Battlefords

Local advocates taking support to MMWIG protests in Winnipeg

A Battlefords-area grandmother who walked across the country last year to raise awareness about the missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls (MMIWG) crisis, is once again lending her support to...

Jul 31, 2023

Former North Battleford fire chief looking for damages after termination

He no longer works for the City of North Battleford, but the former fire chief has taken the city to court over his old job.Trevor Brice was the Director of Protective Services and Fire Chief in North...

Jul 31, 2023

EDITOR'S NOTE: Prepare to lose access to local news on Facebook, Google

By now many of you have likely heard about Canada's Online News Act - formerly known as Bill C-18. The new law calls for big tech companies to compensate media outlets and aims to make a more level pl...

Jul 31, 2023

'I think of my mushum': Families of residential school survivors gather for Delmas walk

As Sonia Pete started to walk Friday morning from Little Pine First Nation to the town of Delmas, nearly 40 kilometres away, she thought about her late father and grandfather."Part of the path we are ...

Jul 28, 2023

Second suspect in Witchekan Lake killing arrested in Saskatoon

A second man charged with a killing on the Witchekan Lake First Nation was arrested Thursday in Saskatoon.According to RCMP, Nathaniel Sakebow, 32, was found at a business and taken into custody by Sa...

Jul 28, 2023

Sask NDP accuse gov't of hiding problems in health care

The Saskatchewan Party's Ministry of Health is responding to a leaked memo by the NDP showing that the Battlefords Union Hospital (BUH) Intensive Care Unit (ICU) has been closed for weeks.Official Opp...

Jul 27, 2023

N.B. Mayor: ’Crime capital of Canada label short-sighted and oversimplified dismissal of deeper issues’

The Crime Severity Index (CSI) does not accurately represent whether a community is 'safe' or 'unsafe.'That was the message from City of North Battleford Mayor David Gillan and Inspector Jesse Gilbert...

Jul 27, 2023

Dangerous person alert cancelled for Onion Lake Cree Nation

UPDATE: 4:45 p.m.RCMP confirmed that Randy Cooke was found and arrested in Onion Lake Cree Nation. The dangerous person alert has been cancelled.---An alert about a dangerous person has been issued by...

Jul 27, 2023

RCMP searching for man involved in Teddy Whitehead death

The Saskatchewan RCMP Major Crimes unit has identified and charged two people involved in the death of Teddy Whitehead, which police can confirm was a homicide. After continued investigation, police i...

Jul 26, 2023

Battlefords MLA not surprised by high local social housing unit vacancy, solution talks ongoing

The vacancy rate of Saskatchewan Housing Corporation (SHC) units has skyrocketed including in the Battlefords. According to information from the SHC, obtained by the Sask. NDP, 143 of the 629 spaces i...

Jul 26, 2023