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PEDESTRIAN COLLISION
UPDATED: Pedestrian hit by car on 19th Avenue
UPDATE - 1:25 p.m. Friday: Battlefords RCMP stated that a man who was hit by a car on Friday morning did not sustain any serious injuries. The incident happened at 19th Avenue and 100th Street in North Battleford and police said the man, nor the occupant(s) of the vehicle, did not report life-threatening injuries. Addi...
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Food to Learn
Food to Learn raises over $72K for Sask food banks
This year's Food to Learn campaign raised over $72,000 for Saskatchewan food banks. In a press release from the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation, over the summer months, the original goal had been $44,000 - a figure which "represents the approximately 44,000 people who access food banks every month" province...
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NEW SCHOOL YEAR NEW RULES
Battlefords students share thoughts on cellphone bans in school
A new provincial law, that restricts cell phone use in the classroom, is getting mixed reviews from high school students in the Battlefords area. The measures were introduced in Saskatchewan for the 2024-2025 school year to reduce distractions and build an encouraging learning atmosphere. Karis Blyan, a Grade 10 studen...
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HWY Upgrades
Cockrill provides update on infrastructure plans
With the backdrop featuring two trucks and photo placards of local highways, Battlefords MLA Jeremy Cockrill spoke about the future of Saskatchewan highways. "Transportation plays really, I would say a very key role in Saskatchewan," he said from the podium at the Ministry of Highways Facility. The announceme...
Sep 05, 2024
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Nêhiyawak Language Experience
Cree language program founded in Sturgeon Lake receives national literacy award
A Cree language and education program that was founded in Sturgeon Lake two decades ago has received a national award that recognizes outstanding achievements, innovative practices, and excellence in literacy. The Council of Federation Literacy Award (CoFLA)for Saskatchewan went to Nêhiyawak Language Experience (...
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attempted murder
UPDATE: Girl, 14, charged after student set on fire at Evan Hardy Collegiate
A 14-year-old girl from Evan Hardy Collegiate in Saskatoon has been charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault and arson after a 15-year-old girl was set on fire midday on Thursday.The 14-year-old student appeared in Saskatoon Provincial Court Friday morning.Around 12:30 p.m. on Sept. 5, police received emergenc...
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Crime stats
Over 5,000 grams of drugs, 130 guns seized in eight months by police
The Warrant Enforcement Teams of the RCMP in Prince Albert and Meadow Lake/Saskatoon have been busy between last December and this past July. Newly released numbers show Warrant Enforcement and Suppression Team (WEST) officers executed 23 search warrants and arrested 75 people out of 96 arrest warrants. "I am prou...
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Grad retention
Gov't celebrates university tax program weeks before election start
As a freshly graduated accountant, Kyle Bye is always running the numbers.Bye's plans to continue to live and work in the province make him eligible for the tuition tax credit available in Saskatchewan.Since 2009, the Graduate Retention Program has offered post-secondary graduates up to $20,000 in tuition rebates if th...
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Public documents
Former Prince Albert Police chief paid $430K after retirement
The former chief of a beleaguered Saskatchewan police service that was subject to an independent inquiry was paid nearly $430,000 after he retired, public documents show.The documents say Jonathan Bergen received $429,241 in 2023, roughly double the $200,626 he earned in 2022 and his $219,044 salary in 2021, while chie...
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'Personal electronic device policy'
When it comes to banning cellphones, the P.A. kids are not alright
Just a few days into the new school year and students at Saskatchewan's largest high school have already made up their minds about the province's ban on cellphones during class time:"It sucks," said Grade 11 student Lillian Roy. "It's not fair cause there are students that always used their phones during...
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Canada
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Canadian resident arrested over alleged Oct. 7 New York terror plot
U.S. authorities say a Canadian resident has been arrested in Quebec over an alleged Islamic State terror plot to kill Jewish people in New York. The U.S. Department of Justice says Pakistani national Muhammad Shahzeb Khan, 20, also known as Shahzeb Jadoon, was arrested on Wednesday in relation to the attack it says wa...
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NewsAlert: Manitoba Grand Chief Cathy Merrick dies after collapsing outside court
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says Grand Chief Cathy Merrick of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs has died. Merrick, the first woman elected to the role, collapsed outside the Winnipeg Law Courts building and was rushed to hospital. She had been talking to reporters about two court cases when she said she felt di...
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Former Bank of Canada governor Carney to speak at Liberal caucus retreat next week
OTTAWA - The former governor of the Bank of Canada who has long been touted as a possible Liberal candidate or successor to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will give the party some advice on the economy at the Liberal caucus retreat in Nanaimo, B.C. next week. Mark Carney will address Liberal MPs about the economy and a ...
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BC United to run some candidates to keep party name alive, despite halting campaign
VICTORIA - British Columbia's Official Opposition BC United party now says it will run some candidates in the Oct. 19 election, despite suspending its campaign last week to support the B.C. Conservative Party instead. A letter to party members says despite last week's suspension "we intend on running a select numb...
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Involuntary mental health care must be 'dignified and humane,' B.C. premier says
VANCOUVER - Premier David Eby says mental health care in the province for those committed against their will needs to be "dignified and humane" to be effective, as his government works on a strategy about involuntary care. Eby, speaking after a deadly random stranger attack in downtown Vancouver this week, sa...
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Canada Post proposes 25-cent price hike for stamps in 2025
OTTAWA - Canada Post is proposing an increase to regulated postage rates next year, bringing the price of most stamps up by 25 cents to $1.24. The organization says it's kept letter mail rate increases to a minimum over the past decade and the one-time increase would help align stamp prices with the rising cost of prov...
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World News
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Jannik Sinner reaches the US Open men's final by beating Jack Draper after both need medical help
NEW YORK (AP) - Top-ranked Jannik Sinner finished off a 7-5, 7-6 (3), 6-2 victory over Jack Draper to reach his first final at the U.S. Open - and second at a Grand Slam tournament his year - after they simultaneously received treatment from trainers on a humid afternoon Friday. Sinner, a 23-year-old from Italy who was...
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Jannik Sinner reaches the US Open men's final by beating Jack Draper after both need medical help
NEW YORK (AP) - Top-ranked Jannik Sinner finished off a 7-5, 7-6 (3), 6-2 victory over Jack Draper to reach his first final at the U.S. Open - and second at a Grand Slam tournament his year - after they simultaneously received treatment from trainers on a humid afternoon Friday. Sinner, a 23-year-old from Italy who was...
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Judge delays Donald Trump's sentencing in hush money case until after November election
NEW YORK (AP) - A judge agreed Friday to postpone Donald Trump's sentencing in his hush money case until after the November election, granting him a hard-won reprieve as he navigates the aftermath of his criminal conviction and the homestretch of his presidential campaign. Manhattan Judge Juan M. Merchan, who is also w...
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Judge delays Donald Trump's sentencing in hush money case until after November election
NEW YORK (AP) - A judge agreed Friday to postpone Donald Trump's sentencing in his hush money case until after the November election, granting him a hard-won reprieve as he navigates the aftermath of his criminal conviction and the homestretch of his presidential campaign. Manhattan Judge Juan M. Merchan, who is also w...
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An ex-Mafia hitman is sentenced to 25 years in the slaying of gangster James 'Whitey' Bulger
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (AP) - A former Mafia hitman was sentenced to 25 years in prison Friday in the 2018 fatal prison bludgeoning of notorious Boston gangster James "Whitey" Bulger. Federal prisoner Fotios "Freddy" Geas was sentenced in federal court in northern West Virginia after pleading guilty to v...
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Teen charged in deadly shooting at Georgia high school appears in court for hearing
WINDER, Ga. (AP) - The 14-year-old suspect in a shooting at a Georgia high school that killed four people will stay in detention as his lawyer declined to seek bail at a Friday morning court hearing. THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP's earlier story follows below. WINDER, Ga. (AP) - The 14-year-old accused of fatally ...
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Over 5,000 grams of drugs, 130 guns seized in eight months by police
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