Category Archives: Battlefords

Unity RCMP investigating fatal collision
A 24-year-old woman from Westlock, AB has died following a single-vehicle-collision in the early hours of Monday morning. The accident happened on Highway 374 in the RM of Tramping Lake, just south of...
Sep 16, 2024

Identities of Lloydminster murder victims revealed
The identities of the three people murdered in the Lloydminster home on September. 11 have now been identified as 66-year-old Brent Peters, Matthew Peters, 32 and Brennan Peters, 34. While the investi...
Sep 16, 2024

Shopping cart race raises fund for Safe Families Battlefords
On a bright, sunny Saturday morning in North Battleford, people gathered together in Civic Park to race for the 2024 annual second cart race hosted by the Safe Families Canada Battlefords (Safe Famili...
Sep 16, 2024

RCMP looking for Lashburn robbery suspect
Shortly after midnight on Sunday, Sept. 15, Maidstone RCMP received a report of a robbery that occurred at a business in Lashburn which is about 35 kilometres east of Lloydminster.The investigation de...
Sep 16, 2024

North Stars wrap up the pre-season on high note
The Battlefords North Stars finished off their preseason last night with a 3-1 win over the Kindersley Klippers at the West Central Events Centre. The North Stars started hot right out of the gate, pu...
Sep 14, 2024

Single mother receives scholarship and hopes to give back to her community
An Indigenous scholarship recipient hopes to use her knowledge to contribute to the community and as a single mother, build a better foundation for her kids.Shona Poitras received the Northwest Colleg...
Sep 13, 2024

RCMP Major Crimes investigating suspicious death on Big Island Lake Cree Nation
A situation is unfolding in Big Island Lake Cree Nation, just north of Pierceland, SK.Just before 3 p.m. on Thursday, Pierceland RCMP received a report that someone had been seriously injured at a hom...
Sep 13, 2024
Company ordered to pay $100,000 after worker injured in fall
A Calgary-based company has been ordered to pay $100,000 after a workplace fall on the Thunderchild First Nation left a worker badly injured in 2022.According to the Ministry of Labour Relations and W...
Sep 13, 2024

Local school division partnering with province to improve student literacy
The Prairie Spirit School Division and Roadways Literacy Academy are working together to host a pilot program this school year in an effort to improve student literacy rates. Roadways Literacy Academy...
Sep 13, 2024

AAA Sharks well represented at provincial showcase
This past weekend, the top 34 under 16 female hockey players in Saskatchewan gathered in Swift Current for the Sask First Showcase Tournament. Started in 1988, the Sask First program was created to pr...
Sep 12, 2024