Category Archives: Newsletter Daily
Seven years in the making: Battleford band releases debut single
For Audi and Kriss Atcheynum, music has always been part of everyday life. Both grew up on Sweetgrass First Nation, where classic rock and old country filled their homes. Those early influences contin...
Mar 12, 2026 Hartz Roller's, Let Me Love You album cover. (Image Credit: Audi Atcheynum/submitted)
Battlefords Ag Society receives $40K for long-needed kitchen renovation
Karen Patterson now has one less thing to worry about before falling asleep at night. At a community function, the long-time board member with Battlefords Agricultural Society randomly bumped into Den...
Mar 12, 2026 Battlefords Agricultural Society board members and The Rack's manager, Stephen Anderson (third from left) during the cheque presentation. (Image Credit: Alyssa Rudolph/ battlefordsNOW)
'I caught a fish!': 9-year-old wins $30K with first place Northern Pike
Catching a 4.8-pound Pike can be exciting for anyone with a line in the water, but when nine-year-old Sophia Poitras reeled in her big catch during the Murray Lake Ice Fishing Derby, it also came with...
Mar 12, 2026 Sophia Poitras won first place at the Murray Lake Ice Fishing Derby. (Image Credit: Kenny Moccasin/ Facebook)
Normal spring runoff predicted despite recent snowfall
The Water Security Agency (WSA) is predicting a normal spring runoff for most of central Saskatchewan despite several recent snowfalls. Numbers released Thursday morning show the central band across t...
Mar 12, 2026 (Image Credit: file photo/paNOW)
North Stars head to Kindersley with a chance to end the Klippers season
The Battlefords North Stars have made it to their final two games of the season; a home-and-home set with their division rival Kindersley Klippers that comes with an opportunity to eliminate Kindersle...
Mar 12, 2026 The Battlefods North Stars could eliminate the Klippers from playoff contention with a regulation win tonight. (Image Credit: Byron Hildebrand Photography/Facebook)
North Battleford filled nearly 9,000 potholes in 2025 as infrastructure repairs continue
North Battleford crews filled nearly 9,000 potholes and used about 800 tonnes of asphalt in 2025, reflecting what Mayor Kelli Hawtin described as "a strong commitment to safety, but also highlighting ...
Mar 12, 2026 A stock image of road construction used to illustrate road work. The photo does not depict work in North Battleford. (Image Credit: ID 37520865 © Wabeno | Dreamstime.com)
Some Sask. farmers to get winter elk hunting permits next year to protect land
The province is taking a new step to deal with large herds of elk damaging crops by allowing hunting outside of the regular hunting season.Environment Minister Darlene Rowden said they get several hun...
Mar 12, 2026 Elk depredation permits will allow elk hunting on producers land that has a history of significant damage from elk from Jan. 15 through March 31, 2027. (Image Credit: georgeburba / Depositphotos.com)
Murderer Jason McKay dies while in custody at Sask. Penitentiary
Less than two weeks after his sentence was handed down, Jason McKay has died.Correctional Services of Canada said he died on Wednesday while in custody, but didn't give any details about how the 54-ye...
Mar 12, 2026 Jason McKay died on Wednesday in Correctional Service custody, though the service didn’t give any indication of how he died. (Image Credit: File photo/paNOW)
Canada will 'do its part' to help IEA release of oil reserves: Hodgson
Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson said Wednesday Canada will "do its part" to lower the cost of oil globally as a bloc of nations looks to tame the surge in energy prices triggered by the war in ...
Mar 12, 2026 Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Tim Hodgson announced an investment of $22 million to fund domestic battery innovation and manufacturing in Montreal, on Friday, Oct. 3, 2025. (Image Credit: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi)
Sask. provides new option for owners to keep guns amid federal buyback
On Wednesday afternoon, The Saskatchewan Firearms Amendment Act was passed, including an amendment added just the night before, allowing owners to keep their guns under new conditions.The act already ...
Mar 11, 2026 Justice Minister Tim McLeod says the province isn’t breaking federal law, and is instead utilizing it to exempt gun owners who are helping the government out by storing the guns. (Image Credit: Lisa Schick/980 CJME)