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Repeat offenders driving break-ins, gun crime in North Battleford, RCMP say
Mounties say a small number of repeat offenders are responsible for driving several crime spikes in North Battleford, even as overall trends show mixed results.Speaking during a fourth-quarter 2025 cr...
Feb 11, 2026 Battlefords RCMP commander Insp. Ryan How poses in his office during a previous interview with battlefordsNOW. (Image Credit: Kenneth Cheung/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Schwinghammer finishes fifth in women’s moguls
Saskatoon's Maa Schwinghammer finished just off the podium in her Olympic debut in women's moguls on Wednesday.The 24-year-old earned a fifth-place finish for Team Canada after a strong final run scor...
Feb 11, 2026 Saskatoon skier Maïa Schwinghammer will be one of several Canadians representing her country at the 2026 Olympic Games in Milan, Italy in February. (Image Credit: International Ski Federation/Submitted)
Excavation company fined $58,100 after worker seriously hurt in trench collapse
An excavation company is facing a hefty fine after a workplace injury in 2022.According to the Saskatchewan Ministry of Labour Relations and Workplace Safety, Triple 7 Excavating Ltd. pleaded guilty t...
Feb 11, 2026 The company was charged with failing “to give notice to the division as soon as reasonably possible of an incident at a place of employment that required a worker to be admitted to a hospital as an in-patient for a period of 72 hours or more” as well as failing to ensure that workers in a trench more than 1.2 metres deep are protected from cave ins or sliding material. (Image Credit: file photo/CKOM News Staff)
Investigation continues after deadly shootings that killed 10 at B.C. school and home
TUMBLER RIDGE - Condolences are trickling in from around the world this morning as police continue to investigate a pair of shootings that left 10 people, including the suspect, dead in a tiny communi...
Feb 11, 2026 Police said six victims were found dead inside the Tumbler Ridge, B.C. school, as well as the body of the shooter. (Image Credit: The Canadian Press)
If province wants construction they should remove PST on it: NDP, home builders say
It has been about nine years since the provincial government changed PST rules to include the full value of construction contracts and services on homes. Now, the NDP is calling on the Sask. Party to ...
Feb 11, 2026 The NDP and home builders say that removing PST on construction projects, including new homes, would result in more building. (Image Credit: Susan McNeil/paNOW Staff)
North Stars fall flat, lose 6-1 to the Nipawin Hawks
It was a tough night for the Battlefords North Stars in the cage, having their three-game win streak snapped in a 6-1 loss to the Nipawin Hawks. It's just the third time the North Stars have lost by 5...
Feb 10, 2026 The Battlefords North Stars will look to get back to their winning ways when they face off with the La Ronge Ice Wolves on Feb. 13. (Image Credit: Ryan Lambert/battlefordsNOW staff)
10 dead, including suspect, in shootings at school and home in Tumbler Ridge, B.C.
RCMP say eight people, including the suspect are dead after a shooting at a school in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., while two more bodies were found at a home believed to be connected to the incident.Police sa...
Feb 10, 2026 A text alert is seen telling residents of Tumbler Ridge, B.C., to shelter in place following an active shooter incident on Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026. RCMP say there are ”multiple victims” in a shooting at the Tumbler Ridge Secondary School. (Image Credit: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Handout)
'Today is the day you're going to die': Accused, witness testify in Wilkie care home trial
Testimony continued Tuesday in the Wilkie care home abuse trial, with a care worker describing hearing a resident scream in distress and the accused defending her conduct before court adjourned.North ...
Feb 10, 2026 Jaclyn Elias leaves North Battleford Provincial Court in North Battleford on Feb. 10, 2026, during her trial involving allegations related to a Wilkie care home. (Image Credit: Kenneth Cheung/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Three men charged after RCMP seize drugs, weapons at North Battleford business
Saskatchewan RCMP's Crime Reduction Team has charged three men at a business in North Battleford after seizing cocaine, methamphetamine, and weapons. On Feb 7, RCMP located a vehicle that was previous...
Feb 10, 2026 Items that were seized by RCMP. (Image Credit: Saskatchewan RCMP)
Free fishing weekend prompts reminders of thin ice amid warmer weather
The province is encouraging residents to trade in their roses for rods and reels this Family Day long weekend. One of Saskatchewan's two free fishing weekends is planned for Feb. 14-16, giving anglers...
Feb 10, 2026 This upcoming Family Day long weekend is one of two free fishing weekends that the province holds yearly. (Image Credit: ID 4422951 © Tund | Dreamstime.com)