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Four wanted suspects caught, 12 warrants executed in RCMP Battlefords-area operation
A targeted four-day RCMP enforcement operation in the Battlefords area resulted in the arrests of four people wanted in connection with alleged serious violent offences, with officers executing 12 out...
Jun 12, 2026 (Image Credit: File photo/battlefordsNOW)
Over 200 tickets issues in Lloydminster area in traffic safety initiative
220 tickets were issued for speeding, seatbelt, and cellphone violations by Saskatchewan RCMP Traffic Services during patrols in Lloydminster, Saskatchewan, and seven drivers had their licenses suspen...
Jun 12, 2026 A total of 429 vehicles were stopped in and around Lloydminster in a span of three days between June 5-7. (Image Credit: file photo/battlefordsNOW)
North Battleford to consider tougher rules for boarded-up vacant buildings, taxi overhaul
Long-boarded vacant buildings in North Battleford could face remedy orders going so far as demolition under a proposed bylaw amendment set to come before the city's planning committee Monday.The draft...
Jun 12, 2026 North Battleford City Hall in the downtown area (Image Credit: File photo/battlefordsNOW)
Buyer expecting large morel crops in Northern Sask.
A mushroom buyer is expecting a bumper crop year for morels near La Ronge and other parts of Northern Saskatchewan. Andrey Vinogradov of White Raven Foraging has set up a camp at the junction of Highw...
Jun 12, 2026 Morels are found in great quantities following a wildfire. (Image Credit: ID 111373101 © Andrew Phelps | Dreamstime.com)
Young entrepreneurs betting on rural Sask. and finding room to grow
New businesses don't just create jobs. They fill service gaps, create gathering places and give people more reasons to invest in the communities they call home.That message emerged Thursday as young l...
Jun 12, 2026 From left, Battlefords and District Chamber of Commerce board chair Ashlee Babin; Makenna Furber and Teigan Furber, co-founders of Swimming Lessons @ YourTownHere; Clarissa Scheidl, co-owner of Birdie’s Golf Lounge in North Battleford; and Dr. Lyndon Jellison, owner of Longevity Chiropractic and Wellness in Unity, take part in the Chamber on Tap young entrepreneurs panel at Armoury Brewing Company in North Battleford on Thursday, June 11, 2026. (Image Credit: battlefordsNOW staff)
Review finds Sask. Public Safety Agency ‘was not fully prepared’ for 2025 wildfire season
An independent review into the Government of Saskatchewan's response to the destructive 2025 wildfire season - the worst in Saskatchewan's history - found the province's public safety agency wasn't ad...
Jun 12, 2026 A photo of the Lobstick Fire shared on May 31, 2026 by the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency. (Image Credit: Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency/Facebook)
Tornado that destroyed Alameda farm was strongest in Sask. since 2010
The tornado that flattened an Alameda farmyard on Tuesday was the strongest Saskatchewan has seen in more than a decade.The Northern Tornadoes Project, a research group based at Western University, as...
Jun 12, 2026 Erin Brown captured footage of the tornado south of Oxbow on Tuesday, June 9, 2026. (Image Credit: Erin Brown/Facebook)
El Nino is here and scientists fear it’ll be big, bad and costly with heat, floods, droughts, fires
El Nino, Nature's chaotic climate agent, has formed in a warmed-up Pacific Ocean and is expected to grow to historic strength, meteorologists announced Thursday.Experts said the El Nino, a natural war...
Jun 12, 2026 FILE - A firefighter monitors flames caused by the Hughes Fire along Castaic Lake in Castaic, Calif., Jan. 22, 2025. (Image Credit: AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
NDP calls for more treatment, recovery supports amid Lloydminster drug crisis
The topics of addiction, homelessness and mental health took centre stage in Lloydminster as NDP MLA Erika Ritchie called on the Saskatchewan Party government to invest more in treatment and recovery ...
Jun 11, 2026 NDP Leader Carla Beck and MLA Erika Ritchie during an unrelated event. (Image Credit: Alyssa Rudolph/ battlefordsNOW)
Local prospects and North Stars draftees talk SJHL draft
The Battlefords North Stars welcomed their newest wave of prospects to the organization in the 2026 SJHL draft. Players from across Saskatchewan found their new SJHL homes, including local prospects f...
Jun 11, 2026 Out of three Meadow Lake products taken in the SJHL draft, two of them were selected by the North Stars. (Image Credit: SJHL.ca)