Category Archives: Post to Social

Saskatchewan, Ottawa carbon tax case 'monumental' for Constitution: expert
REGINA - Legal experts, government officials and industry leaders will all watch this week as Saskatchewan and Ottawa head to court over the constitutionality of a federally imposed car...
Feb 10, 2019

'A big hole in your life': Boushie's family, friends gather to mark one year since verdict
Alvin Baptiste sat cross-legged on the floor of a raised stage at the front of The Chapel Gallery. He was flanked by a handful of young men to his right and a dozen or so women to his left.The smell o...
Feb 09, 2019

Stars score lucky seven against Terriers
The Battlefords North Stars gave their fans a lot to cheer about Friday, as the team defeated the Yorkton Terriers 7-4 in their lone game at the Civic Centre this month. It took just 27 seconds into t...
Feb 09, 2019

Is your vaporizer safe?
A recent story out of Texas in which a vaporizer exploded in a man's hand, sending shrapnel into his body and later causing his death, has a local vape expert speaking out.Jesse Huber, manager at Vita...
Feb 08, 2019

‘It is far from over’: Push for reform continues one year after Stanley verdict
It was a bitterly cold February night when a jury, after deliberating for 13 hours, shuffled into a Queen's Bench courtroom in Battleford and acquitted Gerald Stanley in the shooting death of Colten B...
Feb 08, 2019

SIIT relocates, invests in the Battlefords
An investment in the future of not only the students, but the City of North Battleford.The grand re-opening of the Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technologies (SIIT) North Battleford Career Centre t...
Feb 08, 2019

One arrested after warrant executed on Onion Lake First Nation
One man is facing forcible confinement and a number of other charges after police executed a warrant on the Onion Lake First Nation Wednesday. Members of the Onion Lake RCMP, Emergency Response Team, ...
Feb 08, 2019

North Stars at home for tilt with Terriers
The Battlefords North Stars will no doubt be chomping at the bit to return to action tonight, as the team gets set for their first home game of the month, and second of the 2019 calendar year at the C...
Feb 08, 2019

Despite gains, unemployment ticks up to 5.8 per cent as more look for work
Despite a flurry of new jobs in January, as the job market tightens and more people search for work, the nation's unemployment rate jumped from its 43-year low of 5.6 to 5.8 per cent.Canada added near...
Feb 08, 2019

Former STC rider frustrated over refusal of federal money
Some former STC riders are looking on in frustration after finding out the provincial government turned down about $2 million from the federal government for a public bus system last year.The offer wa...
Feb 07, 2019