Another update from the Highway Hotline warning residents of problematic areas around the Battlefords and Meadow Lake. As of the latest update, roads around North Battleford are snow packed, partly covered, have icy spots with swirling and drifting snow. La Loche and Meadow Lake are also facing partly covered, ice, and...

As the weather gets colder and the winter season rolls around, people often come together in the name of Christmas spirit to give back and make a difference in the community. And for the Battlefords and surrounding areas, they are no exception. The Battlefords North Stars and Community Safety Officers 'Pack the Patrol ...

A local tea and herbs business donated around $4,700 worth of food and a $1,000 cheque to the Battlefords District Food & Resource Centre(BDFRC) on Thursday to bring warmth and support to the community during the biting cold."These are streets where I grew up, and I see people lined up out here. I see people o...

With curlers making their way down the sheets of pebbled ice as the backdrop, the Battlefords Hotels' Association presented a cheque for $10,000 to Brandon Hall, general manager of Twin Rivers Curling Club on Thursday. "It always helps 'cause obviously, just like everything, we've got rising costs especially in th...

Following what it says is significant progress, the Saskatchewan Marshals Service is planning to be operational this summer, about one year sooner than they previously expected. SMS Chief Marshal Rob Cameron said that working with existing police services is a priority for the new police service whose headquarters will...

One chapter is over, but there are still many left in the book.That's how parents Brian and Debbie Gallagher characterized the second-degree murder conviction of 29-year-old Robert James Joseph Thomas in Saskatoon's Court of King's Bench, for his role in 30-year-old Megan Gallagher's murder.Megan was last seen in Saska...

After securing another majority government in October's provincial election, Premier Scott Moe's approval has rebounded, jumping by seven points.That's according to the latest premier approval ratings, published on Wednesday by the Angus Reid Institute. The poll showed Moe's popularity sitting at 52 per cent, up from 4...

Saskatchewan's NDP Leader Carla Beck is banging the drum for the Sask. Party to immediately and permanently remove Provincial Sales Tax (PST) from children's clothing in time for Christmas."We've heard from so many hard working parents, grandparents even, who are worried about the cost of living," Beck said.B...

Four years ago, the province of Saskatchewan had never had a national champion in U20 women's broomball. The Debden Roadrunners have now given the province three straight, and they are looking to make it four as they get set for the season to start this winter.With this year's national championships set for Val-d'Or, Q...

The chief executive of the North West Co. Inc. is rejecting accusations that its stores in remote Indigenous communities hiked food prices as funding flowed in this year from federal programs aimed at making necessities more affordable.Dan McConnell made the comments Tuesday during a call for shareholders discussing th...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Canada Post strike hits Day 29, sides far apart It's Day 29 of the Canada Post strike, with Christmas fast approaching and still no apparent movement at the bargaining table. The two sides have been bandying criticisms back and fo...

TORONTO - Taylor Swift commands a legion of devotees, but among the thousands decked out in cowboy boots, friendship bracelets and glitter at her Canadian performances, one was not like the others. Millions of people attended the Eras Tour. Avery Parisien might be the only 15-year-old who got there by protesting a majo...

OTTAWA - As the U.S. presidential election loomed, Canadian officials envisioned new opportunities for co-operation with their southern neighbour on nuclear energy, supply chain security and carbon capture technologies - no matter who won the contest, newly released government memos show. Several months before American...

MONTREAL - Gisèle Benoit still gets goosebumps when she remembers the first time she saw a family of eastern wolves emerge from the forests of the Mauricie National Park, under the backdrop of a rising moon. It was 1984 and Benoit, then in her early 20s, had been using a horn to try to call a bull moose when she...

OTTAWA - After initially fighting the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, Meta has complied with an order from the regulator to publicly disclose information about its news-blocking measures. The CRTC asked Meta what measures it's taking to comply with the Online News Act, and if news is being ...

VANCOUVER - The B.C. Supreme Court has certified a class-action lawsuit against Airbnb that alleges the short-term rental company has breached provincial consumer protection laws by offering unlicensed real estate brokerage and travel agent services. Justice Elizabeth McDonald says in a decision posted online Thursday ...

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Russia on Friday launched a massive aerial attack against Ukraine, involving dozens of cruise missiles and drones. The Russian military targeted Ukrainian power grid, energy minister Herman Halushchenko wrote on his Facebook page. "The enemy continues its terror," he said. Halushchenko sa...

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Russia on Friday launched a massive aerial attack against Ukraine, involving dozens of cruise missiles and drones. The Russian military targeted Ukrainian power grid, energy minister Herman Halushchenko wrote on his Facebook page. "The enemy continues its terror," he said. Ukraine's air f...

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - North Dakota regulators approved permits Thursday for underground storage of carbon dioxide delivered through a sprawling pipeline proposed for the Midwest, marking another victory for the project that has drawn fierce opposition from landowners. The state's governor-led, three-member Industrial C...

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - An Israeli airstrike hit the central Gaza Strip on Thursday, killing at least 25 Palestinians and wounding dozens more, Palestinian medics said, just hours after President Joe Biden's national security adviser raised hopes about a ceasefire deal to end the war in Gaza. Officials at two ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The FBI should have done more to collect intelligence before the Capitol riot even though the bureau did prepare for the possibility of violence on Jan. 6, 2021, according to a watchdog report Thursday. It also said no undercover FBI employees were present that day and none of the bureau's informants ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The FBI should have done more to collect intelligence before the Capitol riot even though the bureau did prepare for the possibility of violence on Jan. 6, 2021, according to a watchdog report Thursday. It also said no undercover FBI employees were present that day and none of the bureau's informants ...