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Severe hail, wind storm causes damage to farms in the Battlefords area

Thursday night's severe storm with winds gusting up to 102 km/h in the Battlefords area caused significant property damage to a number of farms in the region.Like much of Saskatchewan, many crops were...

Jul 23, 2021

Government announces funding for Transit Assistance for People with Disabilities program

A number of municipalities who offer paratransit services in the province will receive funding through the Transit Assistance For People with Disabilities Program (TAPD) in the 2021-22 fiscal year. Go...

Jul 23, 2021

Strong storm winds felt in Battlefords, throughout region Thursday evening

It was an extremely windy night in the Battlefords, and across the region Thursday that included sporadic power outages, heavy wind gusts and even the odd tree tipped over.With north northwest wind gu...

Jul 23, 2021

North Battleford RCMP searching for owner of urn containing ashes

The North Battleford RCMP are searching for the owner of an urn, which contains ashes, after it was found behind a business last month.According to a media release, the urn was located by a person beh...

Jul 23, 2021

'It's not going to be easy': La Ronge residential school cemetery search set to commence

Lac La Ronge Indian Band (LLRIB) Chief Tammy Cook-Searson is asking for prayers and strength as a historic residential school cemetery is about to be searched using ground penetration radar technology...

Jul 22, 2021

Local backyard concert series to feature Sask's Jake Vaadeland next month

North Battleford's Artistic Nomad Productions is celebrating the summer with a backyard concert series that will continue next month.Taking place Aug. 11, the upcoming event will be the second of its ...

Jul 22, 2021

Beavers season wraps with game 3 loss to Wilkie, after pushing top-seeded Brewers to brink

The North Battleford Beavers saw their season come to a close Wednesday night as the team fell 10-0 to the rival Wilkie Brewers in game three of their quarterfinal playoff series. Despite the loss how...

Jul 22, 2021

Saskatchewan's northwest continues to report high new case rates

The province announced another 26 new cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan today, including 18 that are in the six Saskatchewan northern zones. This brings the provincial total to 49,556 cases; 48,694 re...

Jul 22, 2021

Saskatchewan MP's demand cooperation from federal government in letter

Conservative Members of Parliament in Saskatchewan came together Tuesday in calling for the Government of Canada to respect provincial governance.Rosemarie Falk, MP for the Battlefords-Lloydminster, G...

Jul 21, 2021

Province sees 38 of 53 new cases reported in northern zones

The province is reporting another 53 new cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan on July 21, nearly half of which are being reported in the Far North West zone of the province.The 38 new cases in Northern S...

Jul 21, 2021