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Newly formed senior hockey league aims to renew small town rivalries
A new senior hockey league in Central Saskatchewan is set to drop the puck in the fall. The freshly formed Eagle Creek Hockey League (ECHL) will be made up of nine teams from three existing leagues in...
Apr 18, 2026 The Blaine Lake Raiders and the Hafford Mustangs are two of the nine clubs that form the new Eagle Creek Hockey League (ECHL), which is set to debut next season. Here, players from the Raiders and Mustangs collide during a regular season game in the Sask. Prairie Hockey League (SPHL) in Hafford on Jan. 31, 2025. (Image Credit: Hafford Mustangs/Facebook)
Battlefords North Stars look back on the 2025-26 season
After being eliminated from the Sask. Junior Hockey League (SJHL) semifinals in seven games to the Yorkton Terriers, the Battlefords North Stars have completed their exit interviews, cleaned out their...
Apr 18, 2026 The Battlefords North Stars came within just one win of the Canterra Seeds Cup Final, but were eliminated in game seven of the SJHL semifinals by the Yorkton Terriers. (Image Credit: Byron Hildebrand Photography/Facebook)
Wadin Bay community heroes reflect on past fire season
As the snow begins to melt and temperatures warm on the prairies, many are now looking to this upcoming fire season.Lake life on the prairies last year was filled with fire bans, evacuations and extre...
Apr 18, 2026 Residents of Wadin Bay went to work protecting their community when firefighters were unable to respond last spring. (Image Credit: Rhonda Middlemass/Submitted)
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)