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Social Media · BattlefordWith the weather getting warmer and the snow melting, the City of North Battleford reminded residents on social media that Community Safety Officers can issue property orders for unsightly, or junk filled yards in accordance with the city’s property maintenance and nuisance abatement bylaw. City of North Battleford/Facebook This sparked a positive and negative reaction from community members on social media with some giving the boot to the city …See the Story
City encourages residents to tidy up their yards as the snow melts
Battleford · BattlefordThe New Horizons Curling League winter season wrapped up last week at the Twin Rivers Curling Club and after 12 weeks of tight competition, Team Hoffman (Al Hoffman, Kate McHarg, Louie Uhrmann, Calvin Vogelsang) ended up taking home the hardware, finishing with an 8-4-0 (W-L-T) record for 18 points to get first place. Not far behind them in second was Team Welychko who finished with a 7-4-1 record for 17 points, and then in third was Team Crozie…See the Story
Team Hoffman takes first in New Horizons winter season
Battleford · Battleford“When we first started, we had a little boy who was dysregulated often,” said Jennifer Gentes, vice-principal at St. Mary School in North Battleford. “He walked in, we had a meditation on the whiteboard, and he just laid down, and he was there for two or three minutes taking his deep breath, and then he got up and he went back to class. “So it was like, wow, he didn’t disrupt anyone else. He did what he needed to do, and then he went back and he…See the Story
‘Children are our future’: St. Mary School shows early success in Sask. specialized classroom pilot
Mental Health · BattlefordMental Health and Addictions Minister, Lori Carr announced today that the new addictions treatment centre near Lumsden, the EHN Willowview Recovery Centre, is now fully open with all 60 inpatient treatment spaces available. The intake for the second phase, which included 40 inpatient spaces began on April 1. “The best help that we can give someone who finds themself struggling with an addiction, is to offer them a path to recovery,” Carr said. “…See the Story
Saskatchewan’s largest addictions treatment centre is now fully open
Battleford · BattlefordThe Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) has expanded its virtual physician program to provide overnight emergency care at the Maidstone Collaborative Emergency Centre (CEC), also known as Maidstone Medical Clinic. As of April 1, the program replaces previous overnight coverage provided remotely by Shock Trauma Air Rescue Service (STARS) physicians. Maidstone joins Canora and Shaunavon in adopting this model, which is already in place in 21 other…See the Story
Maidstone emergency centre adds 24/7 virtual physician support
Battleford · BattlefordA group of nine northern residents are one step closer to obtaining their commercial pilots license and gaining employment with Rise Air. A ceremony was held Friday in Saskatoon to celebrate their completion of ground school, a key milestone for the students in the Dziret’ái Pilot Training Program launched in September 2024. The program is an initiative created to help empower Indigenous residents and women in Saskatchewan’s Athabasca Basin. In …See the Story
Nine northerners one step closer to becoming pilots
Battleford · BattlefordDexter Mercer, a medical radiation technologist (MRT) at the Battlefords Union Hospital, had worked a 50-hour stretch of multiple shifts when the accident happened. “On yet another return to the hospital parking lot in the middle of the night, I lost consciousness at the wheel before putting the vehicle in park, rolled the vehicle into a lamp post,” he said during a press conference held by the NDP on Monday at the Saskatchewan Legislature, alon…See the Story
