The Battlefords North Stars have won two straight games and three of their last four after a 6-2 win over the Kindersley Klippers. Six different players scored for the North Stars, while goaltender Chase Kettles stopped 39 of the 41 shots he faced. "I thought it was a really good 60-minute effort from our guys,&qu...

The Battlefords North Stars erased an early three-goal deficit to beat the Kindersley Klippers 4-3 on Friday night."It's not how we wanted to start the game going down 3-0 that quick. But really proud of the guys for sticking with it and believing in themselves that they could come back," said North Stars ass...

A new campaign by the Battlefords Healthcare Foundation aims to give patients, families and healthcare workers at Battleford Union Hospital a peaceful place to step outside and take a breath.Called Room to Breathe, the campaign will transform the hospital's outdoor courtyard into a welcoming space that recognizes the i...

North Battleford city council will consider selling the vacant old Maher building for $1 Monday, with up to $125,000 in city funding to help rehabilitate the downtown property.A report prepared for the Nov. 9 meeting recommends the sale as an alternative to demolition, which staff estimate would cost about $480,000, in...

KRAKOW, Poland (AP) - Tourists and locals alike this weekend witnessed a mass shooting in Krakow, Poland, that left six people dead and 15 wounded.The country's second-largest city is in mourning after a 24-year-old man with far-right views opened fire in Main Square, a major tourist hub, Saturday afternoon. The gunman...

OTTAWA - The latest federal budget promises billions of dollars in affordability relief, but middle-income Canadians struggling with the cost of living may find little new immediate help in the spending plan.While Ottawa earmarked fresh assistance for lower-income households in Budget 2026, families with earnings above...

Adorned on nearly every wall and corner of the new Coming Home Centre is proof of a place where families have been supported and nurtured. Paintings, drawings, dreamcatchers, handmade crafts, letters, carvings, and countless other personal items given to Dorthea Swiftwolfe, Saskatoon's Auntie Advocate, as a gift for he...

This week, the Sask. Party government introduced a bill that would add teeth to the current regulations for personal care homes in the province, however an advocate doesn't believe that will do much.The Personal Care Homes (Safer Homes for Seniors) Amendment Act was introduced on Thursday. According to the provincial g...

If you've lived in Saskatchewan for any length of time, you know better than to put too much faith in the weather forecast.One day you're enjoying the sunshine; the next, you're searching for your warmest mitts, scraping frost off the windshield and wondering why you didn't get the snow tires on sooner.It's the kind of...

After 150 years, Canada is looking to finally start a process to move beyond the Indian Act. And Indigenous leaders are declaring that any amendments to the Indian Act need to include their voices.In October, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said he is "very open to" and committed to a process that explore...

ZEBALLOS - The second in a series of storms in British Columbia brought howling winds and torrential rainfall to parts of the province Sunday morning, while knocking out power for thousands of customers. BC Hydro says at the height of the storm, approx...

VANCOUVER - The funeral for one of the four Canadian soldiers killed in a fire at a military base in Alberta is today in Vancouver. The ceremony honouring 23-year-old Pte. Aidan Goulding will take place at the Seaforth Armoury where family, friends and...

Former prime minister Justin Trudeau has joined England's Oxford University in a new role. Trudeau, 54, joined the Blavatnik School of Government as a distinguished fellow and member of the World Leaders Circle, the school said in a news release Frida...

OTTAWA - Canada's aid sector is expressing dismay over the first federal budget in more than 15 years to make no mention of foreign aid, and is calling on Ottawa to outline its vision in an upcoming foreign policy review. "The budget is largely silent ...

As the winter holiday season approaches, one of the most popular sunny destinations for Canadian travellers remains out of reach. The United States' oil blockade against Cuba triggered severe fuel shortages in the country and prompted Canadian airlines...

OTTAWA - The federal government is looking to restore the auditor general's access to privileged information. In Thursday's federal budget, a line item in a list of proposed legislative changes indicated Ottawa plans to update the Auditor General Act "...

CAIRO (AP) - Seven people were killed and over 100 others injured when two trains collided Sunday south of the Egyptian capital, Cairo, the Chief Prosecutor's office said in a statement. It also said the train's conductor was among those killed. ...

JERUSALEM, Israel (AP) - Israeli President Isaac Herzog gave opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot the first chance to form the next government on Sunday evening. After the formal announcement, Eisenkot, who ran as Prime Minister Benjamin Neta...

TOKYO (AP) - A strong earthquake shook central Japan early Sunday, shattering store windows, causing people to flee buildings and leaving at least 22 people injured, according to local media. Japan's Meteorological Agency put the quake's ...

JERUSALEM (AP) - U.S. Central Command said late Saturday it disabled a St. Kitts-flagged ship after it ignored multiple warnings and attempted to leave the region after visiting an Iranian port. U.S. forces have been enforcing a naval blo...

JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli President Isaac Herzog said Saturday night that he was giving opposition candidate Gadi Eisenkot the first opportunity to form a governing coalition following elections on Oct. 27. Eisenkot, a former military chie...

KRAKOW, Poland (AP) - A Polish man with far-right views drove into a busy central square in Krakow on Saturday and opened fire, killing six people and injuring 15 others before police shot and wounded him, authorities said. The attack, wh...