Events

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

The benefits and problems of the annual Crime Severity Index

Is Statistics Canada's annual Crime Severity Index (CSI) report unfair to smaller communities? That's what's set to be discussed at a conference in Saskatoon organized by the City of North Battleford....

Feb 28, 2024

TeleMiracle 48 raises over $6 million

Another year of the TeleMiracle telethon has wrapped up and this year's total surpasses last year's total.Last year the total was $5,519,229, this year the total was $6,112,717.TeleMiracle has raised ...

Feb 25, 2024

Winter Festival wraps up with King and Queen, Junior Trapper events

The Prince Albert Winter Festival closed the book on their 60th installment on Sunday, wrapping up the annual festivities with the King & Queen Trapper and Junior Trapper events. The trapper event...

Feb 25, 2024

Vintage snowmobile rally a highlight of Provincial Snowmobile Festival

There was lots of rumbling and roaring Saturday as snowmobile enthusiasts came out with their vintage machines for a fun rally in the RM of North Battleford.The event was part of the 2024 Provincial S...

Feb 24, 2024

Could the Battlefords soon be in the Guinness Book of World Records?

In the coming days, the Battlefords will be reliving their childhood memories and in some cases, their dreams. Boxes upon boxes of macaroni and cheese will flood the communities in a grand attempt to ...

Feb 23, 2024

NITHA raising awareness of sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections as numbers increase

The Northern Inter-Tribal Health Authority (NITHA) is once again trying to raise awareness of Sexually Transmitted and Blood Borne Infections (STBBI).The organization held its annual conference this w...

Feb 23, 2024

Ackerman, Sturmay rolling at Tournament of Hearts

Thirty-four years have passed since the last time an all-rookie team won the Canadian women's curling championship.So 22-year-old Skylar Ackerman and her unbeaten team of Saskatchewan first-timers mig...

Feb 19, 2024

Free fishing returns for Family Day long weekend

One of Saskatchewan's popular pastimes is free to enjoy this long weekend. Free Fishing Weekend allows residents and visitors to angle on Saskatchewan's public waters, except for national parks, witho...

Feb 17, 2024

Sweetgrass First Nation celebrates new school build with sod turning ceremony

Under a snowy sky, the community of Sweetgrass First Nation officially marked the building of its new school with a blessing ceremony and shovels turning sod."It's hard to describe how I'm feeling," s...

Feb 16, 2024