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Home renovations, puzzles dominated Christmas shopping in the Battlefords

Business in the Battlefords has changed dramatically during the COVID-19 pandemic and that continued during the Christmas season.Many homeowners spent money on supplies for repairs and renovations to ...

Dec 31, 2020

Province tells public to keep New Year celebrations small, records 190 new COVID-19 cases

The province is urging the public to stay safe this New Year's Eve by celebrating with only your household and making virtual connections instead of in-person ones. The provincial government issued th...

Dec 31, 2020

Lloydminster nurses share world junior 50/50 jackpot

After a long stressful year on the frontlines battling COVID-19, a group of nurses in Lloydminster is ending 2020 on a high note.The eight women from the maternity unit are sharing $241,850 after winn...

Dec 31, 2020

Hope and the Future: a challenging year but city still pursuing goals

The COVID-19 pandemic makes 2020 a year many may prefer to forget, but there is hope for the future. We've decided to make that the focus of our series of end-of-year stories."Hopefully, we are going ...

Dec 31, 2020

'After a week we thought gosh she's gonna make it': 106-year-old Prince Albert woman beats COVID-19

In her lifetime, Prince Albert's Rubena Wenzel has lived through world wars and now survived two pandemics, the Spanish flu in 1918 and COVID-19 in 2020.Roughly two and a half weeks after her initial ...

Dec 31, 2020

Fireworks display still going ahead for New Year's Eve

The City of North Battleford still plans to go ahead with its fireworks display at King Hill starting at 7 p.m. Dec. 31 to celebrate the New Year, while following the province's COVID-19 precautions.M...

Dec 30, 2020

Saskatchewan government backs battery recycling program

The Government of Saskatchewan has approved a program that can recycle all of those batteries that have died in the toys kids got for Christmas.In a media release Wednesday, the government announced i...

Dec 30, 2020

A look back: North Stars year in review 2020

It has been a year unlike any other for the Battlefords North Stars. The following is a countdown of some of the biggest storylines of the last year surrounding the team. #5. Nine North Stars named to...

Dec 30, 2020

Seventy-year-old aircraft to be reinvented as roadside landmark

A Prince Albert area pilot has just bought his thirteenth aircraft, but he has no plans to fly it. Instead, the 2,000-pound plane will be hoisted 30 to 40 feet in the air and mounted on a pole overloo...

Dec 29, 2020

Battlefords lawyer honoured by Queen's Counsel designation

Legal aid lawyer Donald MacKinnon, a long-time member of the Battlefords community, received an early Christmas present this year.MacKinnon was among 15 Saskatchewan lawyers recognized for their contr...

Dec 29, 2020