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SARM, province calling for smoother immigration process

The Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM) is asking for better passage of resources ahead of an influx of Ukrainian refugees in the coming weeks.A second flight from Ukraine is tenta...

Aug 05, 2022

Senior baseball provincials swing into action Friday

It's a beautiful weekend for a ball game as senior baseball provincials are set to kick off across Saskatchewan. Running Aug. 5-7, the weekend will see the North Battleford Beavers, Wilkie Brewers, St...

Aug 04, 2022

Rivers West names roster for U13 District Showcase

Softball will be front and center later this month as the U13 District Showcase is coming to the region in the Town of Battleford, Aug. 19-21. Taking place at the Battleford Flats' diamonds #1 and #2,...

Aug 03, 2022

UPDATED: Missing five-year-old boy found deceased

UPDATE: On Saturday afternoon, five-year-old Dawson Romeo was found dead in the same area where he was last seen on July 29. Hudson Bay RCMP said that the boy's death is not suspicious and that the fa...

Jul 30, 2022

Northwest region well represented for Canada Summer Games

North Battleford, Meadow Lake and the surrounding region will be well-represented when Team Saskatchewan takes to Niagara, Ont. for the 2022 Canada Summer Games.Featuring nearly 380 of the top athlete...

Jul 27, 2022

Body of missing boater on Dore Lake found more than a week after falling into water

The body of a missing 28-year-old man has been found more than a week after falling off a boat on Dore Lake. Austin Bomok, a member of the Canadian Armed Forces, was spending time with his family when...

Jul 25, 2022

Coverchuk looking to seize opportunity at PBR Team Series

Saskatchewan's Cody Coverchuk is set to grab the bull by the horns next week when the inaugural PBR Team Series kicks off in Cheyenne, Wyo. The Meadow Lake product, who is coming off a historic 2021 c...

Jul 22, 2022

FSIN calls for police to lay charges in ‘unprovoked racial attack’ in Battleford

A video circulating on social media that shows a man being assaulted by another is putting into question what the motivation was for the attack. The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) a...

Jul 19, 2022

Gorst, Laboucane big winners at North American Chuckwagon Championship

The North American Chuckwagon Championship wrapped up over the weekend, bringing an end to nine days of high-flying chucks action at the Lloydminster Exhibition grounds. Meadow Lake's Dustin Gorst too...

Jul 18, 2022

Search hits third day for missing 28-year-old boater on Dore Lake

A search continues for a missing boater on Dore Lake.On Saturday, July 16, RCMP received a report of a 28-year-old man falling into the water but never reemerging. A member of the man's family, who as...

Jul 18, 2022