Category Archives: Battlefords
Repeat offenders driving break-ins, gun crime in North Battleford, RCMP say
Mounties say a small number of repeat offenders are responsible for driving several crime spikes in North Battleford, even as overall trends show mixed results.Speaking during a fourth-quarter 2025 cr...
Feb 11, 2026 Battlefords RCMP commander Insp. Ryan How poses in his office during a previous interview with battlefordsNOW. (Image Credit: Kenneth Cheung/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Excavation company fined $58,100 after worker seriously hurt in trench collapse
An excavation company is facing a hefty fine after a workplace injury in 2022.According to the Saskatchewan Ministry of Labour Relations and Workplace Safety, Triple 7 Excavating Ltd. pleaded guilty t...
Feb 11, 2026 The company was charged with failing “to give notice to the division as soon as reasonably possible of an incident at a place of employment that required a worker to be admitted to a hospital as an in-patient for a period of 72 hours or more” as well as failing to ensure that workers in a trench more than 1.2 metres deep are protected from cave ins or sliding material. (Image Credit: file photo/CKOM News Staff)
'Today is the day you're going to die': Accused, witness testify in Wilkie care home trial
Testimony continued Tuesday in the Wilkie care home abuse trial, with a care worker describing hearing a resident scream in distress and the accused defending her conduct before court adjourned.North ...
Feb 10, 2026 Jaclyn Elias leaves North Battleford Provincial Court in North Battleford on Feb. 10, 2026, during her trial involving allegations related to a Wilkie care home. (Image Credit: Kenneth Cheung/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Three men charged after RCMP seize drugs, weapons at North Battleford business
Saskatchewan RCMP's Crime Reduction Team has charged three men at a business in North Battleford after seizing cocaine, methamphetamine, and weapons. On Feb 7, RCMP located a vehicle that was previous...
Feb 10, 2026 Items that were seized by RCMP. (Image Credit: Saskatchewan RCMP)
SaskEnergy, CMHA Battlefords host Share the Warmth Day highlighting mental health support
On Tuesday morning, SaskEnergy and Canadian Mental Health Association Battlefords Branch gathered to host the second of four Share the Warmth Days in Saskatchewan. The event highlighted the work CMHA ...
Feb 10, 2026 Essential bags given out to participants. (Image Credit: SaskEnergy/ Facebook)
Three decades of service and record year for Citizens on Patrol
Citizens on Patrol Program volunteers were presented with challenge coins from the City of North Battleford to recognize a record year and 30 years of service. Last year, COPP patrolled 51,069 blocks ...
Feb 10, 2026 COPP volunteers receiving their challenge coins from Mayor Kelli Hawtin. (Image Credit: City of North Battleford)
'I feel sick to my stomach': Witness alleges abuse of vulnerable residents at Wilkie care home trial
Allegations of physical and sexual mistreatment of vulnerable care facility residents surfaced Monday as a witness testified about repeated inappropriate conduct at a Wilkie group home during the open...
Feb 09, 2026 North Battleford Provincial Court (Image Credit: battlefordsNOW Staff)
Battlefords Citizens on Patrol unveil new patrol vehicle
Battlefords Citizens on Patrol Program introduced a new patrol vehicle during the North Stars home game Saturday night. The purchase of the 2025 Jeep Compass was made possible due to a $40,000 donatio...
Feb 09, 2026 (Left to right) Councillor Gail Feser (City of North Battleford), Cst. Sherrif Grove (RCMP), Paul Robertson (COPP), Councillor Dennis Mercer (City of North Battleford), Doug Fehr, Darwin Delorme, Ken McKay (COPP). (Image Credit: Doug Fehr)
Kada bistro opens at The Ridge with focus on reconciliation
Kada, meaning the heart of the fire in the Stoney Nakoda language, is the name of a new bistro aiming to bring people together at The Ridge through carefully crafted, multicultural dishes. "A lot of o...
Feb 09, 2026 Behind the name: Rowena Materne (left), Tyrel Wuttunee (middle), Jace Rowan (right). (Image Credit: Alyssa Rudolph/ battlefordsNOW)
Local clubs represented at Saskatoon Provincial Judo Tournament
The Saskatoon Judo Club hosted a Judo Saskatchewan provincial competition over the weekend at Nutana College. Eleven different clubs were represented, and 209 athletes participated. That included athl...
Feb 09, 2026 (Image Credit: Photo courtesy Mark Boland)