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'Perseverance': Battlefords RCMP commander reflects on 2024 and looks ahead to 2025
According to the commander of the Battlefords RCMP detachment, his team's biggest achievement in 2024 was their impact on crime.Jesse Gilbert sat down with battlefordsNOW and reflected on the past yea...
Jan 03, 2025

After good start, North Stars need to continue success in second half of season
After the first half of the season, the Battlefords North Stars are looking very promising, after what some said was supposed to be a "rebuild" year, the team is now first in their division, fifth ove...
Jan 02, 2025

The Battlefords and surrounding areas to experience extreme cold: Enviroment Canada
Environment Canada issued an extreme cold alert on Thursday for northwest central Saskatchewan : "A period of very cold wind chills is expected."According to the alert, overnight lows are expected to ...
Jan 02, 2025

A year in review and a look ahead with MLA Jeremy Cockrill
It was a busy year for Battlefords MLA and new Saskatchewan Minister of Health, Jeremy Cockrill, from re-election and teacher negations to a new position and a conflict-of-interest investigation. Amid...
Jan 02, 2025

Carla Beck wraps up year with plan for next election
Carla Beck and the Saskatchewan NDP are back in the Legislature with a much stronger presence than before, but Beck said the work is already starting for the next election. Beck said that she is proud...
Dec 31, 2024
Jon Hromek steps down as Sask. United Party Leader
Jon Hromek, the leader of the Saskatchewan United Party, announced his resignation and decided to step away from the party after they failed to win any seat in the October provincial election.Accordin...
Dec 31, 2024

'It wasn't safe': Being trans in rural Saskatchewan
Quinn Loewen's classmates never knew him by his identity: it wasn't safe. He went to Medstead Central School, roughly an hour from the Battlefords and is situated in the conservative village of Medste...
Dec 30, 2024

'We're all on the same team': Battlefords residents push for positive change in 2025
As residents in the Battlefords prepare to take on a new year, there is a sense of optimism and a desire to work together as a community in 2025. battlefordsNOW spoke with several residents who shared...
Dec 30, 2024

2024 top stories in Meadow Lake and the Battlefords
It was a busy year in the Battlefords and Meadow Lake. As this year quickly gives way for the new, here are some of the news making moments of the as we bid farewell to 2024.Loon Lake residents frustr...
Dec 30, 2024

'Let's not panic': Canada picks up the pieces after ugly Latvia loss at World Juniors
Peter Anholt tried to keep things light as he emerged from one of the elevators at Canada's hotel.The temperature had been turned way up on the veteran hockey executive and the country's under-20 prog...
Dec 29, 2024