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North Battleford high school entrepreneurs brew up business with in-school coffee company
Inside a classroom at North Battleford Comprehensive High School sits five students who shared the same passion of starting up a small business for their entrepreneur class project. Brendan Muli, alon...
Mar 06, 2026 Five Cups Coffee Co. business students serving coffee from the school canteen. (Image Credit: Submitted/ Rhonda MacDonald)
Treaty 6 leaders heading to London for private audience with King Charles III
Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation invited the head of the British Crown to attend the 150th Commemoration of Treaty 6 at Fort Carlton this August. Now, it appears the offer has been reciprocated.A delegation of...
Mar 06, 2026 A delegation of Saskatchewan chiefs departs for England on Monday and is expected to deliver an in-person invitation for the King to come celebrate the 150th anniversary of the signing of Treaty 6 at Fort Carlton in August. (Image Credit: ID 5563842 © Kmiragaya | Dreamstime.com)
'We hope to make Saskatchewan proud': local curlers set for U-20 nationals after provincial win
Curling often begins with small moments - a first step onto the ice, learning to slide and balance, finding the rhythm of the sweep, and the precise push of the stone from the hack.For North Battlefor...
Mar 06, 2026 Team Semeniuk poses with the championship trophy after winning the Saskatchewan U-20 women’s curling championship in Swift Current. From left: Chloe Semeniuk (skip), Leah Beausoleil (third), Kelsey Wall (second), Lindsay Miller (lead) and coach Nicole Beausoleil. (Image Credit: Submitted/Chloe Semeniuk)
Warm weekend weather could bring both melting and more snow
A warm start to the weekend will give way to some slightly cooler conditions. Brian Proctor of Environment and Climate Change Canada said some warm weather will be coming through Saskatchewan for the ...
Mar 06, 2026 (Image Credit: Cam Lee/northeastNOW)
Mike McEwen, Kelly Knapp rinks fall short of playoffs at Brier
Saskatchewan's decades-long drought at the Montana's Brier will continue at least one more year after a Thursday that curling fans in the province would probably prefer to forget.It was a nightmare ev...
Mar 06, 2026 Saskatchewan's Mike McEwen rink fell just shy of qualifying for playoffs at the 2026 Brier following a 6-3 loss to Team Dunstone on Mar. 5, 2026. (Image Credit: Andrew Klaver/Curling Canada)
Riders looking for next Gainer the Gopher
Do you want to gopher the Grey Cup with the Riders this year?The hunt is on for the next big personality in Green and White to step into Gainer the Gophers' shoes and become the Rider mascot.The Saska...
Mar 05, 2026 Gainer the gopher has been a staple for the Rider fans for years. (Image Credit: Saskatchewan Roughriders/Twitter)
Sask. doctors losing more than 10 hours a week to paperwork
Saskatchewan doctors are spending almost 11 hours each week on administrative work, along with the time they spend seeing patients.The January 2026 report, "Losing Doctors to Desk Work: Canadian physi...
Mar 05, 2026 (Image Credit: ID 34803387 © Rido | Dreamstime.com)
Two deaths may be linked to Battlefords mystery beverage
RCMP have confirmed there is a possibility that two deaths in the Battlefords area are linked to an unknown beverage. Earlier this week, RCMP and the Ministry of Health issued an alert out of concern ...
Mar 05, 2026 (Image Credit: file photo)
In the news: Carney in Canberra, Canada and the Mideast, knitting popularity booms
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press.Carney continues middle power pitch in AustraliaCanada and Australia have a "rare" ability to help convene a coalition of middle powers because the...
Mar 05, 2026 Prime Minister Mark Carney delivers an address to parliament in Canberra, Australia,Thursday, March 5, 2026. (Image Credit: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld)
Sask. arts community calls on government for funding increase
A province-wide survey has determined strong public support for maintaining or increasing investment in arts and culture.The findings by Insightix are being released by the Saskatchewan Arts Alliance ...
Mar 04, 2026 The Mann Art Gallery would appreciate additional funding. (Image Credit: Nigel Maxwell/paNOW Staff)