Category Archives: Post to Social

Entire province under extreme cold warnings
Environment Canada has issued extreme cold warnings for all of Saskatchewan as Arctic air hovers over the province.Wind chills are expected to be in the -40 to -50 range through the weekend.Bitter col...
Feb 06, 2021

‘It’s not worth it’: Referee who contracted COVID says think twice before playing hockey
A Regina man who contracted COVID-19 while refereeing an adult rec game says it's not worth it to be playing hockey right now.Elemer Jerkovits, who has been reffing for almost 25 years, joined the Gre...
Feb 06, 2021

North Battleford high school music teacher's song climbing chart in Canadian Indie Country Countdown
A North Battleford high school music teacher's original song is currently climbing the chart in the Canadian Indie Country Countdown.Jackie Kroczynski's piece, called Night at the Opry, made it to No....
Feb 05, 2021

Eagle Hills Multiple 4-H Club shows resilience in staying together amidst pandemic
There has been continued strong interest in the Battlefords area 4-H club despite the ongoing pandemic.Eagle Hills Multiple 4-H Club currently has 32 members, mainly from North Battleford, Battleford,...
Feb 05, 2021

Homicide victim's remains identified
RCMP have identified the human remains found after a structure fire, which has sparked a recent homicide investigation in North Battleford.Jordon Daniel Boire of Saskatoon is the victim identified by ...
Feb 05, 2021

Province administers 2,099 vaccines, 269 new cases of COVID-19
The Saskatchewan Health Authority has announced there were 2,099 doses of the vaccine administered in the province yesterday, bringing the total to 38,710 vaccines given in Saskatchewan. There 269 new...
Feb 05, 2021

Suicide rate down in Sask., attributed to ‘pulling together phenomenon’
While there has been a lot of bad news coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic, it seems fewer people have decided to take their lives into their own hands.Deaths by suicide were down about 35 per cent in...
Feb 05, 2021

Table Mountain closed Friday through Sunday due to extreme cold
Table Mountain has announced they will be closed Friday through Sunday (Feb. 5-7) this weekend, due to extreme cold conditions.North Battleford and area are currently under an extreme cold warning, ex...
Feb 05, 2021

Positive COVID-19 case at Spiritwood school
Saskatchewan Health Authority officials have diagnosed a positive COVID-19 case in an individual at Rivier School in Spiritwood.Light of Christ Catholic School Division is working with Public Health t...
Feb 05, 2021

Snow Angels making a difference for neighbours in community
The City of North Battleford is celebrating those making a difference in their community through the act of shovelling snow. The Snow Angels program is a purely volunteer-based initiative in which the...
Feb 05, 2021