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North West College's Battlefords campus temporarily closed due to burst pipe
The deep freeze caused a pipe to burst at North West College's Battlefords campus Monday, resulting in some flooding on the main floor. The building was closed the same day and will continue to be thr...
Jan 16, 2024

Eight North Stars named to SJHL/MJHL Showcase
Eight members of the Battlefords North Stars have been selected to make the trip to Winnipeg at the end of the month, to represent their team and province at the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League/Mani...
Jan 16, 2024

NBFD activates mobile warming station for extreme weather
When the temperature plummeted last week to bone-chilling negative double digits, it only took three hours for the North Battleford Fire Department to initiate a new purpose for their utility bus as t...
Jan 15, 2024

Battlefords RCMP Gang Task Force sees success with SGI support
The Battlefords RCMP Gang Task Force have been better able to tackle crime in the community with help from SGI.The RCMP reports the Gang Task Force received covert surveillance vehicles from SGI last ...
Jan 15, 2024

Daycares in North Battleford are full for teachers' strike Tuesday
With the one-day teachers' strike looming tomorrow, daycares in North Battleford have already been pushed to their maximum capacities.Families with young children looking to drop their kids off somewh...
Jan 15, 2024

Indigenous-focused routine lands Team Saskatchewan Gymnaestrada provincial award
The work done by Team Saskatchewan Gymnaestrada, to share the province's Indigenous culture with the world, has earned them special recognition.They are receiving the Sask Sport 2024 Inspire Through S...
Jan 15, 2024

Portner, Cunningham lead North Stars to 6-2 triumph over Hounds
The Battlefords North Stars saved their best for the third period Saturday night at the Access Communications Centre, scoring five of their six unanswered goals in the final frame, to come back from a...
Jan 14, 2024
STF wants gov’t to get serious about classroom issues ahead of strike
Samantha Becotte, president of the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation, said she hopes Tuesday's single-day strike will show the government how serious teachers are about having their needs met.On Frida...
Jan 13, 2024

North Stars go for sixth straight in return to home ice
For the first time since the calendar change to 2024, the Battlefords North Stars will return to action on home ice at the Access Communications Centre, as the team play host to the Notre Dame Hounds,...
Jan 13, 2024

'Our family has fallen apart': Sentencing begins for Winnipeg man who killed Saskatchewan Mountie with stolen truck
Melanie Patton says the loss of her only son, a Saskatchewan Mountie who was run over and killed more than two years ago, has left a void that can't be filled.She told a sentencing hearing Thursday th...
Jan 13, 2024