Category Archives: Battlefords
Young artists celebrate Saskatchewan at Hazee Youth Art Awards
Celebrate Saskatchewan. That's what youth in the Battlefords based their art pieces on for this year's Hazee Youth Art Awards. The awards began in 2019, with a hope of inspiring youth to create and di...
May 07, 2026 One of the winners, Asher Shagan, with his painting. (Image Credit: battlefordsNOW)
CSOs advise caution about increased use of scooters in North Battleford
As the weather warms up, there has been a notable increase in the ways that people are getting around town. Community Safety Officers (CSOs) have noticed a specific increase in the number of people us...
May 07, 2026 CSOs have noticed an increase of scooter use and near-misses involving scooters as the weather has gotten warmer. (Image Credit: ID 116152418 © Vladimirs Poplavskis | Dreamstime.com)
On Air for Healthcare Radiothon returns May 8 with support for dialysis patients
For many dialysis patients in northern Saskatchewan, life is measured in four-hour stretches connected to a machine that keeps them alive."It is," Dr. Ayesha Ahmed said when asked if dialysis becomes ...
May 07, 2026 From left to right, Battlefords Healthcare Foundation executive director Leanne Ducommun, CJNB/CJNS host Grant Schutte and 93.3 Beach Radio host Nic Fransoo are pictured at the live broadcast setup for the 12-hour Radiothon fundraiser in the Battlefords Union Hospital lobby on Friday, May 9, 2025. (Image Credit: Kenneth Cheung/battlefordsNOW)
North Battleford to home Sask.'s first involuntary addictions assessment centre
Saskatchewan's first involuntary addictions assessment centre will open in North Battleford under newly passed provincial legislation allowing people with severe addictions to be forced into care in c...
May 07, 2026 Saskatchewan Hospital North Battleford is where the province plans to locate Saskatchewan’s first involuntary addictions assessment centre and inpatient treatment unit under The Compassionate Intervention Act. (Image Credit: Saskatchewan Health Authority)
Battlefords campaign shines spotlight on nurses making a difference
A new campaign in the Battlefords is helping to bring recognition to nurses who go above and beyond every day. "Nursing in general isn't easy... sometimes we don't get recognition for what we do," sai...
May 06, 2026 Battlefords Union Hospital. (Image Credit: photo/ BUH website)
'We will not forget': Sask. RCMP vows commitment as community honours missing loved ones
Ryan Nicotine, Kionna Nicotine, Lee Bearsears, Candy Pritchard, Ashley Morin, Megan Gallagher and Tiki Laverdiere.Their names were spoken softly by candlelight in North Battleford Tuesday night - just...
May 06, 2026 Family members of missing and murdered loved ones hold candles during a vigil in North Battleford on May 5, 2026, marking Missing Persons Week and the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and 2SLGBTQI+ People. (Image Credit: Kenneth Cheung/battlefordsNOW Staff)
'We have sympathy for this individual': North Battleford church responds after bear spray incident
Leaders at St. Paul's Anglican Church say they hope the man accused of discharging bear spray during Sunday worship gets help, as the congregation considers new safety measures following the incident....
May 05, 2026 (Image Credit: Battle River Parish Anglican Church Battlefords)
Battleford council moves ahead with $56K bridge inspection plan
3.7 out of 10. That was the rating Associated Engineering (AE) gave in relation to the current structure of Battleford's bridges, which connect the mainland to Finlayson Island. "Your bridges are in p...
May 05, 2026 The north bridge connecting Finlayson Island to North Battleford. (Image Credit: battlefordsNOW Staff)
Teen missing from near Wahpeton
Prince Albert RCMP are looking for public help finding a 14-year-old boy last seen on Highway 2 near Wahpeton Dakota First Nation. Camron Street was seen on May 1 on the highway but is also known to t...
May 05, 2026 Camron Street was last seen on May 1. (Image Credit: submitted/RCMP)
A century-old piano finds its voice again in a Battleford church
The legs came off first.Then the body - more than 600 pounds - was wrapped and carried in pieces before being reassembled inside St. George's Anglican Church in Battleford. When it was set in place, a...
May 04, 2026 A 1923 Weber baby grand piano is seen inside St. George’s Anglican Church in Battleford following its donation by the family of musician Glenn Goodman. (Image Credit: Kenneth Cheung/battlefordsNOW Staff)