Category Archives: Newsletter Daily

Greg Lightfoot seeks fourth term on city council with focus on fiscal responsibility
A long-serving former city councillor from North Battleford, Greg Lightfoot, is seeking his fourth term on Nov. 13 with a commitment to financial accountability, keeping taxes low, and driving continu...
Oct 29, 2024

Bell claims Song of the Year at international awards show
Nigel Bell is coming back to Canada from the United States with another award win. Bell, who is a Lac La Ronge Indian Band member who performs under the name Nige B, won Song Of The Year Hip-Hop at th...
Oct 29, 2024

New jerseys and toque, a mitten toss and a Hounds rematch
After getting the two-game sweep against the La Ronge Ice Wolves this past weekend, the Battlefords North Stars are back at Access Communications Centre to take on the Notre Dame Hounds this Friday, N...
Oct 29, 2024

Restaurant owner vying for city council seat
North Battleford restaurant owner Mercy George is seeking a council seat with a vision of making the city safer and better."Mercy is eager to serve on the city council with a vision to reduce crime, s...
Oct 29, 2024
Mark Arcand calls on FSIN to be more transparent following federal audit
Tribal Chief Mark Arcand, head of the Saskatoon Tribal Council, is calling on the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) to be more transparent in how it handles its finances.Indigenous Ser...
Oct 29, 2024

Human trafficking charges range from Sask. to Ontario
An RCMP investigation that began in Dundurn, south of Saskatoon, led officers to Yorkton and Ontario. Police responded to a reported kidnapping at a business in Dundurn on October 23 at about 5:15 a.m...
Oct 29, 2024

Vikings lose to Martensville in semifinal
It was a tough game for the North Battleford Comprehensive High School Vikings football team as their season came to an end after losing 28-7 to Martensville in the league semifinal on Friday, Oct. 18...
Oct 29, 2024

Ball in Sask. Party's court: political scientist reacts to election
As Clayton Poole watched the returns come in with his friend and fellow NDP candidate from the comfort of Mark Thunderchild's living room in the Rosthern-Shellbrook riding, the mood was subdued. "We p...
Oct 29, 2024
Final report coming today on unmarked graves, missing kids in res. schools
OTTAWA - A final report is set to be released today by Canada's special interlocutor for missing children and unmarked graves associated with residential schools.Kimberly Murray, who has been serving ...
Oct 29, 2024
A look at Saskatchewan elections and governments over the last five decades
REGINA - Scott Moe's Saskatchewan Party won another majority government in the province's general election on Monday. Here's a look at the provincial governments over the last five decades:New Democra...
Oct 29, 2024