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Battlefords Citizens on Patrol to meet with other communities to discuss provincial group

The Battlefords Citizens on Patrol Program (COPP) group is gearing up to get together with representatives from a number of other communities in the area, with the hope to develop a provincial COPP gr...

Feb 28, 2024

Local 10-year-olds perform for TeleMiracle, raise nearly 10 times their original goal

Telemiracle 48 was this past weekend and raised over $6 million for the Kinsmen Foundation.Of that money raised, which was announced during the annual telethon, two local 10-year-olds played a big rol...

Feb 28, 2024

2024 North West 'Best of the Best' Award winners annnounced

The 2024 North West Best of the Best (BOB) Awards have been officially announced. Some of the winners include Tanya Nachtegaele picking up the award for Best Teacher, Noel Stone Jr. who garnered the B...

Feb 28, 2024

Sask. teen wins lacrosse tournament in Australia with Canadian team

A 16-year-old teen from Wahpeton Dakota Nation is back home after winning the 2024 International Indoor Junior Lacrosse (IIJL) Commonwealth Cup in Australia.Brody Mcleod was part of the Canadian team,...

Feb 27, 2024

P.A. Elks Lodge donates $50,000 towards Mental Health Unit at new hospital

The Royal Purple Elks presented a cheque of $50,000 to the Boreal Healthcare Foundation on Friday to help build a new mental health unit at the new Victoria Hospital that is in the works. Members of t...

Feb 24, 2024

Saskatoon's Soup Master is a Chef from Prince Albert

A Prince Albert chef has been named Saskatoon's Soup Master of the Year.Genalyn Dioso, the Executive Chef at the Northern Lights Casino, competed at the Nutrien Wintershines YXE Chefs' Soup Cook-off e...

Feb 23, 2024

RCMP ask for public's help following suspicious death on Red Pheasant

Saskatchewan RCMP Major Crimes Unit continues to investigate the death of Candie Pritchard on Red Pheasant Cree Nation.Pritchard's remains were discovered near a home on the First Nation Feb. 5. Her d...

Feb 22, 2024

Poundmaker's Lodge hosts information session for community leaders

It was a single moment that created the possibility that life could be different for those with addictions in the Battlefords.Brad Cardinal, executive director of Poundmaker's Lodge Treatment Centres ...

Feb 22, 2024

Sask. actor excited to star in soon-to-be-released Avatar: The Last Airbender series

An actor from the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation is set to star in one of, if not the most, anticipated shows of 2024.The first season of the live-action remake of Avatar: The Last Airbender will be ava...

Feb 21, 2024

One person charged with second-degree murder following homicide in La Loche

Saskatchewan RCMP Major Crimes are investigating a homicide that happened in La Loche on Thursday afternoon.At around 4:45, police were advised by EMS of an altercation that happened at a residence in...

Feb 19, 2024