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North Battleford seeks clarity as province eyes forced addictions treatment rollout
North Battleford officials say they are cautiously supportive of Saskatchewan's plan to launch a forced addictions treatment program in the city, but stress key details remain unclear.The province has...
Mar 23, 2026 The downtown area of North Battleford. (Image Credit: Kenneth Cheung/battlefordsNOW Staff)
'This was a safe place': concerns grow over summer camp's anti-2SLGBTQ+ beliefs
Former staff members are questioning the recent 'statement of faith' change at Camp Kadesh which appears to exclude members of the 2SLGBTQ+ community. The camp, located at Christopher Lake in northern...
Mar 23, 2026 Camp Kadesh updates stance excluding members of the 2SLGBTQ+ community. (Image Credit: Camp Kadesh/ website)
Cannabis use caused 50% of young drivers to crash in simulation: researcher
New research from the School of Public Health at the University of Saskatchewan shows that young drivers feel the effects of cannabis consumption for hours after they consume it.That leads to a much h...
Mar 23, 2026 A MADD awareness campaign north of Prince Albert from 2023. (Image Credit: Logan Lehmann/paNOW Staff)
Sask. watchdog says tear gas used before man's death on Onion Lake Cree Nation
Saskatchewan's police watchdog says RCMP deployed tear gas before a man was found injured and later died during an emergency response on Onion Lake Cree Nation, as new details emerge about the March 1...
Mar 23, 2026 (Image Credit: submitted/RCMP)
North Battleford considers scrapping base tax in property tax overhaul
North Battleford city council is set to review a new tax study tonight that could pave the way for a major overhaul of how property taxes are calculated, including the potential elimination of the cit...
Mar 23, 2026 (Image Credit: ID 212479902 © Andrey Popov | Dreamstime.com)
RCMP seek public's help to locate missing North Battleford woman
RCMP is seeking the public's assistance in locating a missing woman last seen in North Battleford. On March 20, Battlefords RCMP received a report of missing 40-year-old, Carmen Peyachew. She was last...
Mar 23, 2026 Carmen Peyachew last seen in North Battleford on March 20. (Image Credit: Saskatchewan RCMP)
US won't strike Iran's power plants for 5 days, extending Trump deadline on reopening Hormuz strait
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - President Donald Trump extended his deadline for Iran to reopen the crucial Strait of Hormuz to international shipping, saying Monday that the U.S. would hold off on...
Mar 23, 2026 A woman waves an Iranian flag during a campaign in support of the government at the Enqelab-e-Eslami, or Islamic Revolution, square in downtown Tehran, Iran, Sunday, March 22, 2026. (Image Credit: AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Here's the latest on Air Canada jet crash at New York LaGuardia Airport
An Air Canada jet carrying 76 people touched down and slammed into a fire truck on a runway at New York's LaGuardia Airport late Sunday night, killing its two pilots and injuring many more people. Fli...
Mar 23, 2026 An Air Canada Jet sits on the runway at LaGuardia Airport, Monday, March 23, 2026, after colliding with a Port Authority aircraft rescue and firefighting vehicle in New York. (Image Credit: AP Photo/Ryan Murphy)
Sask. Mounties responded to fewer victims of family, intimate-partner violence in 2025
The Saskatchewan RCMP said fewer people became victims of family and intimate-partner violence in 2025, but the numbers remain "persistently high."The RCMP said officers in the province responded to m...
Mar 22, 2026 The RCMP said officers in the province responded to more than 9,800 alleged victims of domestic violence, down slightly from the 10,077 alleged victims the Mounties dealt with in 2024. (Image Credit: File photo/paNOW)
Public servant ‘scared’ to retire due to problems with Phoenix pay system
OTTAWA - A federal public servant from Ontario said she's "scared" to take up the government's early retirement offer after being told that she owes the government about $10,500 because of a mistake i...
Mar 22, 2026 Alex Benay, associate deputy minister at Public Services and Procurement Canada, speaks during a news conference at the National Press Theatre in Ottawa, on Tuesday, July 9, 2024. (Image Credit: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang)