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Suicide Awareness Walk returns to Battlefords area
Community members from across the Battlefords will gather on June 6 for the fifth annual Suicide Awareness Walk, an event focused on honouring loved ones lost to suicide and raising awareness about me...
May 31, 2026 (Image Credit: ID 676331 © Gautier Willaume | Dreamstime.com)
Saskatchewan Roughriders finalize 2026 roster
The Saskatchewan Roughriders finalized their roster Saturday, adding 13 players to the practice roster while releasing 19 others ahead of the start of the 2026 CFL season.The moves comes just over 24 ...
May 31, 2026 The Saskatchewan Roughriders finalized their roster on Saturday, adding 13 players to the practice roster while releasing 19 others ahead of the start of the 2026 CFL season. (Image Credit: Brittany Caffet/CKOM)
Shellbrook evacuees pack up clothes, passports and Barbies
Inside a Victoire home's wood-panelled living room are bins, boxes, and black garbage bags overflowing with the most important pieces of one family's life.It's everything that Pamela Wozniak and her t...
May 31, 2026 Pamela Wozniak and two of her three kids sit in the living room of her sister's Victoire home, after evacuating the night before. Wozniak said her house in the RM of Shellbrook is surrounded by bush, so if a fire ever started it wouldn't be good. Now, ”it's coming true,” she said. (Image Credit: Marija Robinson/CKOM)
RCMP: Sexually violent crimes still heavily under-reported
The month of May is Sexual Violence Prevention Month in Canada. Inspector Ashley St. Germaine with the Saskatchewan RCMP said this year, they have shifted their approach when it comes to the key messa...
May 30, 2026 ID 137527991 © motortion (Image Credit: Dreamstime.com)
Canada Post workers set to wrap up voting on new tentative deal
Canada Post workers were set to wrap up voting on new tentative agreements Saturday after more than two years of labour strife. Some 55,000 Canadian Union of Postal Workers members began voting April ...
May 30, 2026 Members of local 810 on strike outside the Canada Post mail processing plant in Prince Albert on Nov. 15, 2024. (Image Credit: Susan McNeil/paNOW Staff)
North Battleford apartment fire forces residents from homes
A Saturday morning apartment fire in the 1100 block of 104th Street forced about 40 North Battleford residents from their homes, though no injuries were reported. The NBFD said the fire started in the...
May 30, 2026 (Image Credit: City of North Battleford/website)
Roughriders hopeful Matthew Sexton waits for roster decision
For Saskatchewan Roughriders hopeful Matthew Sexton, the waiting is just beginning.The receiver and return specialist spent the last few weeks fighting for a roster spot, making plays in the pre-seaso...
May 30, 2026 Roughriders hopeful Matthew Sexton. (Image Credit: Submitted)
Lobstick wildfire surges to 19,000 hectares; residents urged to heed evacuation orders
The Lobstick fire is now 19,000 hectares in size, which is approximately the size of the City of Regina or 38 football fields.It is one of ten active wildfires in the province burning Saturday. The mi...
May 30, 2026 On Saturday, Shellbrook Fire and Rescue said in a Facebook post that people driving on the back roads of Shellbrook were hampering rescue efforts, with water bombers having to abort drops due to people being where they shouldn’t be. (Image Credit: Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency)
One lucky key leads Edam woman to shopping spree prize
For Edam's Kim Ernst, winning the Swift Shop The Co-op's $2,000 shopping spree felt almost unreal. After successfully calling the radio station in time after hearing her name over the airwaves, Ernst ...
May 30, 2026 Edam's Kim Ernst wins the Swift Shop The Co-op’s $2,000 shopping spree. (Image Credit: Alyssa Rudolph/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Sask. Chamber encouraging young entrepreneurs to apply for bursary
Applications are now open for Saskatchewan's Young Entrepreneur Bursary, which offers $5,000 to eligible small-business owners in the province between the ages of 18 and 35. The program, now in its se...
May 30, 2026 Applications for the Saskatchewan Young Entrepreneur bursary close on July 17. (Image Credit: ID 157932280 © Amazingdream | Dreamstime.com)