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'A dream come true': Battlefords local Wuttunee drafted by WHL's Oil Kings

Dec. 9 is a date Battlefords local, Treycen Wuttunee, will have starred on the calendar for some time as one to remember fondly. As a 15-year-old standout in the AAA ranks, with his hometown Battlefor...

Dec 10, 2021

Two arrested, firearms seized in Asquith

Saskatchewan RCMP charged two men in Asquith, SK with multiple firearms offences, following an investigation on Wednesday.Officers were searching a vehicle and residence in relation to an ongoing inve...

Dec 10, 2021

Sixty-nine new COVID cases and one death reported today in the province

As of Dec. 10, there are 69 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, 39 among unvaccinated individuals.Six new cases are located in northern zones of the province; North West (one) and North Central (five).On...

Dec 10, 2021

North Stars to host Mustangs for Friday night hockey

Two of the top teams in the SJHL will faceoff Friday night in the Battlefords, as the North Stars will look to snap a three-game skid in their return to home ice, against a Melfort Mustangs team who h...

Dec 10, 2021

Samuel Takakenew sentenced for accessory charge in Laverdiere case

A man facing a charge connected to the Tiki Laverdiere homicide investigation was sentenced Friday after pleading guilty to accessory after the fact to murder. Samuel Takakenew, 37, who appeared in Co...

Dec 10, 2021

Winners for 2022 BOB Awards announced

After weeks of deliberation and hundreds and thousands of votes, the results of the 2022 Best of the Best (BOB) Awards are in! For the fifth year in a row, battlefordsNOW readership had the opportunit...

Dec 10, 2021

Woman receives prison sentence for death of man near Big River First Nation

A woman who drove a man with a fractured rib to an isolated location, where he later died from hypothermia, has received a two-and-a-half year prison sentence. Karyle Morin, 21, entered a guilty plea ...

Dec 10, 2021

Waning COVID-19 vaccine availability for ages 5 to 11 on Saturday

Parents in the Battlefords have just a few days of COVID-19 vaccination availability for five to 11 year olds left in 2021. Access to supplies of the Pfizer vaccine specifically for this age group of ...

Dec 10, 2021

Winter weights now permitted in northern Saskatchewan

The Government of Saskatchewan has announced starting on Monday winter weights will be allowed on all applicable highways in northern Saskatchewan.Winter weights allow for truckers to carry up to 15-2...

Dec 10, 2021

Some skeptical over plan to cut down surgical backlog

On Thursday, the provincial government announced a new plan to get through the surgical wait list that grew large because of the grip COVID's fourth wave had on the province.The plan includes an incre...

Dec 10, 2021