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North Stars look for quick bounce back in Melville

Coming off a tough 7-1 loss to Humboldt to end their four-game home stand Saturday, the Battlefords North Stars will return to the road Sunday in search of a quick rebound, against the Millionaires.Su...

Feb 27, 2022

North Stars go down swinging in final game versus Broncos

212 minutes in penalties is a lot for any game... never mind a period. It was a wild finish Saturday night at the Access Communications Centre, as the Battlefords North Stars fell 7-1 to the division ...

Feb 27, 2022

Stars, Broncos to wrap season series with final showdown in NB

It's rivalry night at the Access Communications Centre Saturday, as the Battlefords North Stars will wrap their season series with the division-leading, Humboldt Broncos.Two of the top four teams in t...

Feb 26, 2022

SHA to ease visitation restrictions at long-term care homes Monday

The Saskatchewan Health Authority is to relax visitation restrictions at most of the province's long-term care homes starting Monday.At 8 a.m., SHA long-term care homes will ease COVID-related visitat...

Feb 25, 2022

Battlefords local Florence named Stars SJHL Community Ambassador

It wasn't that long ago Zane Florence was sitting in the crowd at the North Battleford Civic Centre with family, dreaming of one day becoming a Battlefords North Star.Now in his first full season of j...

Feb 25, 2022

Remembering North Battleford legend and Hockey HOFer Emile Francis

The Cat, Coach, or Emile.Regardless of which name people knew him by, there was hardly a person who crossed paths with Hockey Hall of Famer and North Battleford sports icon Emile Francis who didn't so...

Feb 25, 2022

RCMP finds seven-year-old girl who had been taken by her father

More than three months after Sarah Jackson went missing, the RCMP located the seven-year-old Regina girl more than 1,300 kilometres from home.The RCMP announced Thursday that officers in Vernon, B.C.,...

Feb 24, 2022

State of emergency being extended in Saskatchewan

The situation with COVID-19 in Saskatchewan is good enough that all of the public health orders will be dropped as of Monday, but the province's state of emergency will continue.On Wednesday, Premier ...

Feb 24, 2022

Province reports 1,407 new cases and 37 new deaths in weekly report

The Government of Saskatchewan has issued their weekly COVID-19 EPI report which looks at data from Sunday, Feb. 13 to Saturday, Feb. 19.There were 1,407 new cases of COVID-19, which was 1.2 laborator...

Feb 24, 2022

Liability, enforcement among concerns during City masks vote

The debate over continuing mask restrictions was a spirited one at North Battleford City Council, but moving forward, both Council and Administration will be following the province's lead.The 5-2 vote...

Feb 24, 2022