Category Archives: Battlefords
Private security patrols coming to North Battleford downtown in $106K pilot
Private security patrols are coming to North Battleford's downtown core.City council approved Monday a $106,000, including PST, one-year pilot program - part of the 2026 budget - to fund security serv...
Mar 31, 2026 The downtown area of North Battleford. (Image Credit: Kenneth Cheung/battlefordsNOW Staff)
$18K donation helps BUH provide care to patients
Diapers, braces, and bandages. To pharmacies, these are slow moving items. But within a hospital setting, these same items take on a very different level of importance. For patients, they can provide ...
Mar 31, 2026 Fisher's Drug Store's $18,000 donation to Battlefords Union Hospital. (Image Credit: Battlefords Healthcare Foundation/ Facebook)
Battlefords RCMP investigates reckless fireworks use on Highway 16
Battlefords RCMP is investigating a report regarding careless use of fireworks. On March 28, around 11:35 p.m., RCMP received a report that individuals were setting off fireworks from a truck. The inv...
Mar 30, 2026 Saskatchewan RCMP patrol vehicle. (Image Credit: Saskatchewan RCMP)
School divisions end partnership with North Battleford's Sākewew High School
Living Sky School Division and Light of Christ Catholic Schools have confirmed the conclusion of their partnership with Skewew High School in North Battleford. Both divisions acknowledged the role Ske...
Mar 30, 2026 Sākewew High School. (Image Credit: Kenneth Cheung/ battlefordsNOW Staff)
Man pleads guilty to manslaughter in 2023 stabbing death on Buffalo River Dene Nation
A northern Saskatchewan man has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the 2023 stabbing death of another man, resolving a case that was set for a nine-day trial.Nathan Billette entered the plea in Court o...
Mar 30, 2026 Nathan George Bekkattla, 55, is shown in this photo. He died following a stabbing on Buffalo River Dene Nation on Sept. 13, 2023. (Image Credit: Martens Warman Funeral Home)
Fire Safety Order shuts down North Battleford motel
Community members in North Battleford are questioning the recent board up of the Hitching Post Motel after the fatal shooting of a cab driver on the property earlier this month. The city has confirmed...
Mar 30, 2026 Hitching Post Motel in North Battleford. (Image Credit: battlefordsNOW Staff)
'Just be yourself': Miss Rodeo Canada shares experience with future queens
A full circle moment. That's how Abbey Harty described the experience of hosting North Battleford's first ever Miss Rodeo Canada Clinic. Abbey Harty, Miss Rodeo Canada. (Image Credit: Alyssa Rudolph) ...
Mar 30, 2026 Miss Rodeo Canada Clinic hosted by Abbey Harty in North Battleford. (Image Credit: Alyssa Rudolph)
RCMP searching for man wanted for sexual assault
Battlefords RCMP are asking the public to report sightings and information on the whereabouts of 48-year-old Tony Phillips.Phillips is wanted on warrant by Battlefords RCMP for charges including faili...
Mar 27, 2026 Reports on sightings of Tony Phillips can be submitted to local police at 310-RCMP (7267). (Image Credit: RCMP/supplied)
Annual gala highlights community support for Battleford Humane Society
"We really appreciate the support," said David Gubbe, president of the Battlefords Humane Society, during their annual Tails for Hope Gala. "This is an opportunity for us to both increase our profile ...
Mar 27, 2026 During the dog runway at the Humane Society's gala. (Image Credit: battlefordsNOW Staff)
North Battleford pilot inducted into national hall of fame
Planes lift off quietly from the North Battleford airport - easy to miss if you're not looking for them.But inside some of those aircraft are students who have travelled thousands of kilometres, from ...
Mar 26, 2026 Fran de Kock poses with an Air Tractor AT-504 aircraft used for advanced agricultural aviation training at Battlefords Airspray in North Battleford. (Image Credit: Kenneth Cheung/battlefordsNOW)