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Saulteaux First Nation man arrested after RCMP investigate suspicious death
A 30-year-old man has been charged with manslaughter by Saskatchewan RCMP's Homicide Investigation Unit (HIU) following a death on Saulteaux First Nation.Battlefords RCMP received a report of an injur...
Jun 08, 2026 30-year-old Bradley Redbear will appear in court on June 8 after being arrested and charged with manslaughter. (Image Credit: file photo/battlefordsNOW)
Behind the fire lines: Inside Saskatchewan’s Lobstick fire base
About 19 kilometres west of Prince Albert, nestled in a field by the Satellite Station, is an entire temporary village built around a crisis. It's the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency's (SPSA) site f...
Jun 08, 2026 The Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency's Incident Management Team for the Lobstick wildfire is set up to run logistics from a property next to the Prince Albert Satellite Station, west of the city off Hwy. 3. (Image Credit: paNOW)
Gov. Gen. Louise Arbour says learning from differences key to strong society
OTTAWA - Extreme polarization and consensus are dangerous and a better Canada can only be built through the "peaceful management" of our differences, Gov. Gen. Louise Arbour said Monday, in her first ...
Jun 08, 2026 Governor General Louise Arbour takes the chair as Canada's 31st Governor General in Ottawa on Monday, June 8, 2026. (Image Credit: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick)
Unique vehicles draw crowds to Battlefords car show weekend
Classic vehicles filled the Battlefords this weekend as car enthusiasts gathered for a pair of shows hosted by the Battlefords Vintage Automobile Club (BVAC) and Battlefords Bent Rodz Car Club (BBRCC)...
Jun 07, 2026 Battlefords car clubs celebrate car show weekend. (Image Credit: Alyssa Rudolph/ battlefordsNOW)
Beyond the headlines: Families remember missing and murdered Indigenous men and boys
James LaBoucane. Colten Theoren Fleury. Bradan Bull. Kelly Larson Jr. Muskwa. Angose Standingwater. Mike Martin. Drew Ballantyne. Michael Thomas. Gordon Bear. Jay Preston Raphael. Austin Eaglechief. M...
Jun 07, 2026 More than 100 people attended North Battleford’s first Blue Jeans Jacket Day walk on June 6, 2026, to honour missing and murdered Indigenous men and boys. (Image Credit: Kenneth Cheung/battlefordsNOW)
One dead after single vehicle rollover in Turtleford
Turtleford RCMP, along with local fire and EMS, responded to a single-vehicle rollover on Highway 3, approximately 10 kilometers east of Turtleford on June 7 at approximately 12:05 pm. The lone occupa...
Jun 07, 2026 (Image Credit: File photo/battlefordsNOW)
Is Canada in a recession? What to know after a volatile week of economic data
OTTAWA - There was one word on the lips of many Canadians economists, politicians and journalists this past week: recession.Recent economic data has painted a mixed picture of Canada's economy, and so...
Jun 07, 2026 Workers assemble temporary seating high in the air for the FIFA World Cup at BMO field in Toronto on Thursday March 12, 2026. (Image Credit: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn)
High demand, low inventory squeezing Saskatchewan housing market
Rising inventory and new listings are barely keeping up with the sustained demand on Saskatchewan's housing market.Residential home sales in May dropped 10 per cent year-over-year in Saskatchewan, wit...
Jun 07, 2026 (Image Credit: Feverpitch/Depositphotos.com)
Two new Indigenous-led birthing programs provide new mothers with vital cultural supports
Spring in Saskatchewan has brought two new traditional Indigenous birth programs.Sturgeon Lake First Nation celebrated the grand opening of the Shirley Bighead Nihwiki and Ohpikihwasowin Birthing and ...
Jun 07, 2026 Chief Christine Longjohn cuts the ribbon at the new birthing lodge at Sturgeon Lake First Nation. (Image Credit: Submitted/Tina Pelletier)
Jury awards $176M for wrongful deaths of young brothers struck by California socialite’s car
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A Los Angeles jury has awarded $176 million to the parents of two young brothers killed in a hit-and-run collision when a California socialite's car struck them in a crosswalk nearl...
Jun 06, 2026 FILE - Nancy Iskander, left, holding the hand of her husband, Karim, leaves Van Nuys Courthouse June 10, 2024, in Van Nuys, Calif., after attending the sentencing hearing in the murder trial of Rebecca Grossman, who is charged in the deaths of their two sons, Mark, 11, and Jacob, 8. (Image Credit: AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)