Category Archives: Newsletter Daily

'I'm human': Kelli Hawtin re-announces mayoral bid
After being inundated with emails, phone calls and texts asking her to reconsider running, Kelli Hawtin has now re-announced her candidacy for Mayor of the City of North Battleford."I gave it some tho...
Sep 24, 2024

'Axe the tax' and 'jail, not bail': Catching up with MP Rosemarie Falk
The fall sitting of Parliament started much the same way it ended for Battlefords-Lloydminster MP Rosemarie Falk and her fellow Conservatives: staying focused on the carbon tax and the economy. "I wil...
Sep 24, 2024

Getting ready for Nipawin and new signing from BCHL
The Battlefords North Stars have only one game this week and it's this Saturday, September 28 against the Nipawin Hawks at the Access Communications Centre. The Hawks currently hold a 0-2 record after...
Sep 24, 2024

Natural Gas flaring being done in Meota
SaskEnergy is informing the public that they will be doing natural gas flaring from 5:30 a.m. to 7:30 a.m. on Wednesday, September 25 at the TransGas Meter Station in the RM of Meota, east of Highway ...
Sep 24, 2024
Caddies and paper bags: Schools figuring out cellphone bans
From cellphone "hotels" to patchwork policies to recalibrating lesson plans, teachers and schools across Canada are learning to navigate a classroom without cellphones.But some say that despite recent...
Sep 24, 2024
NDP rolls out $1.1 billion funding plan for Saskatchewan health care
Saskatchewan health-care workers continue to sound the alarm as they say the system in the province is in complete "crisis". Janell Hubbard, general vice president of CUPE 5430, said health-care worke...
Sep 24, 2024

NDTR flag raising: embracing the future and honouring the past
Trigger warning: readers may be triggered by the subject matter of Indian Residential Schools. To access a 24-hour National Crisis Line, call: 1-866-925-4419.The Battlefords Agency Tribal Council (BAT...
Sep 23, 2024

Challenge to Saskatchewan’s pronoun law gets its day in court
REGINA - Saskatchewan's Court of Appeal is hearing arguments about a provincial law that requires parental consent when children under 16 want to change their names or pronouns at school.A judge ruled...
Sep 23, 2024

'Plywood Palace' no longer: JP II reopens with Moe and Cockrill
A historic North Battleford building that has served the community for 112 years and has seen thousands of the community's children walk through its halls for generations officially reopened Monday.Jo...
Sep 23, 2024

Saulteaux Powwow celebrates heritage and healing through dance
Generations of Indigenous community members gathered at the 2024 Saulteaux Powwow on Saturday to celebrate their heritage and to find healing through dancing to the beat of the traditional Thunder Dru...
Sep 23, 2024