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Stars take pre-season sweep of Bonnyville with 5-3 win
The Battlefords North Stars took home a 5-3 victory over the Bonnyville Pontiacs Thursday night, to extend their record to a perfect 2-0 to open the pre-season. Just a night after six different Stars ...
Sep 01, 2022

Crusaders relishing return of football season
The start of the football season sits just around the corner for the John Paul II Collegiate (JPII) Crusaders. The team is now in its second week of practices in preparation for the fall season, in le...
Sep 01, 2022

Battlefords Co-op Aquatic Centre temporarily closed for maintenance
Those hoping to use the pool in North Battleford will have to wait a little longer while maintenance is underway.The city announced the InnovationPlex Battlefords Co-op Aquatic Centre is temporarily c...
Sep 01, 2022

Sask. to get 90,000 doses of bivalent COVID vaccine in first two shipments
On Thursday morning, Health Canada approved the first vaccine against COVID-19 that targets both the original virus and Omicron.The new shots from Moderna, called bivalent vaccines, are designed to re...
Sep 01, 2022

Are your favourite dollar store items harbouring dangerous chemicals?
Chances are you have bought many items during your trips to the local dollar store. But could the items in your basket contain high amounts of toxic chemicals?According to a new report from an environ...
Sep 01, 2022

North Stars head to Bonnyville for pre-season showdown
The Battlefords North Stars will return to action Thursday, for the second of the team's back-to-backs with the Bonnyville Pontiacs to open the pre-season.Coming off a 7-1 win over the Pontiacs in the...
Sep 01, 2022

It's back to school for kids in the Battlefords
Youth in the Battlefords marked Sept. 1 as the day they're heading back to class for a new school year.Bready School Principal Rhonda Simon said it's a busy time in the year at the Kindergarten to Gra...
Sep 01, 2022

Heatwave results in record for summer electricity demand: SaskPower
All those whirring air conditioners in Saskatchewan on Wednesday helped set a record for summer peak electricity demand.In a media release Thursday, SaskPower said customers were using 3,597 megawatts...
Sep 01, 2022

Classes back in session before long weekend again: Why?
It has been a decade since legislation first required the school year in Saskatchewan to start after the Labour Day long weekend, and it has been eight years since that legislation was introduced to b...
Sep 01, 2022

RCMP Report: Young man arrested, bites police officer
Battlefords RCMP arrested a 20-year-old man on multiple charges Tuesday in an odd case of assault.Members were called to the incident in progress on the 1900 block of 104th Street in North Battleford ...
Sep 01, 2022