockey season fast approaching, the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) has announced a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy for t...
Sep 01, 2021
The Undecideds: Three Canadian voters still unsure who to support, two weeks in
Canadians are set to go to the polls Sept. 20, but not everyone knows what they will do when they get there. The Canadian Press is following three undecided voters through the ups and downs of this el...
Sep 01, 2021
Record number of Indigenous candidates running in federal election
A record number of Indigenous candidates are running in the federal election this year with what they say is a goal of advancing meaningful change in Canada's relationship with First Nations, Inuit an...
Sep 01, 2021
Multiple side-by-sides stolen in Turtleford region
Turtleford RCMP are looking for multiple side-by-sides stolen on Sunday.The first theft took place at a residence in Turtleford where a green 2008 Pantera 700 was taken. It has custom epoxy moulding u...
Sep 01, 2021