Category Archives: Battlefords

UPDATED: IT service outage affects Co-Op cardlocks across Western Canada
Update 5:00 p.m. on June 27: Co-op says it's experiencing a cybersecurity incident that's affecting systems at local retail Co-ops and Cardlock fuel locations.Co-op is shutting down some of its system...
Jun 27, 2024

Ticket training course at RPCN offers participants certifications for industry careers
In Dante Meechance's family, saving lives is a calling. "It's something that I've been interested in for a long while," he said. "There's been a line of firefights for three generations and they've al...
Jun 26, 2024

Have you seen this man?
The Lloydminster police are looking for the public's help in finding a man who is wanted for a June 21 machete attack. Jordan Keenan-Quewezance is described as having tattoos on his face and arms, 190...
Jun 26, 2024

Two facing multiple charges following Onion Lake patrol
Two people are facing multiple charges after the RCMP's North Battleford Crime Reduction Team (CRT), who were on patrol around Onion Lake last weekend arrested them after they initially ran a stop sig...
Jun 25, 2024

Candidates for mayor, city council to complete criminal record checks
Anyone looking to jump into municipal politics in North Battleford will first have to submit a criminal record check. During the city council meeting on Monday night, a bylaw was proposed and adopted ...
Jun 25, 2024

Charges laid in 2023 death of Lee Bearsears
Two men have been charged with the 2023 homicide of Lee Bearsears. According to RCMP, Craig Fox, from Little Pine First Nation has been charged with one count of second-degree murder and a man from Po...
Jun 24, 2024

RCMP road closures on bridge to Town of Battleford, Highway 16 Bypass
UPDATE: Police have cleared the scene and the roads should reopen shortly.-A police matter has led to the closure of both lanes of the Highway 4 bridge southbound to the Town of Battleford. The Highwa...
Jun 24, 2024

Belak, George family among 2024 SJHL Hall of Fame inductees
Martin Smith and Kian Bell were completely unprepared when the moment came. "I can't even put it into words and I know that - how much the organization meant to my parents - especially my dad," said t...
Jun 24, 2024

One killed in Saturday morning house fire
An early morning house fire in North Battleford has claimed the life of one person. The North Battleford Fire Department (NBFD) were called to the home in the 2100 Block of 95th Street shortly after 4...
Jun 22, 2024

LOCATED: Missing man found in Lloydminster
UPDATE: At 2:30 p.m. on June 22, RCMP reported that Tristan Armstrong was found safe in Lloydminster by Maidstone RCMP. --Battlefords RCMP are asking the public for help in locating a missing man. 27-...
Jun 22, 2024