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Northwest Territorial Days Exhibition and Parade cancelled due to COVID-19 precautions

The Battlefords Agricultural Society Inc. has cancelled the 134th Annual Northwest Territorial Days Exhibition and Parade this year due to COVID-19 precautions. General Manager Jocelyn Ritchie said "i...

May 21, 2020

Chamber offers guidance with back-to business toolkit

The Battlefords Chamber of Commerce has distributed a back-to business toolkit to help offer guidance for local establishments as a number of businesses around the community return to daily operations...

May 21, 2020

Town sees slight increase in crime report numbers

Break and enters to residences and impaired driving offences are up in Battleford, but business break and enters and traffic collisions are down, based on the latest RCMP crime report.The statistics c...

May 21, 2020

Saskatchewan Residents Reminded To Take Precautions For Hantavirus

The Government of Saskatchewan is urging residents to take precautions and be mindful about the risk of hantavirus this spring in areas where rodents might be present. Exposure is most likely to occur...

May 21, 2020

Saskatchewan Polytechnic Applied Research Student Showcase goes Virtual

Student Showcase shared 39 project videos celebrating student applied research May 21,2020Saskatchewan Polytechnic's Applied Research Student Showcase featured 39 project videos focused on solving rea...

May 21, 2020

Boys & Girls Clubs of The Battlefords Holds Virtual AGM

SEE PHOTO BELOWOn Wednesday, May 20, 2020, Boys & Girls Clubs of The Battlefords held their Annual General Meeting virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic where the 2019 year was discussed and cele...

May 21, 2020

COVID-19 forces CFL to change plans for 2020 season, Grey Cup

The CFL has announced the 2020 Grey Cup game won't be played in Regina - unless the Saskatchewan Roughriders earn the right to host it.In a statement Wednesday, the CFL announced it was changing its p...

May 20, 2020

Refinery employees upset they weren’t told about bomb threat

Kevin Bittman is still shaken.Bittman, the president of Unifor Local 594, can't understand why no one from his union was told a letter had been received in February in which someone threatened to blow...

May 20, 2020

Some Sask. health services resume but it's not business as usual

The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) is reminding the public that while some health services are resuming amid the COVID-19 outbreak there will be the need for patience. And the head of the authori...

May 20, 2020

Stars netminder, Lyon reflects on first year in the Battlefords

It is said the lion is the king of the jungle; but as hockey fans in the Battlefords can attest, it's the ice rink where one Lyon made his mark last season.Goaltender, Kristian Lyon was acquired by th...

May 20, 2020