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Man charged after significant copper wire RCMP investigation
Two firearms, methamphetamine, and copper wire were seized at a residence in Wilkie, following a significant RCMP investigation. On April 25, officers from Saskatchewan RCMP's North Battleford Crime R...
Apr 27, 2026 (Image Credit: Saskatchewan RCMP)
Man charged following weekend stabbing in North Battleford
A 24-year-old man is facing charges after a stabbing in North Battleford on Saturday. Officers were called around 4 a.m. on April 25 to the 1700 block of 105th Street after receiving a report of a man...
Apr 27, 2026 (Image Credit: file photo/RCMP)
Rodeo weekend brings spike in traffic enforcement to North Battleford
Local Battlefords roadways experienced significant traffic over rodeo weekend, prompting assistance by Community Safety Officers (CSO) to enhance traffic enforcement. On Saturday evening, CSO files in...
Apr 27, 2026 CSO patrol vehicle. (Image Credit: File photo/ battlefordsNOW Staff)
'The adrenaline rush is out of this world': Inside the 54th annual North Battleford Kinsmen Indoor Rodeo
Wyatt Fennig still remembers the first time he hit the dirt.He lasted just two jumps on a bull - barely a moment in a sport measured in eight seconds - but something in that instant stayed with him."M...
Apr 27, 2026 Wyatt Fennig of North Battleford competes in bull riding during the 54th annual North Battleford Kinsmen Indoor Rodeo at the Access Communications Centre on Friday, April 24, 2026. (Image Credit: Kenneth Cheung/battlefordsNOW Staff)
North Battleford mayor reflects on recent SUMA convention
Regional partnerships and collaboration between municipalities are key takeaways for North Battleford following the Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association (SUMA) convention held earlier this mo...
Apr 27, 2026 North Battleford mayor Kelli Hawtin (middle) sits alongside Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River MP & Rural Development Secretary of State Buckley Belanger (left) and North Battleford city counselor Kent Lindgren at the SUMA convention. (Image Credit: Kelli Hawtin/Facebook)
Drought fears linger as seeding begins on southwest Saskatchewan farms
Seeding season is underway across parts of Saskatchewan, but for farmers in the drought-stricken southwest, optimism in short supply.After a winter that brought little moisture and a spring that has s...
Apr 27, 2026 “We’re going to need some good summer moisture for this to be a successful year,” said Quinton Jacksteit, the reeve of the RM of Big Stick. (Image Credit: (Vadyuhin/Depositphotos.com))
Prime Minister Mark Carney announces Canada's 1st sovereign wealth fund
Prime Minister Mark Carney announced the country's first national sovereign wealth fund on Monday, pitching the new agency as a way for Canadians to invest in nation-building projects.Carney said the ...
Apr 27, 2026 Prime Minister Mark Carney responds to a question during an event in Ottawa on Thursday, April 23, 2026. (Image Credit: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld)
Teen storm chaser brings mobile tornado siren to Cut Knife area
Aaron Rutley's fascination with storms started at a young age, and now the 18-year-old storm chaser is putting that interest into action. On April 27, he'll be testing his mobile tornado siren in the ...
Apr 26, 2026 (Image Credit: ID 176621400 © John Sirlin | Dreamstime.com)
Russia and Ukraine exchange attacks, killing and wounding dozens while Zelenskyy calls for more talks
Russian drone and missile strikes on the Ukrainian city of Dnipro killed at least five people and wounded 46, authorities said Saturday.The bodies of four people were found in the ruins of a house des...
Apr 25, 2026 Rescue workers clear the rubble of a residential building destroyed by a Russian strike, in Dnipro, Ukraine, Saturday, April 25, 2026. (Image Credit: AP Photo/Mykola Synelnykov)
Experts report a surge in interest among American academics looking to move to Canada
Jason Stanley moved from the United States to Canada last September, leaving behind a high-profile position at Yale to take a job at the Munk School of Global Affairs in Toronto.The fascism researcher...
Apr 25, 2026 A photograph of the outside of the Munk School of Global Affairs in Toronto on Friday, Jan. 25, 2019. (Image Credit: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette)