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Residents maintaining testing numbers, new COVID cases higher than last week, 20 deaths reported
Another 1,196 new cases were confirmed last week by the Ministry of Health's COVID-19 integrated epidemiology (epi) report release today.The number of new laboratory-confirmed cases was about 34 per c...
Mar 31, 2022

North Stars 20-year-olds reflect on junior experience: Part 2
With the conclusion of their hockey season, the Battlefords North Stars will say goodbye to another class of 20-year-olds, as seven players from this year's roster will graduate from the junior ranks,...
Mar 31, 2022

North Stars 20-year-olds reflect on junior experience: Part 1
With the conclusion of their hockey season, the Battlefords North Stars will say goodbye to another class of 20-year-olds, as seven players from this year's roster will graduate from the junior ranks,...
Mar 31, 2022

Medical students hopeful despite difficult pandemic years
The last two years of the pandemic have been a long haul for the health-care system.Illness and outbreaks, staff shortages, overtime shifts, redeployment, death - those are all things Saskatchewan doc...
Mar 30, 2022

Former North Star, Kotchorek wins ACAC Championship with NAIT
North Battleford's Taryn Kotchorek will need to find room on his mantle for another hockey achievement, after his NAIT Ooks took home a 3-0 series sweep of Concordia University over the weekend en rou...
Mar 29, 2022

Twin Rivers Curling Club hosts 97th Annual Men’s Open Bonspiel
Sixty-four curlers representing 16 teams from the Battlefords and area, including St. Walburg, Spiritwood, Medstead and Wilkie, competed in this year's 97th Annual Men's Open Bonspiel over the weekend...
Mar 29, 2022

Stars see season come to an end with Game 6 loss in Flin Flon
The Battlefords North Stars saw their season come to an end Sunday night in Flin Flon, as the team fell 6-2 in Game 6 of their first round playoff series with the Flin Flon Bombers.The loss closes out...
Mar 28, 2022

North Stars face must-win in Game 6 with season on the line
The Battlefords North Stars will put their season on the line Sunday night at the Whitney Forum in Flin Flon, for Game 6 of their first round playoff series with the Flin Flon Bombers.The Stars trail ...
Mar 27, 2022

Battlefords see eight named to 2022 National Aboriginal Hockey Championships
Seven Battlefords AAA Stars and one North Star headline the 24-man roster named to represent Team Saskatchewan for the 2022 National Aboriginal Hockey Championships.Forward Matthew Henry of the North ...
Mar 26, 2022

Stars fall 3-1 in Game 5, now face must-win Sunday
Despite a strong push late in the game with the empty net and extra attacker on, the Battlefords North Stars fell 3-1 on home ice Friday night in North Battleford, in Game 5 of their first round best-...
Mar 26, 2022