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Sharks standout Renkas commits to Maryville Saints
Following the conclusion of the 2023-24 hockey season, Battlefords AAA Sharks defenceman and alternate captain, Amber Renkas is primed to take her game to the post-secondary level for the next chapter...
Jan 31, 2024

New TV show a tribute to late Elder Tom Charles
A new TV show in the works for APTN will serve a tribute to the late Tom Charles, a well-respected Elder of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band known for his skills in locating missing persons. Doug Cuthand ...
Jan 31, 2024

Free program teaches 'cultural humility' to begin February 1 at North Battleford Library
A free program to help the community learn cultural humility will be offered over the month of February at the North Battleford Library."We're just talking about being sensitive towards different cult...
Jan 31, 2024

Gold, Olsen score; Sask shines Day 1 of Showcase
Battlefords North Stars' defencemen Tanner Gold and Carson Olsen each scored a goal and the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League took all three games in an eventful opening day of the 2024 SJHL/MJHL Show...
Jan 31, 2024

Battlefords Chamber of Commerce inducts new chair
The Battlefords Chamber of Commerce now has a new chair for its board of directors for 2024.They held their formal induction ceremony Tuesday at their offices in North Battleford as outgoing chair Kay...
Jan 31, 2024

Sharks captain Slabaida commits to NAIT of ACAC
Since breaking into the Saskatchewan Female AAA ranks with her hometown Battlefords Sharks back in the fall of 2021, Greir Slabaida has been working towards developing her game in hopes of one day adv...
Jan 30, 2024

Filling the gap: River Valley group provides support for first responders, veterans at inquest
First responders across central Saskatchewan have witnessed much trauma over the last few years starting in 2018 with the Humboldt Bronco's bus crash and more recently, coping with the fallout of the ...
Jan 30, 2024

Cree story takes centre ice in North Battleford February. 4
A story about learning to walk in another's hooves is coming to North Battleford this weekend. Sum Theatre and La Troupe du Jour have teamed up to present a Cree story Elder Brother and the Bison as a...
Jan 30, 2024

'I couldn't imagine what he was capable of': Elders speak about interactions with mass stabbing perpetrator
An elder who spoke with the man responsible for the mass stabbing attack on the James Smith Cree Nation and Village of Weldon while he was in prison believes he really wanted to better himself.Geraldi...
Jan 30, 2024

North West College opens new location at Frontier Centre Mall
North West College's Battlefords Campus has expanded, launching a new location for classrooms at the Frontier Centre Mall in North Battleford.The college held an opening ceremony at the site, located ...
Jan 30, 2024