suspect at large
Civilian motorist aids police by ramming suspect vehicle
A dangerous situation for RCMP on Hwy 40 near Neilburg, SK Thursday could have ended much worse had it not been for the help of a civilian.The passing motorist disabled a vehicle that had been striking a police cruiser with an officer still inside.The incident started when a Saskatchewan RCMP Combined Traffic Services ...
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Grade 12 La Loche student hosts fashion show as special credit
An upcoming graduate from La Loche's Dene High School showed his love for fashion with a special show last week. Grade 12 student Marken Laprise organized a fashion show as part of a special credit class. He's interested in launching his own fashion line someday and he took the opportunity to showcase some designs. The...
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Among the greats
North Battleford's Albers headlines Sask. Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 2024
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suspect at large
Civilian motorist aids police by ramming suspect vehicle
A dangerous situation for RCMP on Hwy 40 near Neilburg, SK Thursday could have ended much worse had it not been for the help of a civilian.The passing motorist disabled a vehicle that had been striking a police cruiser with an officer still inside.The incident started when a Saskatchewan RCMP Combined Traffic Services ...
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Geering Guilty
Man charged with death of mother, pleads guilty to manslaughter
Standing before Justice Labach, and behind a plexi-glass screen with his lawyer at his side, a man charged with the death of his mother entered a plea of guilty. Walter Geering appeared Thursday at Court of King's Bench in Battleford. Orginally charged with second degree murder, Geering was instead arraigned on a lesse...
May 30, 2024
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Tornado season?
Battlefords funnel cloud prompts tornado discussion from Environment Canada
After at least one confirmed funnel cloud was spotted in the North Battleford area on Wednesday, Environment and Climate Change Canada is providing some insight into tornadoes as the province heads into another summer season.An alert was issued for Wednesday's funnel cloud, which Meteorologist Terri Lang confirmed neve...
May 30, 2024
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MMIP Walk
Walk for Missing and Murdered Indigenous People draws large crowd despite rain
Noel Moosuk remembers dying in hospital during an operation in 1994. "I left the earth, I had gone to the next world," he said. Moosuk came across a graveyard where he met an old white man who offered him rest. 'He told me, 'You're welcome to camp here, your people are further south,'" he said. The elder...
May 30, 2024
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New candidate
Nachbaur running for NDP in Meadow Lake
The Saskatchewan New Democratic Party has announced their candidate for the Meadow Lake riding ahead of this fall's provincial election.Miles Nachbaur will be the candidate in Meadow Lake, according to a news release sent out by the party on Wednesday."It's time for a change from this out of touch government,"...
May 30, 2024
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Funnel Cloud
Funnel cloud spotted near NB; warning issued
An alert for possible tornado activity and severe thunderstorms in North Battleford has been issued after a funnel cloud was seen in the area. The Voyent Alert, a mass notification service used by the city, advised people to get to shelter if needed and avoid "unnecessary" travel. Environment Canada's forecas...
May 29, 2024
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Grade 12 La Loche student hosts fashion show as special credit
An upcoming graduate from La Loche's Dene High School showed his love for fashion with a special show last week. Grade 12 student Marken Laprise organized a fashion show as part of a special credit class. He's interested in launching his own fashion line someday and he took the opportunity to showcase some designs. The...
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end of fiscal year
Federal government posts $50.9 billion deficit for 2023-24 fiscal year
OTTAWA - The federal government ended the 2023-24 fiscal year with a deficit of $50.9 billion.The result for the April-to-March period compared with a deficit of $41.3 billion reported for the same stretch of its 2022-23 fiscal year.Government revenues were up $13.7 billion, or 3.2 per cent, to $444.8 billion, reflecti...
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Guilty
Trump becomes first former U.S. president convicted of felony crimes
Donald Trump has been convicted in his New York hush money trial, a landmark jury verdict making him the first former American president to be found guilty of felony crimes in the nation's nearly 250-year history. The jury's judgment Thursday caps a trial centered on lurid claims of sex and financial coverups and expos...
May 30, 2024
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Tornado season?
Battlefords funnel cloud prompts tornado discussion from Environment Canada
After at least one confirmed funnel cloud was spotted in the North Battleford area on Wednesday, Environment and Climate Change Canada is providing some insight into tornadoes as the province heads into another summer season.An alert was issued for Wednesday's funnel cloud, which Meteorologist Terri Lang confirmed neve...
May 30, 2024
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Youth in custody
17-year-old in custody following shooting outside Lloydminster apartment
An almost 18-year-old youth is charged with aggravated assault following a shooting outside of an apartment complex in Lloydminster two days ago. RCMP were called to the complex just after 10:30 pm on May 27 and started life-saving efforts on the victim until EMS arrived and took over. According to a news release share...
May 30, 2024
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Provincial Politics
Sask. NDP calls for Jeremy Harrison's job after email raises new questions
The Saskatchewan NDP is raising the volume on calls for Minister Jeremy Harrison to lose his job after an email shared on Wednesday raised new questions about an incident in 2016.The email appears to detail an incident in April of 2016 where Harrison alarmed security at the Legislative Building by coming into the build...
May 30, 2024
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Among the greats
North Battleford's Albers headlines Sask. Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 2024
The Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame announced its inductees for 2024, which includes a few big leaguers. This year's class will feature 12 individuals and one team, including a handful of people from around the Battlefords area and Northern Saskatchewan. One of those people, and headliners of the class, is Andrew Al...
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Obsidian green
Green is the colour: Riders unveil new alternate jerseys
Green is the colour - Obsidian green that is.The Saskatchewan Roughriders have revealed a brand new alternate look the CFL club said is inspired by their fans."We spent a long time and we really want to get it right," said President and CEO Craig Reynolds. "Our fans were asking for an alternate jersey an...
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Golf
Cooke Municipal set to host northern golf tournament this weekend
About 65 golfers are travelling to Prince Albert's Cooke Municipal Golf Course this weekend to compete in the annual Ladies Northern Tournament.Co-chair of the event Jackie Packet said its one of the province's top golf events and attracts the top female amateur golfers from throughout the province and beyond."Kat...
May 30, 2024
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Mem Cup
Warriors stay alive at Memorial Cup, advance to semifinals
The Moose Jaw Warriors have advanced to the semifinals of the Memorial Cup, staving off elimination Tuesday night in Saginaw.A shorthanded goal by Aiden Ziprick - who only had a single goal in the WHL season - gave Moose Jaw the lead with 1:34 remaining in the game.An empty-netter pushed the Warriors' lead to 5-3 as Mo...
May 30, 2024
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Riderville
Reavis returns to Riders' training camp after hamstring injury
After missing the first part of training camp, C.J. Reavis is ready to roll for the Saskatchewan Roughriders."It was just a little hamstring injury, nothing too crazy," the 28-year-old strongside linebacker said after a training camp practice at Mosaic Stadium."I'm feeling great. I love practicing - I lo...
May 29, 2024
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Olympic Dreams
Humboldt native qualifies for 2024 Paris Olympics
A woman's basketball player from Humboldt recently achieved one of her lifelong dreams... qualifying for the Olympic Games.Paige Crozon, a two-time defending gold medalist on the FIBA 3x3 women's circuit, alongside her teammates Kacie Bosch, and Michelle and Katherine Plouffe, took it down to the wire to earn their tic...
May 29, 2024
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Family Fun
Exciting Lineup Revealed for Prince Albert Downtown Street Fair
Bag Pipers and dancers, free admission to the museum, street magic and a 'Pig Roast' on Central Avenue! It's all part of the upcoming Street Fair being held on Saturday, June 15th.The Prince Albert Downtown Business Improvement District unveiled plans for the annual event which will kick off at 10 a.m. with the Highlan...
May 30, 2024
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Nursing
Studying Nursing with the University of Saskatchewan
"Staying in my home community of Prince Albert and studying at the beautiful new University of Saskatchewan (USask) Prince Albert Campus were two reasons I chose USask in PA," said Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) student Justine Capilitan.Since 2012, USask College of Nursing has been offering the BSN pro...
May 08, 2024
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Northern Meats
Northern Meats: Crafting carnivore dreams one cut at a time
'Best customer service I've experienced.''Breakfast sausages blew my mind. The bacon didn't shrink! The garlic coil taste and texture was amazing.'The experience of getting animals butchered 'was flawless...every cut was great and the price was fair.''Will never consider going anywhere else.''If you care about eating q...
May 03, 2024
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Canada
Audio documentary delves into dark Cold War chapter of Canada's LGBT purge
OTTAWA - Several senior officials convened quietly in the Privy Council committee room on a Wednesday afternoon in August 1961 to discuss a troublesome issue. The group was considering a planned research program that might identify people whose "instability" would preclude them, on security grounds, from bein...
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Is carbon pricing a politically feasible climate policy? Research says maybe not
OTTAWA - It was supposed to do the heavy lifting for Canada's greenhouse gas emissions targets. And it was supposed to remain a major part of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's legacy, both at home and abroad - part of an urgent global push to fight climate change. But instead of fulfilling those Liberal hopes, carbon pri...
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Vancouver synagogue holding service after arson attack
VANCOUVER - A Vancouver synagogue is set to hold its first service after an arson attack charred the building's front door and left the Jewish community shaken. Rabbi Andrew Rosenblatt says he anticipates the Schara Tzedeck synagogue on Oak Street will be "fuller than usual" today for Sabbath and he's encoura...
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Trudeau endorses proposal outlined by Biden to wind down Israel-Hamas war
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is endorsing a proposal put forward by U.S. President Joe Biden today that seeks to bring about the end of the Israel-Hamas war. Trudeau says in a social media post that all parties must seize the opportunity to end the suffering and return to a path to peace. He says Canada has b...
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Ex-husband of B.C. woman Tatjana Stefanski is charged with her murder
LUMBY, B.C. - Police in British Columbia say the ex-husband of Tatjana Stefanski has been charged with her murder, more than six weeks after she was reportedly abducted from her home in the village of Lumby and was later found dead. RCMP say Vitali Stefanski is charged with second-degree murder and is in custody, pendi...
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Vancouver Police arrest 14 pro-Palestinian protesters for blocking rail lines
VANCOUVER - Police say they have arrested 14 people at a protest by pro-Palestinian demonstrators who were blocking rail lines in East Vancouver. Cst. Tania Visintin says protesters who were blocking the Canadian National Railway lines refused multiple requests to move and some "became hostile" with officers....
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World
River ferry sinks in Afghanistan, killing at least 20
ISLAMABAD (AP) - At least 20 people were killed when a boat sank while crossing a river in eastern Afghanistan Saturday morning, a Taliban official said. Quraishi Badlon, provincial director of the information and culture department in Nangarhar province, said that the boat sank while crossing a river in Mohmand Dara d...
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The ANC party that freed South Africa from apartheid loses its 30-year majority
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - The African National Congress party lost its parliamentary majority in a historic election result Saturday that puts South Africa on a new political path for the first time since the end of the apartheid system of white minority rule 30 years ago. With nearly 99% of votes counted, the once-dominant ...
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Donald Trump's attorney says he was 'shocked' the former president took the verdict with 'solemness'
NEW YORK (AP) - Donald Trump's lawyer told The Associated Press he was surprised at Trump's stoic demeanor as he listened to the verdict that made him the first former U.S. president convicted of a crime. Todd Blanche was sitting to Trump's left in the Manhattan courtroom as the verdict was read - the jury foreman repe...
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Voting begins in the last round of India's election, a referendum on Modi's decade in power
NEW DELHI (AP) - Indians began voting Saturday in the last round of a six-week-long national election that is a referendum on Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi's decade in power. The election is considered one of the most consequential in India's history. If Modi wins, he'll be only the second Indian leade...
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Marian Robinson, mother of Michelle Obama, dies at 86
WASHINGTON (AP) - Marian Shields Robinson, the mother of Michelle Obama who moved with the first family to the White House when son-in-law Barack Obama was elected president, has died. She was 86. Mrs. Robinson's death was announced by Michelle Obama and other family members in a statement that said "there was and...
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Florida sheriff's office fires deputy who fatally shot Black airman at home
A Florida sheriff on Friday fired a deputy who fatally shot a Black airman at his home while holding a handgun pointed to the ground. Okaloosa County Sheriff Eric Aden fired Deputy Eddie Duran, who fatally shot Senior Airman Roger Fortson on May 3 after responding to a domestic violence call and being directed to Forts...
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