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Battlefords celebrate launch of Early Years Family Resource Centre

There were big smiles and little smiles all around Friday as The Battlefords Early Years Family Resource Centre (BEYFRC) held its grand opening celebration. The bright spacious facility is located at ...

Jun 17, 2022

NW seeding wrapping up, rain impact being assessed

Seeding is just about complete in the northwest region of the province, including the Battlefords and Meadow Lake area. While there were heavy rains in the area on June 13 and 14, the province is stil...

Jun 17, 2022

Meadow Lake working on borrowing bylaw

The City of Meadow Lake approved the first reading of a new bylaw to allow for borrowing funds and incurring long-term debt to finance major projects.This comes as the city needs to borrow $2.5 millio...

Jun 17, 2022

Town celebrates National Indigenous Peoples Day

It was a day to celebrate Indigenous culture when the Town of Battleford hosted National Indigenous Peoples Day on Thursday.While the day officially takes place June 21, the town wanted to give more p...

Jun 17, 2022

CPCA kicks off stop in Poundmaker

Opening day may have rained out Wednesday, but that hasn't put a damper on this week's chuckwagon action at Poundmaker Cree Nation. The horses are ready to run and the rain clouds have been replaced b...

Jun 16, 2022

Bandits set off to Surrey for Canada Cup

The Battlefords Bandits U17 softball team are BC bound, on their way to Surrey for the 2022 Canada Cup.Leaving the Battlefords last night on their 15-and-a-half hour trek, the team pulled into Hope, B...

Jun 16, 2022

North Battleford and Thompson, Man. partnering to address crime and social issues

The City of North Battleford is partnering with the City of Thompson, Man. with the aim to address crime and social issues in these communities.They recently made the announcement after taking part in...

Jun 16, 2022

Weekly epi report confirms 394 new cases of COVID-19 in the province, higher than previous week

During the week of June 5 to June 11, 394 new cases were confirmed in Saskatchewan according to the Ministry of Health's weekly COVID-19 integrated epidemiology (epi).This reflects 24 laboratory-confi...

Jun 16, 2022

Author Tootoosis relates impact of MMIW in her book

A Battlefords area author describes her book as a memoir that also deals with the tragedy of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW), since the topic has touched her on a personal level. Stephani...

Jun 16, 2022

City approves concrete crushing contract

The City of North Battleford has given the okay to award the contract for the crushing of concrete stored at the city's Waste Management Facility (WMF).Council approved the proposal received from BCE ...

Jun 15, 2022