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NSRBL wraps successful shortened season, shifts focus to playoffs

Like a fastball whizzing past a stunned batter at the plate, the senior baseball season has flown by, seemingly in the blink of an eye. The North Sask. River Baseball League (NSRBL) regular season wra...

Aug 05, 2020

P.A. man shares inspiring tale from walker to poles

A Prince Albert man is sharing his story of the progress he's made learning to be mobile again without his walker.Barry Longjohn, 60, wanted to learn how to walk without such external assistance the m...

Aug 05, 2020

City's asphalt patchwork, infrastructure work on schedule

Battlefords residents can expect a few minor delays for local traffic this week as the city attends to several construction and repair projects.The city announced residents can expect full or partial ...

Aug 05, 2020

Province’s back-to-school plan ‘squandered opportunity’ for relief to educators, staff, parents: STF

Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation president Patrick Maze didn't hold back his - or the federation's - feelings on the province's new back-to-school plans Tuesday.Speaking in a Zoom conference just ove...

Aug 05, 2020

‘Worst plan in Canada’: Sask. NDP reacts to Saskatchewan back-to-school plan

The Saskatchewan NDP is giving the province's back-to-school plan an F."(It's) a plan that took two months for the (Minister of Education Gord Wyant) to come up with, a plan that was the last detailed...

Aug 05, 2020

New partnership to support Indigenous students in La Ronge and La Loche

The Gabriel Dumont Institute of Native Studies and Applied research (GDI) has partnered up with United Way of Saskatoon and Area as well as the Government of Canada to support northern Saskatchewan In...

Aug 04, 2020

Western Development Museum preparing for August 12 opening

Those with a love of all things past will be eager to know the Western Development Museum in North Battleford will open its doors again to the public starting August 12. The museum staff is getting ev...

Aug 04, 2020

First Job, First Paycheque: Help Your Teen Navigate the Basics of Earning, Banking and Saving.

Although it's still an uncertain time when it comes to employment, eventually your child will be ready to get their first job, and this will be an exciting new phase. As they move towards increased in...

Aug 04, 2020

Football (or not) in the Time of Covid

I suspect we are in the last stages of whether the Canadian Football League will operate a season in 2020 as the league has struck out with the federal government on a number of occasions and how has ...

Aug 04, 2020

John Arcand Fiddle Fest Virtual Concert

Due to COVID-19 and the cancellation of the 2020 John Arcand Fiddle Fest, we decided to mark our Fiddle Fest weekend, by bringing you a virtual concert. We hope you'll enjoy these performances from so...

Aug 04, 2020