Category Archives: Battlefords

Fire chiefs trade show a chance to network and learn
Mike Kwasnica had never experienced its equal before. As chief of the Humboldt Fire Department, there was nothing in their emergency measures manual to prepare for what took place on that long stretch...
Jun 02, 2024

Civilian motorist aids police by ramming suspect vehicle
A dangerous situation for RCMP on Hwy 40 near Neilburg, SK Thursday could have ended much worse had it not been for the help of a civilian.The passing motorist disabled a vehicle that had been strikin...
May 31, 2024

Man charged with death of mother, pleads guilty to manslaughter
Standing before Justice Labach, and behind a plexi-glass screen with his lawyer at his side, a man charged with the death of his mother entered a plea of guilty. Walter Geering appeared Thursday at Co...
May 30, 2024

Battlefords funnel cloud prompts tornado discussion from Environment Canada
After at least one confirmed funnel cloud was spotted in the North Battleford area on Wednesday, Environment and Climate Change Canada is providing some insight into tornadoes as the province heads in...
May 30, 2024

Walk for Missing and Murdered Indigenous People draws large crowd despite rain
Noel Moosuk remembers dying in hospital during an operation in 1994. "I left the earth, I had gone to the next world," he said. Moosuk came across a graveyard where he met an old white man who offered...
May 30, 2024

Nachbaur running for NDP in Meadow Lake
The Saskatchewan New Democratic Party has announced their candidate for the Meadow Lake riding ahead of this fall's provincial election.Miles Nachbaur will be the candidate in Meadow Lake, according t...
May 30, 2024

Funnel cloud spotted near NB; warning issued
An alert for possible tornado activity and severe thunderstorms in North Battleford has been issued after a funnel cloud was seen in the area. The Voyent Alert, a mass notification service used by the...
May 29, 2024

Saskatchewan RCMP searching for missing woman
Members of the Cut Knife RCMP detachment are seeking information on the location of Tamalyn Weenie, 33, who was last seen on the Poundmaker First Nation. Weenie was last seen on May 24.She is an Indig...
May 29, 2024

New fire truck in the works for NBFD
A new pump truck is coming to North Battleford Fire Department. During the City Council's Monday night meeting, Lindsay Holm, fire chief said the joint tender process with the City of Swift Current, a...
May 28, 2024

Family matter being investigated by Battleford RCMP
UPDATE: The vehicle was located. -The welfare of children is being investigated by the Battlefords RCMP. A black Dodge Ram with the Saskatchewan license plate 451NDU is on route to the Manitoba border...
May 27, 2024