Category Archives: Post to Social
Drug impairment far outpaces alcohol impairment in La Ronge traffic blitz
Another blitz by Saskatchewan RCMP Traffic Services resulted in 47 drivers being removed from the road. More than half had drugs in their system. RCMP officers from Yorkton and Saskatoon Combined Traf...
Mar 11, 2026 File photo (Image Credit: File photo/paNOW Staff)
‘Very disappointed’: Union head frustrated with new health-care plan
The provincial government is touting its new health-care plan as the way it's going to get Saskatchewan people the care they need, but at least one union head is shaking her head."I can't even tell yo...
Mar 11, 2026 Lisa Zunti, president of SEIU-West, said there’s nothing new and nothing concrete enough to evaluate in the province’s Patients First Health Care Plan that was unveiled on Monday. (Image Credit: Marija Robinson/CKOM file photo)
Battlefords RCMP warn public about scam caller posing as police
Battlefords RCMP is warning the public about a scam caller impersonating the police. Recently, RCMP received a report of a person who answered a phone call from a number that appeared to belong to a S...
Mar 11, 2026 RCMP warns the public about scam callers posing as police. (Image Credit: ID 151770917 © Tero Vesalainen | Dreamstime.com)
Moose on the loose in North Battleford
Two moose have decided to take a stroll through North Battleford this morning. Multiple RCMP, Community Safety Officers, and Conservation are in the area surrounding North Battleford Comprehensive Hig...
Mar 11, 2026 Moose in North Battleford. (Image Credit: City of North Battleford/ Facebook)
Looking at the Battlefords WPD Ambulance Sharks standouts through the season
As the first round of the SFU18AAAHL playoffs rolls on, the Battlefords WPD Ambulance Sharks await their playoff opponent as they are currently on their first round bye. The Sharks finished in first p...
Mar 11, 2026 The Battlefords WPD Ambulance Sharks await their first playoff opponent as they go through the first round bye. (Image Credit: Byron Hildebrand Photography/Facebook)
Sask. budget tease: Municipal revenue sharing up eight per cent for 2026-27
As has become almost a tradition for the Sask. Party Government, it unveiled the Municipal Revenue Sharing total for the coming fiscal year a week ahead of the provincial budget, during the annual SAR...
Mar 11, 2026 The provincial government announced what the municipal revenue sharing would be for 2026-27, a week ahead of the provincial budget being unveiled. (Image Credit: Lisa Schick/ CJME file photo)
Saskatchewan First Nations, Métis see opportunity in purchase of Freshwater Fish Marketing Corp.
Fish harvesters in Saskatchewan say they can supply a lot of northern fish to domestic and international markets and are taking steps to expand an industry that has been their livelihood for decades. ...
Mar 10, 2026 Organizations like the Prince Albert Grand Council and Métis Nation–Saskatchewan are working to buy the Freshwater Fish Marketing Corporation, a federal Crown corporation that was put up for sale several years ago. (Image Credit: Susan McNeil/paNOW Staff)
Battlefords Stars head coach Martin Smith looks back on 2025-26 season
The Battlefords AAA Stars season is officially over. After the Stars finished in seventh place in the SMAAAHL with a record of 18-21-3-2, the Stars got a tough matchup in the playoffs against the Moos...
Mar 10, 2026 The Battlefords Stars look ahead to next season with the potential of 11 returning players. (Image Credit: Byron Hildebrand Photography/Facebook)
First Nations leaders unveil items repatriated from the Vatican at History Museum
First Nations leaders unveiled today five items repatriated to their communities after being at the Vatican for more than a century, and unboxed another two crates of items with origins that have yet ...
Mar 10, 2026 Assembly of First Nations Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak, centre, looks on as sacred items are unveiled following their return from the Vatican collection during an unveiling event at the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, Que., on Tuesday, March 10, 2026. (Image Credit: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby)
Ringing phone leads Battlefords RCMP to arrest robbery suspect
A ringing phone has helped Battlefords RCMP dial in on a robbery suspect. On March 7, around 7:30 a.m., RCMP received a report of a robbery at a business on the Highway 16 Bypass in North Battleford. ...
Mar 10, 2026 RCMP patrol vehicle. (Image Credit: Saskatchewan RCMP)