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New cheer club brings spirit, stunts, and smiles to the Battlefords
There's a new reason to cheer in the Battlefords. Aerial Cheer Athletics, the town's new all-star cheerleading club has officially concluded their inaugural year and has already started to make their ...
Apr 29, 2025

Assaults and robberies in North Battleford increase, property crimes drop
According to the latest numbers from Battlefords RCMP, assaults and robberies in the city are up, and property crime is downInsp. Ryan How presented their first quarter report to city council Monday n...
Apr 29, 2025

Man wanted federally arrested after alleged assault on Mountie in North Battleford
A man wanted on a Canada-wide warrant is facing several new charges after allegedly assaulting an RCMP officer and resisting arrest in North Battleford on April 22. RCMP say a 28-year-old man was stop...
Apr 29, 2025

A cookie's worth of smiles: Annual campaign kicks off in the Battlefords and Meadow Lake
A cookie with a big blue and pink happy face is bringing smiles to the students at Living Sky School Division. "We are really excited to be teaming up with local Tim Hortons here in the Battlefords an...
Apr 28, 2025

'I hope one day they can forgive me': shooting incident at Ahtahkakoop results in 10-year prison sentence
Fearing reprisal and expressing a desire to access enhanced programing, a man responsible for shooting another man in the head, has asked to serve his 10-year prison sentence out-of-province.The case ...
Apr 28, 2025

'If you don’t vote, you don’t get an opinion': Battlefords voters have their say on election day
Voters in the Battlefords headed to their assigned polls today to choose Canada's 25th prime minister - and who will represent them as their local member of Parliament.Outside the Don Ross Centre Gym,...
Apr 28, 2025

Medstead under total fire ban
Until further notice, a complete fire ban has been issued for both the Rural Municipality of Medstead No. 497 and the Village of Medstead. The ban was put in place earlier Monday by the fire chief and...
Apr 28, 2025

Ages of 11 victims at Vancouver festival range from 5 to 65: Police
A man in a vehicle raced along a street lined with food trucks at a Filipino community festival in Vancouver, killing 11 people and injuring two dozen others in an attack the interim police chief call...
Apr 27, 2025

Hundreds of thousands say farewell to Pope Francis during Vatican funeral
World leaders and Catholic faithful bade farewell to Pope Francis in a funeral Saturday that highlighted his concern for the "most peripheral of the peripheries" and reflected his wishes as pastor.Tho...
Apr 26, 2025

North Battleford council to decide on reduced 2025 tax hike, expanded CSO powers
While Canadians await the results of the 2025 federal election Monday night, North Battleford's mayor and councillors will be focused on their eighth regular council meeting of the year - and a busy a...
Apr 25, 2025