Infrastructure

Long-time Rotarian honoured in naming of new N. Battleford splash park

North Battleford city council has approved the Rotary Club of the Battlefords' request to name the city's new splash park after longtime community volunteer Vic Pearsall.The decision follows a formal ...

Oct 16, 2025

Sask.'s largest bike pump track now open alongside new skate park in MGBHLM First Nation

Laughter rippled through the air as scooters and skateboards clattered across smooth curves and sunlit ramps Tuesday on Mosquito Grizzly Bear's Head Lean Man First Nation (MGBHLM).Eleven-year-old Kahi...

Oct 08, 2025

Valleyview Towers shift frees up Battlefords housing units for families in need

The Battlefords Housing Authority is relocating several dozen senior tenants as part of a plan to free up more units in Valleyview Towers for families in need of housing.Vice-chairman Clayton Lazar, w...

Oct 07, 2025

North Battleford mayor hopeful future federal budget will support proposed regional arena

Mayor Kelli Hawtin says her recent trip to Ottawa was both productive and encouraging, as Saskatchewan's municipal and provincial leaders presented a united message calling for renewed federal infrast...

Oct 06, 2025

Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe backs Alberta on pipeline plans

Building a pipeline from Alberta to B.C.'s northwest coast could be the "most significant generationally important infrastructure that we could consider as Canadians."Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe ma...

Oct 04, 2025

SUMA returns from Ottawa in hopes to revive ICIP

With representatives from all over the province joining the trip, members of the Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association (SUMA) were in Ottawa for three days this past week. The purpose of the t...

Oct 04, 2025

Discovery Co-op launches major Food Store upgrade in North Battleford

Discovery Co-op has announced a sweeping renovation of its Food Store in North Battleford, with construction set to begin Oct. 4 and continue for the next 17 months.The project will combine the grocer...

Oct 03, 2025

'A game changer': $101.3M Cenovus Energy Hub now open in Lloydminster

Lloydminster's new $101.3 million Cenovus Energy Hub opened on Wednesday with speeches, a ribbon-cutting and a community barbecue. But beyond the ceremony, it was a day when a group of young hockey pl...

Oct 02, 2025

North Battleford mayor to join Sask. delegation in Ottawa to push for renewed infrastructure funding

North Battleford Mayor Kelli Hawtin will be among a group of Saskatchewan leaders travelling to Ottawa Oct. 1 and 2 to press the federal government for renewed cost-shared infrastructure funding."It i...

Sep 29, 2025

Cenovus gets approval to expand four Sask. thermal sites as Rush Lake well failure probe continues

Cenovus Energy says it has received government approval to expand and upgrade four of its thermal oil facilities in Saskatchewan, even as an investigation continues into a well failure at another site...

Sep 26, 2025