Category Archives: Battlefords
Repairs, upgrades coming from SaskPower
Looking out the window at work, people might see crews from SaskPower working throughout northwest Saskatchewan.Repairs and upgrades are being completed in multiple communities in and around the munic...
May 03, 2022
Concern For Youth seeing positive results
Battlefords Concern For Youth (CFY) is continuing to experience strong numbers for programming this year.Executive director Dani Williams gave an update on the group's progress when she presented her ...
May 03, 2022
Battleford sees more break-ins, thefts
Break and enters and thefts over $5,000 are on the rise in Battleford, based on the latest RCMP report for the first quarter. Battlefords RCMP Staff-Sgt. Jason Teniuk gave an update on the January to ...
May 03, 2022
Taxi drivers feeling the rise of gas prices
Paying at the pump is affecting all of Saskatchewan, but especially transportation based businesses.Deliveries are a primary service hit hardest by gas prices that reached record highs nationally back...
May 02, 2022
Book focuses on impact on families of MMIW
A Battlefords area woman put her grief into words for a new book expressing her sorrow for families of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) left behind.Stephanie Tootoosis's book, called Namoy...
May 02, 2022
North Battleford experiencing highest recorded COVID levels, P.A. second-highest: study
Prince Albert and North Battleford are seeing extremely high levels of COVID-19.That's according to the University of Saskatchewan which has been studying wastewater in the communities, along with Sas...
May 02, 2022
Warming spring melts winter remnants
Springtime is finally coming to northwest Saskatchewan.The flow of ice in the North Saskatchewan River is moving along with temperatures rising since last week. The upcoming forecast bodes particularl...
Apr 30, 2022
Mirasty sentenced to 10 years in prison for manslaughter
The victim's relatives could be heard sobbing, as the man who pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the beating death of Sequin Mooswa was sentenced to 10 years in prison in North Battleford provincial co...
Apr 29, 2022
Future of downtown pocket park being reviewed
The City of North Battleford hopes to review plans for the space temporarily used as a downtown pocket park last year, before deciding whether to go ahead with it again this year.Coun. Len Taylor said...
Apr 29, 2022
MGBHLM member elected FSIN female youth representative for Saskatchewan
It was a proud time for Hailey Rose, the new recently elected Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) female youth representative for Saskatchewan. The Mosquito Grizzly Bear's Head Lean Man ...
Apr 28, 2022