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Attempted Murder
Violent incident at Red Pheasant results in charge of attempted murder
A 42-year-old man from Red Pheasant Cree Nation is facing a number of charges, including attempted murder, following an incident that happened in the community on Sunday.Around 11:25a.m., Battlefords RCMP responded to a report a person was assaulted. The unidentified person was located and taken to hospital with seriou...
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Parade
Dorintosh Winter Festival back after COVID hiatus
A sunny day that only those with the luck of the Irish could dream of helped the community of Dorintosh celebrate their first Winter Festival and parade since before the pandemic. "I started with the local people," said April Reszel, parade organizer of the event held over St. Patrick's Day weekend.She explai...
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Celebrating culture
Celebrating Francophonie Week in the Battlefords
There was plenty of music and spirit outside City Hall in North Battleford today as the city celebrated Francophonie Week. Students from École Père Mercure (EPM) sang O Canada in French, and helped in the flag-raising ceremony to take part in the festivities. Celebrating Francophonie Week with a festive f...
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SPHL Dynasty
Meota Combines complete three-peat, win fourth title in five seasons
For the third straight year - and fourth time in the last five seasons - the Meota Combines have staked their claim atop the senior hockey mountain, as Saskatchewan Prairie Hockey League (SPHL) champions.Defeating the Glaslyn North Stars 8-4 in Game 4 of their all-local best-of-seven finals series to take a four-game s...
Mar 17, 2024
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Spring seeding
Meadow Lake gardeners get tips for new seeding season
Gardeners in the Meadow Lake area are starting to roll up their sleeves, getting ready for a new gardening season. The Willow Creek Community Garden group recently held its Seedy Sunday event in Meadow Lake, which included informative talks, an opportunity to purchase and swap seeds, and a chance to learn more about ga...
Mar 17, 2024
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Rolling into playoffs
North Stars top Klippers in regular season finale to win third straight
The Battlefords North Stars wrapped up their regular season schedule Saturday, topping the rival Klippers, 3-2 in Kindersley, to extend their winning streak to three straight heading into the postseason. A scoreless game at the end of the first, and a 2-0 Klippers' advantage at the end of two, the North Stars' comeback...
Mar 17, 2024
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Saskatchewan

TAKING A STAND
P.A. High School basketball team to hold silent protest to save HOOPLA
Members of a Prince Albert High School Basketball team are taking matters into their own hands to hopefully save the 2024 HOOPLA Tournament.The Carlton Boys Senior Boys basketball team qualified for the 5A Provincial Championships happening this weekend. However, that tournament is in jeopardy due to new sanctions anno...
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HOOPLA
Fate of HOOPLA now up to teachers and the province says SHSAA
The fate of the province's largest high school basketball tournament is still up in the air after more teacher sanctions were announced this week. On Monday, the Saskatchewan Teachers Federation (STF) announced a one-day, province-wide strike for Wednesday, followed by the cancellation of extracurricular activities on ...
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Sex offender at centre of Sask. Amber Alert sentenced to 52 months by U.S. judge
A convicted sex offender who was at the centre of an Amber Alert in Saskatchewan in 2022 has been sentenced in the United States.Benjamin Martin Moore illegally entered the U.S. in August of 2022 along with his common-law partner and her two children by cutting through a fence.After the two children - then aged seven a...
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Ongoing job action
One-day strike coming Wednesday, withdrawal of extracurricular activities later this week for Sask. Teachers
Saskatchewan teachers will have a one-day strike and withdraw from extracurricular activities for two days this week. The Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation (STF) gave the 48-hour notice Monday morning that there will be a one-day province-wide strike on Wednesday, March 20 and a two-day withdrawal from extracurricular ...
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MORE JOB ACTION
Lunch-hour supervision withdrawn in several divisions over next two days
The latest round of teacher sanctions takes place Monday and Tuesday as lunch-hour supervision is being cancelled.On Monday, three school divisions are affected including the North East School Division, which means many schools will likely end 40-50 minutes earlier.On Tuesday, a handful of other divisions will be impac...
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CAMRYN DREVER AMONG HUSKIE GRADUATING PLAYERS
T-Birds defeat Huskies in consolation final
The Huskie women's hockey team's season came to an end on Sunday morning. The UBC Thunderbirds downed the U of S 4-1 in the consolation final of the 2024 GFL U SPORTS women's hockey championships, presented by Connect Energy at Merlis Belsher Place.Saskatchewan's graduating captain, Kennedy Brown, tied the game at one ...
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Local Sports

SPHL Dynasty
Meota Combines complete three-peat, win fourth title in five seasons
For the third straight year - and fourth time in the last five seasons - the Meota Combines have staked their claim atop the senior hockey mountain, as Saskatchewan Prairie Hockey League (SPHL) champions.Defeating the Glaslyn North Stars 8-4 in Game 4 of their all-local best-of-seven finals series to take a four-game s...
Mar 17, 2024
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Rolling into playoffs
North Stars top Klippers in regular season finale to win third straight
The Battlefords North Stars wrapped up their regular season schedule Saturday, topping the rival Klippers, 3-2 in Kindersley, to extend their winning streak to three straight heading into the postseason. A scoreless game at the end of the first, and a 2-0 Klippers' advantage at the end of two, the North Stars' comeback...
Mar 17, 2024
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Saturday night Spotlight
North Stars wrap regular season in final showdown with Klippers
Coming off a 5-3 win to open the weekend Friday, the Battlefords North Stars will wrap up their regular season schedule in Kindersley Saturday night, closing out their weekend home-and-home with the rival, Kindersley Klippers.The North Stars enter play second in the Nutrien Division and fourth overall in the Saskatchew...
Mar 16, 2024
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Riders
Former Rider CEO Jim Hopson honoured by CFL team
The Saskatchewan Roughriders recently honoured former president-CEO Jim Hopson.The CFL team renamed the auditorium at Mosaic Stadium the Jim Hopson Auditorium.Hopson, who's battling colon cancer, joined the Green Zone to talk about the honour and his hope of a long-lasting legacy with the Riders.He said the Riders and ...
Mar 16, 2024
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5-3, the final
Sinclair nets pair in return to lineup, leads North Stars past Klippers
Brayden Sinclair made his much-anticipated return to the lineup Friday night, scoring a pair of goals in a three-point performance (two goals, one assist) to lead the Battlefords North Stars to a 5-3 victory over Kindersley, in their final home game of the regular season.Hitting the ground running in his first game-act...
Mar 16, 2024
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Playoff Run Continues
AAA Sharks kick off semi-finals series with Regina
For the first time in franchise history, the Battlefords AAA Sharks are circling the waters on semi-final playoff action in the Saskatchewan Female U18 AAA Hockey League (SFU18AAAHL).Coming off a big 2-0 series win in their first round best-of-three with the Swift Current Wildcats, the Sharks now draw the top-seeded Re...
Mar 16, 2024
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Canada

In the news today: Public tribute to Mulroney in Ottawa, February inflation report
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Public to pay tribute to Mulroney in Ottawa Members of the public who wish to pay tribute to Brian Mulroney can visit his casket in Ottawa starting this afternoon. The former prime minister's casket ...
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As former prime minister Mulroney lies in state, public tributes in Ottawa begin
OTTAWA - Members of the public who wish to pay tribute to Brian Mulroney can visit his casket in Ottawa starting this afternoon. The former prime minister's casket is being brought to the Sir John A. Macdonald building opposite Parliament Hill this morning. Dignitaries including the Governor General and Prime Minister...
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'The lost season': Winter comes to a close as Canada's warmest on record
The warmest winter on record could have far-reaching effects on everything from wildfire season to erosion, climatologists say, while offering a preview of what the season could resemble in the not-so-distant future unless steps are taken to cut greenhouse gas emissions. Winter comes to a close on Tuesday night - earl...
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B.C. auditor to release reports on overdose prevention, safer-supply programs
VICTORIA - British Columbia's auditor general is expected to release two independent audits on government programs aimed at curbing the death toll from the toxic drug crisis. Michael Pickup's office has conducted reports on the government's overdose prevention and supervised consumption services and the first phase of...
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Quebec anti-corruption police arrest retired judge, say he inflated hours worked
MONTREAL - Quebec anti-corruption police say they have arrested a retired municipal court judge for fraud. Police say Jean Herbert, who sat on the municipal court in Longueuil, Que., south of Montreal, created fake records to inflate the time he claimed to have spent hearing cases. He is alleged to have billed the City...
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'This tragedy has shaken me': Ottawa father of slain family thanks public for support
OTTAWA - The surviving father of an attack that Ottawa's mayor has called one of the city's worst cases of mass violence is thanking the public for its support. Dhanushka Wickramasinghe released his first public statement though police after hundreds gathered at a convention centre Sunday to mourn his family. Police ...
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World

Pro-Trump Michigan attorney arrested after hearing in DC over leaking Dominion documents
An attorney facing criminal charges for illegally accessing Michigan voting machines after the 2020 election was arrested Monday after a hearing in a separate case in federal court in Washington, D.C. Stefanie Lambert was arrested by U.S. Marshals after a hearing over possible sanctions against her for disseminating co...
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Supreme Court chief justice denies ex-Trump aide Peter Navarro's bid to stave off prison sentence
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Monday refused to halt a prison sentence for former Trump White House official Peter Navarro as he appeals his contempt of Congress conviction. Navarro is expected to report Tuesday to a federal prison for a four-month sentence, after being found guilty of misdemeanor charges for ...
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Supreme Court extends block on Texas law that would allow police to arrest migrants
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Monday extended its block on a Texas law that would give police broad powers to arrest migrants suspected of illegally entering the U.S. while the legal battle it sparked over immigration authority plays out. Opponents have called the law, known as Senate Bill 4, the most dramatic...
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Ohio mom who left toddler alone 10 days when she went on vacation pleads guilty to aggravated murder
CLEVELAND (AP) - An Ohio mother whose 16-month-old daughter died after being left home alone in a playpen for 10 days last summer while she went on vacation was sentenced Monday to life in prison with no chance of parole. Kristel Candelario, 32, had pleaded guilty last month to aggravated murder and child endangerment ...
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Biden and Netanyahu hold first call in more than a month as tension grows over food crisis, war
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke on Monday, their first interaction in more than a month as the divide has grown between allies over food crisis in Gaza, conduct of war, according to the White House. The call comes after Republicans in Washington and Israeli offi...
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Supreme Court rejects appeal by former New Mexico county commissioner banned for Jan. 6 insurrection
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from a former New Mexico county commissioner who was kicked out of office over his participation in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Former Otero County commissioner Couy Griffin, a cowboy pastor who rode to national political fame by e...
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