It was a great showing for the Battlefords United Football Club (BUFC) as they had four teams in Saskatoon this past weekend for the Aurora Soccer Tournament. For the U11 Boys Division 3 team, it was their first tournament of the season and they were very impressive, winning two games and only losing one throughout the...

A 20-year-old woman has made her first court appearance in North Battleford Provincial Court on a charge of manslaughter. Zelda Bill, age 20, was charged by Spiritwrood RCMP in connection with the death of Ryikis Bill, also of Pelican Lake with a single count two days ago.Officers were called to the First Nation around...

Amid emotional gasps from the gallery and while looking at the accused in the prisoner's box at the Court of King's Bench in Battleford, Justice Grant Currie announced his verdict in the child pornography case. Joseph Sproull was found guilty of all 11 charges including possession of child pornography, distribution of ...

The Battlefords North Stars were able to get back in the win column last night as they beat the Nipawin Hawks in a shootout at the Centennial Arena in Nipawin.Despite coming out to a strong start, the North Stars found themselves trailing 1-0 early after the Hawks got the first goal of the game.That didn't last long th...

Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon is summoning Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers to his office today as federal mediation to end the nearly two-week old strike isn't working.MacKinnon says the special mediator appointed to help end the labour dispute says the two sides are too far apart on critical is...

Canada's premiers and the Prime Minister Justin Trudeau are expected to come together for a meeting on Wednesday to discuss tariffs, and Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe is ready.The meeting was set in order to discuss the possible 25 per cent tariff on Canadian and Mexican goods heading into the U.S., which president-el...

Industry leaders are reacting to President-elect Donald Trump's proposed 25 per cent tariff on Canadian exports, which could disrupt crucial Prairie sectors including agriculture and uranium. Last night, via social media, Trump stated both Canada and Mexico would incur the tariff sanction should neither country take in...

Battlefords Treatment Centre held its Sober Walk on Tuesday morning to raise awareness for National Addictions Awareness Week.With each step taken in the biting cold, people were reminded of the courage it takes for those in recovery to confront their inner demons and to celebrate those who won.One of the people in the...

The Crime Reduction Team and members of the Humboldt RCMP detachment arrested a man wanted in three other cities at a residence in Humboldt several days ago. Officers learned that Clayton Fenwick, age 24, was at a home on 11 Street in Humboldt and surrounded it as a way to ensure public safety on Nov. 22. After two hou...

A possible 25 per cent tariff on all goods coming from Canada to the U.S. had lawmakers scrambling on Tuesday.Premier Scott Moe said such a tariff would have a huge impact on Saskatchewan, explaining that 60 per cent of the province's exports go to the U.S."This is a very serious conversation and I would expect it...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Liberals, NDP expected to pass GST holiday in House of Commons today Legislation to create a two-month-long GST holiday is expected to pass today. The bill was introduced on behalf of Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland in the Hous...

OTTAWA - Legislation to create a two-month-long GST holiday is expected to pass today. The bill was introduced on behalf of Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland in the House of Commons on Wednesday afternoon, with the help of the NDP to at least temporarily stop debate on a Conservative filibuster. The NDP only agreed to...

OTTAWA - A Canadian soldier deployed to Europe has died of medical complications. The Canadian Armed Forces says Lt.-Col. Kent Miller was serving in Casteau, Belgium, when he died Monday. It says he was serving under Operation Unifier, an Armed Forces program that trains Ukrainian military and security personnel in bat...

KENSINGTON, P.E.I. - A feud over proposed pickleball courts in Prince Edward Island has prompted a longtime mayor to throw in the towel. Rowan Caseley says there was lots he still wanted to accomplish as mayor of Kensington, P.E.I., but he felt he had to resign Monday after the town council voted to build six picklebal...

The Liberal candidate in a federal byelection in British Columbia says she is applying for Métis membership after a local group questioned her claims of Indigenous identity. Madison Fleischer says in a written statement that she self-identifies as Métis based on what she knows about her great-grandmother'...

OTTAWA - The federal government has introduced a stand-alone bill to implement the proposed GST holiday, hours after the NDP threatened to not pass the legislation if it was linked to a $250 rebate for working Canadians. The bill would give people a two-month GST exemption on items like premade food at grocery stores, ...

LONDON (AP) - A former British soldier whose audacious escape from a London prison spurred a dayslong search was convicted on Thursday of passing on sensitive information to the Iranian intelligence service. Daniel Khalife, 23, was found guilty by a jury in Woolwich Crown Court on violations of Britain's Official Secre...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - At least 13 people have died in eastern Uganda after landslides buried 40 homes in six villages, relief officials said Thursday. The Uganda Red Cross Society said 13 bodies have been recovered and the rescue effort is continuing. Local media reported that authorities expect the death toll could ri...

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) - Cyprus could apply to become a member of NATO once its armed forces receive the necessary training and equipment with U.S. help to bring them up to the standards of the world's premier military alliance, the president of the Mediterranean island nation said Thursday. President Nikos Christodoulid...

LAS VEGAS (AP) - Boise State, which twice boycotted regular-season matches with San Jose State, pulled out of the Mountain West women's volleyball tournament Wednesday night even after securing a spot in the semifinals against the Spartans. San Jose State, which received six forfeit victories because of boycotts from M...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Republican Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks won her reelection bid Wednesday after a recount confirmed her lead, helping her party pad its thin majority in the U.S. House and retain control of all four of Iowa's congressional seats. Miller-Meeks said in a post on the social platform X that she was ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Republican Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks won her reelection bid Wednesday after a recount confirmed her lead, helping her party pad its thin majority in the U.S. House and retain control of all four of Iowa's congressional seats. Miller-Meeks defeated Democrat Christina Bohannan in a rematch of ...