The City of North Battleford has agreed to partner with Red Pheasant Cree Nation to support a federal funding application for a feasibility study on a proposed band office.Council approved the partnership Monday as part of an application to the Federation of Canadian Municipalities' Green Municipal Fund, which supports...

For decades, they were kept in private hands: a buffalo horn headdress and a carved wooden club, carefully stored, rarely questioned.They were seen as artwork, but would come to be understood as something more.The items had travelled far from where their stories began.Long before they reached Bob Hewitt's home, they we...

It certainly wasn't the topping police expected to find when they opened a pizza box after a recent traffic stop: meth. On March 28, RCMP conducted a traffic stop in the town of Battleford in relation to an ongoing investigation by Unity RCMP. The vehicle was towed to a secure police facility after officers obtained a ...

The North Battleford food bank is being forced to cut back on the amount of food it provides to clients. That's what NDP MLA Brittney Senger brought up in the legislature this week and during her recent visit to North Battleford. "The demand has risen drastically over the last year," she explained. "Tha...

A line of children gathers at the edge of the wave pool, small bags clutched in their hands.For a moment, everything is still, then the signal comes, and they surge forward, splashing into the water as brightly coloured eggs scatter across the surface."It's kind of a mad rush to get as many eggs as they can,"...

A long-discussed plan for a regional arena in North Battleford is drawing questions from potential municipal partners, as concerns over costs, risks and outstanding details were raised during a joint meeting of regional councils.The contracted consulting firm told municipal leaders the proposed twin-pad recreation cent...

Claiming the provincial government is hiding an active Tuberculosis outbreak, the Saskatchewan NDP is calling for better reporting and more transparency.Keith Jorgenson, Associate Shadow Health Critic, met with reporters in Prince Albert on Thursday."This is a very serious disease," he said. "Keeping thi...

You will treasure that egg forever. That's what Rona Painter said as she recalled the collection of Ukrainian pysanky Easter eggs passed down to her by her own Baba - delicate heirlooms rich with history, colour, and care. "They are beautiful. We got to divide them up between all the grandkids, and we all have so...

The topic of death is an uneasy one for many people, but one La Ronge resident is hoping to make it less taboo and more accepted. Death Cafes are group-led discussions on death and dying over a cup of coffee and dessert. They're mostly held in major cities, but when Colin Jackson moved back to northern Saskatchewan fro...

The approval of two uranium mines in northern Saskatchewan is helping the sector pick up some momentum. Two mines were given the green light from the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission earlier this year. Denison Mines Corp. received approval on Feb. 19 to build its Wheeler River Project, and NexGen Energy Ltd. was appr...

Wet snow and ice continue weighing heavily on structures in the province not meant to handle such weight.For the third time this month, a roof has collapsed. This time at Sauder's Home Hardware in Melfort, where part of the garden centre roof gave way Thursday night. Fortunately, no one was inside at the time. "Du...

A total of 27 athletes, coaches, officials and support staff with Saskatchewan ties represented the province at the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in Italy. They were recognized Thursday by the Government of Saskatchewan, Sask Sport, the Coaches Association of Saskatchewan and the Canadian Spor...

Josh Kotai is levelling up his hockey career. On March 24, former Battlefords North Stars goaltender Josh Kotai signed a two-year, entry-level deal with the New York Islanders. Kotai was a part of the North Stars Centennial Cup winning team in the 2022-23 season, when he also won the SJHL Goalie of the Year honour with...

The Onion Lake Cree Nation (OLCN) Scouts have written themselves into the history books. The Junior A hockey club claimed the first-ever Alberta Division title within the United States Premier Hockey League (USPHL) Premier after downing the Calgary Bandits 6-3 in Game 3 of the best-of-three finals on Tuesday in Calgary...

After taking down the Melfort Mustangs in five games in the first round of the SJHL playoffs, the Battlefords North Stars now turn their attention to the Yorkton Terriers. Unlike the first round, the third-seeded North Stars will not have home-ice advantage and will be in Yorkton to start the series against the second-...

The Battlefords North Stars have a couple of 20-year-olds moving onto NCAA Division Three for the 2026-27 season. North Stars captain Anthony Campbell and assistant captain Alessio Nardelli have committed to SUNY Plattsburgh University in the State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC). From Quebec, Platt...

The Saskatchewan Prairie Hockey League (SPHL) season came to an end recently with the Neilburg Monarchs winning their second straight championship after taking down the Meota Combines 4-3 in the winner-take-all Game 5 in the finals. "Pretty tough ending to the season," said forward and team manager Aaron Cadr...

The Sask. High School basketball season has concluded, and some hardware is coming back to the Battlefords. John Paul II Collegiate had medaled with the Crusaders winning the bronze medal game, taking down Humboldt 88-69. Crusaders senior Nate Fransoo had 28 points in the bronze medal victory. John Paul fell 73-69 in t...

The Saskatchewan First Nations Spelling Bee celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2026, bringing together 256 First Nations students from across the province for a day of learning, confidence‑building, and cultural pride. Held at Tommy Douglas Collegiate in Saskatoon, the event welcomed youths between the ages of 6 and ...

The Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority (SIGA) is proud, for a third consecutive year, to be named a Saskatchewan Top Employer by Canada's Top 100 Employers. Now in its 21st year, Saskatchewan's Top Employers is a special designation that recognizes employers that lead their industries in offering exceptional places t...

Twenty-five years after its initial development began, the Battlefords Family Health Center (BFHC), operating under the umbrella of Battle River Treaty 6 Health Centre (BRT6), stands as a powerful testament to self-determination in healthcare, providing a unique and expansive model of primary care. The organization was...

VANCOUVER - An independent B.C. legislator says a Canadian mother who spent three weeks detained at an immigration facility in Texas, along with her seven-year-old daughter, was released from detention on Thursday. Amelia Boultbee, an independent MLA ...

OTTAWA - The chief of Grassy Narrows First Nation is demanding an in person apology from Prime Minister Mark Carney after he said "I can outlast her" when a press conference he held in Toronto on Monday was disrupted by mercury-poisoning protesters. C...

OTTAWA - The federal Liberal government unveiled another $51 million in aid and reconstruction funding for Ukraine on Friday, including humanitarian aid such as food and shelter and supports for recent veterans who fought against Russia's invasion. The...

OTTAWA - Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne wrapped up a trip to Beijing where he said the governor of the Bank of Canada and other top Canadian financial officials met with Chinese counterparts. Champagne said that he met with Lan Fo'an, Ch...

NAIROBI - Police in Kenya say a Canadian man accused of wielding a machete and injuring almost half a dozen people at a mosque in Nairobi has pleaded not guilty. The East African country's Directorate of Criminal Investigations says the 32-year-old app...

TORONTO - After Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine began in 2022, nearly 300,000 Ukrainians were welcomed in communities across Canada as part of an emergency visa program that allowed those fleeing the war to temporarily work and study in the cou...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.8 rattled parts of northern and eastern Afghanistan and western Pakistan late Friday. The spokesperson for Kabul's governor said at least eight people are dead. The...

BANGKOK (AP) - Myanmar's parliament on Friday elected Min Aung Hlaing, a general who ousted Aung San Suu Kyi's civilian government in 2021 and kept an iron grip on power for the past five years, as the country's new president. The move m...

HAVANA (AP) - The Cuban government said Thursday it would release 2,010 prisoners in a move that comes while the Trump administration puts extreme pressure on the island's government with a suffocating oil blockade. The announcement said ...

After crashing his SUV last week in Florida, Tiger Woods took out his phone and told a deputy, "I was just talking to the president," according to body camera footage released Thursday showing Woods' arrest on a DUI charge. The phone conv...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has asked the Army's top uniformed officer to step down, the Pentagon said Thursday without giving a reason for the departure as the United States wages a war against Iran. Gen. Randy Georg...

DENVER (AP) - A Colorado appeals court ruled Thursday that a former county clerk convicted in a scheme that sought to prove fraud in the 2020 presidential election should be resentenced because a judge wrongly punished her for statements protected as f...