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North West College receives funding for new Battlefords campus planning
North West College is seeing some good news in the province's latest budget to help with its plans for a new Battlefords campus.The province has announced $250,000 that will help the college in its pl...
Apr 05, 2024

Onion Lake infant death case comes to sudden halt
A scheduled trial this week for a woman accused of concealing the body of a dead child, was called off.battlefordsNOW was informed the charge was stayed by the Crown on March 28. Tashia Turner's case ...
Apr 05, 2024

Details released on permanent Humboldt Broncos memorial
Plans have been released for the site of the 2018 Humboldt Broncos bus tragedy.The permanent memorial will be constructed at the intersection of Highways 35 and 335 between Tisdale and Nipawin.The Hum...
Apr 05, 2024

Wynyard-born doctor named head of Sask. Pediatrics
The new provincial head of pediatrics in Saskatchewan who also serves as head of the SHA and the University of Saskatchewan College of Medicine was born in Wynyard before moving to Manitoba as a young...
Apr 04, 2024

Draft of Saskatchewan’s pronoun policy gave teachers discretion for at-risk students
Emails show an early draft of Saskatchewan's school pronoun policy would have allowed teachers to use a child's preferred identification if there was concern the student faced danger when parents were...
Apr 04, 2024
New U of S course will allow pharmacists to prescribe for chronic conditions
The Government of Saskatchewan is providing $137,000 to the University of Saskatchewan's College of Pharmacy and Nutrition for a new training program.The announcement of the advanced pharmacy training...
Apr 03, 2024
Water Security Agency says reservoirs in southwest Sask. likely won’t fill up
Most of Saskatchewan's reservoirs are brimming with water - or will be - when summer arrives.However, the Water Security Agency (WSA) said in an update Wednesday that six of 45 major reservoirs in the...
Apr 03, 2024

Sask. hospitality industry gets boost to find workers
In an effort to solve labour shortages in the hospitality, the provincial government has given Hospitality Saskatchewan $400,000 to look for workers. The money is supposed to help the association crea...
Apr 03, 2024
Former Roughrider CEO Jim Hopson dead at 73
Jim Hopson, who helped turn the Saskatchewan Roughriders into the CFL's flagship franchise, died Tuesday after a battle with cancer.He was 73.Hopson was diagnosed with Stage 4 colon cancer in April of...
Apr 03, 2024

Calgary gang leader gets 6.5 years for trafficking woman from N. Battleford
An unnamed woman from North Battleford is one of several people victimized by a human trafficker in Calgary. The woman, who was identified as SS in court documents, was homeless and addicted to drugs ...
Apr 02, 2024