Category Archives: Battlefords

Local O-lineman turns heads as Team Sask. takes U17 Western Title
In just his first year playing offensive line, 6-5, 220-pound Reed Johnson from the North Battleford Comprehensive High School Vikings helped lead Team Saskatchewan to victory at the U17 Western Chall...
Jul 16, 2025

Access Communications Centre reopens after mid-June fire
The Access Communications Centre is back in operation as of Monday, following a fire on June 19 that forced its closure.According to Cheryl Deneire, the city's director of parks and recreation, while ...
Jul 16, 2025

Battlefords’ Shae Maunula rallies to qualify for Nationals at Sask. Golf Junior Provincials
Fifteen-year-old Shae Maunula from the Battlefords pulled off a clutch final round performance at the Saskatchewan Junior Golf Provincials this past weekend, climbing from 12th place to finish sixth a...
Jul 15, 2025

Firefighters from Australia, Mexico assist with merging fires in northern Sask.
Saskatchewan is getting some additional help from overseas to help tackle uncontrolled wildfires burning in the north.The Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency (SPSA) said 40 firefighters from Australia h...
Jul 15, 2025

Honouring Michael Linklater: Indigenous basketball icon and youth advocate
A standing ovation echoed through the SaskTel Centre on July 5 as the Province of Saskatchewan made a historic announcement, recognizing the day officially as Michael Linklater Day. The honour celebra...
Jul 15, 2025

RCMP 'cautiously optimistic' as latest report shows violent crime decrease in North Battleford
The Battlefords RCMP say they're seeing fewer serious violent and property crimes so far this year, but people still need to pick up the phone and report what they see, no matter how small it seems. A...
Jul 15, 2025

Battlefords welcomes Montreal Lake Cree Nation evacuees; request donations
As wildfires and thick smoke continue to threaten communities in northern Saskatchewan, the City of North Battleford has opened its arms once again, this time to 140 evacuees from Montreal Lake Cree N...
Jul 14, 2025

RCMP locate missing woman
A 38-year-old woman reported missing this week has been located by RCMP. All identifying information has been removed from this story. --cjnbnews@pattisonmedia.com
Jul 14, 2025

'Our keeper of time' bids farewell after more than four decades at Fred Light Museum
For nearly half a century, Bernadette Leslie, the manager of the Fred Light Museum, has been the heart of the building - walking its halls, curating its stories and making sure the past stayed alive f...
Jul 14, 2025

‘It's been a waste of our time’: Community dissatisfied with Cenovus Rush Lake open house while uncontrolled well release continues
Residents and community leaders said they left Thursday's open house in Paynton feeling frustrated and unheard, more than two months after the Rush Lake 2 thermal facility uncontrolled well release be...
Jul 11, 2025