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City passes budget with 4.42 per cent tax increase

North Battleford city council has passed the 2024 operating budget that will see a 4.42 per cent property tax increase.Administration originally proposed a 5.12 per cent tax increase but council was a...

Dec 11, 2023

Little Pine man charged with multiple drug and firearm offenses

Arrests have been made following a traffic stop just outside North Battleford on Highway 40 on Saturday, Dec. 9. A news release said following the stop, the officer from the North Battleford Crime Red...

Dec 11, 2023

North Battleford's Healey lands spot on Baseball Canada's winter roster

Heather Healey remembers the moment she knew she would be a pitcher.It was during a game in St. Johns, Newfoundland when the girl - about seven or eight-year-old - stepped up onto the mound. This came...

Dec 11, 2023

'You never want to give up': Paralympic swimmer Diehl shines in pool despite injury

Paralympic swimmer Ali Diehl didn't let a wrist injury stop her from competing at the Ken Demchuk International Para Swimming Championships in Surrey, B.C. earlier this month.Diehl, who was born in Sa...

Dec 11, 2023

Cunningham brings size, athleticism to North Stars' crease

The Battlefords North Stars recently added a new face between the pipes, with the acquisition of goaltender, Logan Cunningham from the Edmonton Oil Kings of the Western Hockey League (WHL). At 18 year...

Dec 11, 2023

Menstruation Equity Fund pilot in the Battlefords and Meadow Lake

Women in need of menstruation support will find relief in the Battlefords. The Battlefords District Food and Resource Centre is among a number of registered food banks in the province and the country ...

Dec 11, 2023

RCMP looking for missing man in La Loche area

La Loche RCMP are asking for help finding a missing 24-year-old man.Jaydin Campbell left Fort McMurray, Alberta on Dec. 6 with plans to travel to the rural community. He told loved ones two days later...

Dec 11, 2023

Tennessee residents clean up after severe weekend storms killed 6 people and damaged neighborhoods

Residents of central Tennessee communities slammed by deadly tornadoes this weekend described tragic and terrifying scenes in which one mobile home landed on top of another, roofs were ripped from hou...

Dec 10, 2023

Advocates look to stem radicalization as anger mounts over Israel-Hamas war

CALGARY - An Alberta woman whose son was killed while fighting with Islamic extremists in Syria is worried anger over the conflict between Israel and Hamas could lead to an increase in radicalization....

Dec 10, 2023

Indigenous services minister to table First Nations water bill as early as Monday

OTTAWA - Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu is expected to table much-anticipated legislation to improve water quality in First Nations communities as early as Monday. The bill comes more than a...

Dec 10, 2023