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Stories of hope and success at the Battlefords Treatment Centre By Angela Brown SaskToday.ca
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NORTH BATTLEFORD– Community members and stakeholders came together Aug. 7 for a tour and talk at the Battlefords Treatment Centre in North Battleford that provides treatment for people with drug and alcohol addictions. One client, here called “Lucy,” (SaskToday is not disclosing her real name to protect her privacy), said the centre has provided a healing journey in her life. “I knew I needed it in my life. I was, you know, a product of my addictions,” she said. “I was actually quite successful for a long time working as a nurse, and then I got into addictions and I basically lost everything that I had. I was just on a very bad path. It affected my health as well.” Lucy said she had a stroke. “It was killing me,” she said. “Even knowing that I was still drinking. It was kind of at that point where I just said: ‘Enough is enough.’ I had always wanted to come here when I thought about sobriety because it’s my community. My family’s here,” Lucy said. Continued on page 2
The staff are shown at the Battlefords Treatment Centre on Aug. 7, 2025. | Photo by Angela Brown
Poundmaker woman wins big at Gold Eagle By SaskToday staff
NORTH BATTLEFORD — Poundmaker Cree Nation resident Sherisse Quinney went home a millionaire after hitting the Smoke Signals jackpot on Friday, Aug. 1, at the Gold Eagle Casino in North Battleford. She won the top-tier progressive jackpot prize of $1,447,287.15 Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority President and CEO Zane Hansen and Gold Eagle Casino General Manager Kelly Atcheynum congratulated
Quinney as they presented her with the ceremonial cheque on Aug. 7. “On behalf of SIGA’s Board of Directors, management and staff, I would like to congratulate Sherisse on her Smoke Signals jackpot win of more than $1.4 million,” said Hansen. Atcheynum added, “We are delighted to be able to present to Sherisse and her family the winnings at Gold Eagle Casino today.” Gold Eagle Casino is under the Mosquito First Nation in North Battleford. SIGA, to date, has paid out
$74,886,651.71 in cash prizes from its Smoke Signals progressive jackpot, which links 51 slot machines at all seven casinos. The prize money has been reset to $1M, awaiting the next millionaire. Three mystery jackpot tiers increase over time, with specific starting and ending prize values. The mystery jackpot has a minimum value of $1M and pays out before it hits $2M, and can be triggered anytime a patron plays a Smoke Signals slot machine. Aside from Gold Eagle, the jackpot Continued on page 2
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