Category Archives: Post to Social
Iran closes Strait of Hormuz again over US blockade and fires on ships
The standoff over the Strait of Hormuz escalated again Saturday as Iran reversed its reopening of the crucial waterway and fired on ships attempting to pass, in retaliation after the United States pre...
Apr 18, 2026 Tankers anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Qeshm Island, Iran, Saturday, April 18, 2026. (Image Credit: AP Photo/Asghar Besharati)
Planning committe to weigh recovery facility, taxi overhaul, cannabis cap
North Battleford's planning committee will weigh proposals at its Monday meeting that could reshape addiction services, taxi regulations and cannabis retail in the city.At the centre of the agenda is ...
Apr 17, 2026 The City of North Battleford's administration. (Image Credit: battleefordsNOW staff)
North Stars graduating 20-year-olds reflect on their junior hockey careers
As the Battlefords North Stars season concludes, so does the junior hockey career of five of the North Stars graduating players. Some played their entire career with the North Stars, some only came fo...
Apr 17, 2026 The Battlefords North Stars are graduating five 20-year-olds as their season concludes. (Image Credit: Byron Hildebrand Photography/Facebook)
Ukrainian dance festival brings community, culture to North Battleford stage
Over the weekend, North Battleford's Dekker Centre for the Preforming Arts will be filled with dancers from across Saskatchewan and Alberta. One of which is 16-year-old Jelayna Ulmer who practices in ...
Apr 17, 2026 Ukrainian dancers preforming on stage. (Image Credit: Svoboda Ukrainian Dance Festival/ Facebook)
Several items seized during search warrant in Lloydminster
RCMP has seized cocaine during a search warrant in Lloydminster. In January, Saskatchewan RCMP's Lloydminster Saskatchewan Trafficking Response Team began a drug trafficking investigation in the Lloyd...
Apr 17, 2026 Items seized by RCMP. (Image Credit: Saskatchewan RCMP)
No motion to close Sakewew High School, says director of education
Battlefords First Nations Joint Board of Education states there is no motion to close Sakewew High School. This comes after a press release called 'BATC Calls for Collaborative Solutions Following Clo...
Apr 17, 2026 Sakewew High School in North Battleford. (Image Credit: Kenneth Cheung/ battlefordsNOW)
MP Falk slams Liberal majority as 'backroom deals' after historic shift
Battlefords-Lloydminster-Meadow Lake MP Rosemarie Falk is criticizing the Liberal government's shift to a majority, saying Canadians "did not vote for this Liberal majority government."Prime Minister ...
Apr 17, 2026 Battlefords–Lloydminster–Meadow Lake MP Rosemarie Falk is shown in this file photo. (Image Credit: MP Rosemarie Falk/Website)
Valleyview Tower II to be converted into mixed-use housing in North Battleford
A seniors-only housing building in North Battleford is being converted into a mixed-use complex aimed at expanding access for lower-income residents.In a release Friday, the Government of Saskatchewan...
Apr 17, 2026 The Valleyview Towers in North Battleford. (Image Credit: Google Map)
No shortage of water from Prince Albert to Meadow Lake and Hudson Bay
Central parts of Saskatchewan will not face a dry spring as above normal snowfalls start melting. The Water Security Agency, which monitors levels, checked snowfalls at 12 selected sites across the pr...
Apr 17, 2026 (Image Credit: Cam Lee/northeastNOW)
'I'm not a monster': Lloydminster man gets 3.5 years for sexual interference with a 14-year-old
A Lloydminster man convicted of sexually interfering with a 14-year-old girl was sentenced Thursday to 3.5 years in prison. Court heard Tristan Lewis was 20 at the time and communicated with the girl ...
Apr 17, 2026 The Lloydminster Provincial Court building on the Saskatchewan side, where Tristan Lewis was sentenced Thursday, April 16, 2026, to three and a half years for sexual interference involving a 14-year-old girl. (Image Credit: Kenneth Cheung/battlefordsNOW)