Tag Archives: Community

'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
Chief of Saskatchewan Marshals Service ‘excited’ for early launch
The head of Saskatchewan's newest police force credits good timing and good luck for its early launch.Chief Marshal Rob Cameron of the Saskatchewan Marshals Service (SMS) told CKOM News on Friday that...
Dec 29, 2024

N. Battleford Scouts and Venturers set to take over Queensland for Jamboree
Four local North Battleford teens are about to trade in their signature expression "Eh" for "G'Day." On New Year's Day, when the rest of the world is busy ringing in 2025, Zakir Daredia, Julianne Robb...
Dec 27, 2024

Knit and Natter group work their needles and hooks with love
It all started with the bombing of North Battleford - with yarn. Eleven years ago, a group of knitters decided to use their creative spirit and talents to add crochet to the streets and railings of ce...
Dec 27, 2024

Man missing from Lloydminster
A 49-year-old Lloydminster man is missing and police are asking for the public's help. Ricardo Raposo was last seen on Dec. 17 and describes as 6 feet tall and roughly 190 lbs, green eyes, brown hair ...
Dec 27, 2024

Collision on Highway 17 claims life of 24-year-old man from Lloydminster
A 24-year-old man from Lloydminster died in a collision on Dec.24 on Highway 17 ,approximately five kilometers north of Lloydminster.The tragic crash involved a pick-up truck and a semi-truck. That mo...
Dec 27, 2024

Humboldt Broncos bus crash survivor embarks on coaching career in Prince Albert
As with many people in Saskatchewan, Layne Matechuk has hockey in his blood. Growing up in Colonsay, the sport was a family affair which they all bonded over, having been coached by his father while h...
Dec 26, 2024

Family tradition; Klassen connects the community through Christmas
Christmas is the one time of year that seems to bring people together in the most magical of ways, from exchanging a simple "Merry Christmas" and singing Christmas carols to helping someone get their ...
Dec 25, 2024

Ring in the New Year at the Agrivilla Dec. 31
As the first day of winter settles in, the world looks to the start of a new year. With the proverbial ball is set to drop, a party awaits at the Battlefords Agricultural Society, lest old acquaintanc...
Dec 24, 2024