Category Archives: Newsletter Daily
Battlefords Youth Soccer Inc. set to host Futsal Sask Cup this weekend
For the first time, North Battleford will be hosting the Sask Cup for Futsal with games being held at John Paul II Collegiate as well as the NationsWEST Fieldhouse from Feb. 27 - March 1. The U12 boys...
Feb 26, 2026 The Futsal Sask Cup is being held by Battlefords Youth Soccer Inc. for the first time in the club's history. (Image Credit: Kat Huxley/Facebook)
Parenting in the Storm: couple turns addiction and loss into province-wide parenting workshop
Families can recover. That's the message Daniel Hearn and Donna Gilchrist spread during their province-wide Parenting in the Storm workshop that helps to improve communication between co-parents. The ...
Feb 26, 2026 Daniel Hearn and Donna Gilchrist at Denare Beach for a Parenting in the Storm workshop. (Image Credit: Daniel Unmanageable/ Facebook)
Snow squall watch in effect; March not coming in like a lion this year
Brief but intense bands of snow are expected this evening over west central Saskatchewan. Snow squall bands will develop later this evening and track southeastward over Lloydminster, Kindersley, Battl...
Feb 26, 2026 Winter weather changes on a dime in Saskatchewan. (Image Credit: Cam Lee/northeastNOW)
Sentencing set for Lloydminster man guilty of sexual interference involving 14-year-old girl
A Lloydminster man has been found guilty of sexual interference involving a 14-year-old girl following a trial in provincial court.Tristan Lewis, 21, was convicted Tuesday in Lloydminster Provincial C...
Feb 26, 2026 (Image Credit: File photo/battlefordsNOW)
Saskatoon teen to be sentenced for setting fellow student on fire at Evan Hardy Collegiate
Sentencing submissions will be heard at Saskatoon's Court of King's Bench on Thursday in the case of a 16-year-old girl who admitted to attempted murder after she lit a fellow student on fire in Septe...
Feb 26, 2026 Tributes displayed outside Evan Hardy Collegiate in Saskatoon in the aftermath of an attack on a student on Sept. 5, 2024. (Image Credit: CKOM/File Photo)
Sask. looking to bolster and expand trade on mission to India
Premier Scott Moe is keeping his eyes locked on trade as he prepares to head to India on a week-long mission. He'll leave on Saturday and return the following Friday.To mark this trip as a success, Mo...
Feb 26, 2026 Premier Scott Moe will head to India for a week-long trade mission on Saturday, joining up with Prime Minister Mark Carney’s mission for a few days in Mumbai and New Delhi. (Image Credit: Lisa Schick/CJME)
Assessing the five likeliest North Stars first-round playoff opponents
There are three weekends left in the SJHL season, and the Battlefords North Stars have a record of 32-13-3-2 and sit in second place in the SJHL. While a lot can still change with six games left, the ...
Feb 25, 2026 The Battlefords North Stars have six regular season games left as they head towards the playoffs. (Image Credit: Byron Hildebrand Photography/Facebook)
More than 30 per cent of children in Prince Albert live in poverty, rates double for Northern Sask.
Critics are calling out the provincial government for alarming child poverty rates, particularly in northern communities.According to the study from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA),...
Feb 25, 2026 Within Saskatchewan, child poverty rates can vary dramatically depending on location. (Image Credit: ID 68286742 © Djedzura | Dreamstime.com)
Battlefords-born 'Better Together' mental health initiative now worn by over 100,000 across Canada
A grassroots idea born in grief in the Battlefords has grown into a national message of connection, carried on the backs of tens of thousands of Canadians wearing the same simple reminder: "We are bet...
Feb 25, 2026 From left, Battlefords North Stars players Josh Knittig, Gavin Granger and Linken Fisher wear Better Together T-shirts in support of the Battlefords-born initiative, now worn by more than 100,000 people across Canada, according to owner and founder Deb McNabb. (Image Credit: Battlefords North Stars)
North Battleford offers Maher Building for $1 as redevelopment push begins
The City of North Battleford is offering a vacant downtown commercial building for $1 and the possibility of up to $125,000 in support as it looks to spur redevelopment before moving toward demolition...
Feb 25, 2026 The old Maher Building at 1161 - 1165 100th St. in downtown North Battleford. (Image Credit: Google Map)