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SIGA & Gold Eagle Casino donate $10,000 to Battlefords Food Bank to help with food insecurity
There was good news for Battlefords Food Bank this week. Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority (SIGA) and the Gold Eagle Casino donated $10,000 to the Battlefords District Food and Resource Centre to s...
Mar 05, 2024

New teachers sanctions to impact schools in northeast and Battlefords
More lunch hours are being cancelled in the province as part of the next round of sanctions by the Teachers Federation (STF) have been announced.The STF will withdraw noon-hour supervision at several ...
Mar 05, 2024

Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger out for thousands of users
Meta, the parent company behind Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger is experiencing an outage affecting thousands of users.According to the website downdetector, issues with the social media giant spik...
Mar 05, 2024

Four provinces confirm measles cases as Sask. Health encourages up-to-date vaccination
Seventeen cases of measles have been confirmed in Quebec, Ontario, Saskatchewan and British Columbia - more than half of those in the Montreal area, while one Ontario case has been linked to a high sc...
Mar 05, 2024

Parks Canada to install plaque at Old Government House site about residential school history
The Town of Battleford council has given its consent to a request from Parks Canada to have a plaque installed at the site of the former Old Government House, south of Battleford, to identify it as th...
Mar 05, 2024

'It's priceless': Sask. farmers happy for large snowfall
You may have heard a large sigh of relief across Saskatchewan over the weekend.While most people weren't happy to see the large amount of snow most of the province received, the same can't be said for...
Mar 04, 2024

Sturgeon Lake teen lands role in hit Netflix series
Meadow Kingfisher says she had no idea what she was auditioning for, until after she landed the part.The 13-year-old, from Sturgeon Lake First Nation, plays young Katara in the hit Netflix Series: Ava...
Mar 04, 2024

Children's entertainer a former Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra conductor
A former Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra conductor is now making a name for himself as a popular children's entertainer. Eric Paetkau will bring his zany show Mr. Snotsense's World of Fun to the Dekker C...
Mar 04, 2024

Saskaloppet draws hundreds of skiers
The 40th annual Don Allen Saskaloppet was held over the weekend, attracting approximately 250 skiers from across Saskatchewan."We were not sure what the turnout would be like given the weather we've h...
Mar 04, 2024

Organization wants province to bring nurse practitioner program back
Rural communities in Saskatchewan are facing medical shortages and are looking to add to their medical arsenal. As a result, Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM) wants the provincia...
Mar 04, 2024