Tag Archives: Community

Minor injuries reported in Wednesday night crash
A collision at Territorial Drive and 15th Avenue in North Battleford slowed traffic Wednesday night as emergency crews responded to the scene.RCMP and WPD Ambulance arrived to find minor injuries amon...
Feb 19, 2025

'No improvement': Beauval mayor demands action over ongoing health-care disruptions
Residents of Beauval and surrounding northern communities are once again facing health-care disruptions, with Mayor Rick Laliberte calling on provincial and federal officials to address the growing cr...
Feb 19, 2025
Search underway for missing middle-age man in North Battleford
Battlefords RCMP is seeking community assistance to locate a 67-year-old man reported missing on Wednesday.Police say Gerald Desmeules was last seen at midnight yesterday in the city. He is described ...
Feb 19, 2025

Extreme cold weather offers excellent opportunity for 'edu-tainment'
Saskatchewan's not out of a deep freeze just yet, but temperatures are expected to warm up to bearable conditions for the remainder of the February break. Science enthusiasts say it's the perfect time...
Feb 19, 2025

'A safe community to live in': Focused policing efforts lower crime in Battleford
The latest fourth-quarter report from the RCMP for 2024 revealed that the Town of Battleford experienced an overall nine per cent reduction in crime compared to the same period in 2023 (October to Dec...
Feb 19, 2025

Government of Canada and Saskatchewan Announce Continued Commitment Through the 2025 Crop Insurance Program
Canada's Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, Lawrence MacAulay and Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister, Daryl Harrison announced continued funding and commitment through the 2025 Crop Insurance Progr...
Feb 19, 2025

PA Winter Festival Jr King and Queen Trapper's Competition
See the poster below for information about the Jr. King and Queen Trapper's Competition.
Feb 19, 2025

House fire breaks out in North Battleford Wednesday morning
Editor's note: this story was updated at 4:20p.m.According to a news release issued this afternoon by the City of North Battleford, there are no reported injuries from an early morning house fire.The ...
Feb 19, 2025

Opioid deaths down across Saskatchewan; Caucasian men largest group
The Saskatchewan Coroners Service 2024 overdose statistics are painting a telling picture: white men are dying of drug overdoses more than any other group in the province. Of the 168 confirmed deaths ...
Feb 19, 2025

'They are not alone': Meadow Lake to host life-saving suicide intervention workshop
A family-run mental health organization is bringing life-saving skills to Meadow Lake on Feb. 27 and 28, offering a workshop to help individuals intervene when someone is experiencing thoughts of suic...
Feb 18, 2025