Events

Battlefords Community Players to host provincial theatre festival

Battlefords Community Players (BCP) have the honour of hosting the 87th Saskatchewan TheatreFest.The provincial competition that will bring community theatre groups from across the province to the Bat...

Feb 14, 2024

First Nation author, educator Peeteetuce to give talk in North Battleford

Award winning artist and educator Curtis Peeteetuce, from Beardy's and Okemasis First Nation, will be coming to North Battleford Library as part of Aboriginal Storytelling Month. He will share some of...

Feb 12, 2024

Red Pheasant Cree Nation veteran to be honoured in Belgium with commemorative plaque

On an autumn day at the end of October 1917, a soldier fell near the Passchendaele Ridge. Now, 107 years after a sniper's bullet struck him down, Alexander Wuttunee Decoteau of Red Pheasant Cree Natio...

Feb 09, 2024

BUH Foundation's "Swinging with the Stars" raises over $56K

UPDATE: In the latest update, including all donations and ticket sales, the Swinging with the Stars fundraiser ended up raising $108,615 that will benefit the Battlefords Union Hospital. --They danced...

Feb 04, 2024

BUH Foundation excited for weekend's Swinging with the Stars event

Excitement is building for the inaugural Battlefords Union Hospital (BUH) Foundation's Swinging with the Stars fundraiser on Saturday night.The sold-out event will take place at the Don Ross Centre. B...

Feb 02, 2024

Cree story takes centre ice in North Battleford February. 4

A story about learning to walk in another's hooves is coming to North Battleford this weekend. Sum Theatre and La Troupe du Jour have teamed up to present a Cree story Elder Brother and the Bison as a...

Jan 30, 2024

Canadians gather to say a final goodbye to former NDP leader Ed Broadbent

Canada's first provincial First Nations premier singled out Ed Broadbent as a beacon of civility in politics Sunday as generations of political leaders gathered to bid a final goodbye to the left-lean...

Jan 28, 2024

Tux and Toques Gala kicks off 60th Prince Albert Winter Festival

Friends and supporters of the Prince Albert Winter Festival gathered at the Prince Albert Wildlife Federation on Saturday for the Tux and Toques Gala, marking the beginning of the beloved annual winte...

Jan 28, 2024

Nazi death camp survivors mark 79th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation on Holocaust Remembrance Day

A group of survivors of Nazi death camps marked the 79th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp during World War II in a modest ceremony Saturday in southern Poland.About 20 surv...

Jan 27, 2024

Meadow Lake Library to host first Cat Café

Meadow Lake Library is partnering with the Meadow Lake and District Humane Society to host its first-ever Cat Caf.The event will take place on Jan. 31, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the library. "We have p...

Jan 26, 2024