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'A big hole in your life': Boushie's family, friends gather to mark one year since verdict

Alvin Baptiste sat cross-legged on the floor of a raised stage at the front of The Chapel Gallery. He was flanked by a handful of young men to his right and a dozen or so women to his left.The smell o...

Feb 09, 2019

‘It is far from over’: Push for reform continues one year after Stanley verdict

It was a bitterly cold February night when a jury, after deliberating for 13 hours, shuffled into a Queen's Bench courtroom in Battleford and acquitted Gerald Stanley in the shooting death of Colten B...

Feb 08, 2019

SIIT relocates, invests in the Battlefords

An investment in the future of not only the students, but the City of North Battleford.The grand re-opening of the Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technologies (SIIT) North Battleford Career Centre t...

Feb 08, 2019

North Stars at home for tilt with Terriers

The Battlefords North Stars will no doubt be chomping at the bit to return to action tonight, as the team gets set for their first home game of the month, and second of the 2019 calendar year at the C...

Feb 08, 2019

Despite gains, unemployment ticks up to 5.8 per cent as more look for work

Despite a flurry of new jobs in January, as the job market tightens and more people search for work, the nation's unemployment rate jumped from its 43-year low of 5.6 to 5.8 per cent.Canada added near...

Feb 08, 2019

If Jolibois bill passes, Orange Shirt Day could be national statutory holiday

Desneth-Missinippi-Churchill River NDP MP Georgina Jolibois supports a recent change to her private member's bill to make Sept. 30 instead of June 21 a statutory holiday. "June 21 will still be a day ...

Feb 07, 2019

Father-son duos don stripes for SHA provincial game

Shaping character for life.That's one part of the Saskatchewan Hockey Association's mandate for players, coaches and officials. Last night in Biggar, it was realized in more ways than one when four of...

Feb 07, 2019

Federal bill would make Sept. 30 holiday for Indigenous reconciliation

OTTAWA - Sept. 30 might become a new statutory holiday commemorating victims of residential schools. The House of Commons heritage committee approved a measure Tuesday to make the last day of Septembe...

Feb 06, 2019

Cannabis outlet to give update at Chamber On Tap

It should be an engaging evening for business people attending the next Battlefords Chamber of Commerce networking event called Chamber On Tap - new business Fire and Flower Cannabis Co. is set to giv...

Feb 06, 2019

North Stars ride into Melfort in search of third-straight win

The Battlefords North Stars travel to Melfort tonight for a matchup with the Melfort Mustangs at Northern Lights Palace. The North Stars have won two-straight heading into action, while picking up at ...

Feb 06, 2019