Buying school supplies can be expensive, and few people know that better than Chelsey Gladue, a North Battleford mother of six. To help families who may be struggling to afford school supplies, Gladue set up a back-to-school drive at Centennial Park. The drive will give families a chance to pick up items for their chil...

For Indian Relay rider Jay Peeaychew of Red Pheasant Cree Nation, horses are not just part of the race. They're part of his family."They helped me with anxiety and depression in the past," he said."To me, they're healing animals. They heal me and I can have the worst day ever, but as soon as I come aroun...

It was a day full of non-stop bashing and crashing as the Battlefords Agricultural Society held their 40th annual demolition derby on Saturday.The event consisted of 26 full size-cars competing in three regular heats, as well as two mercy heats, an all-women's powder puff heat, and a final. Along with the main event we...

A man from Red Pheasant Cree Nation has been handed a jail sentence and hunting suspension after pleading guilty to unlawful outfitting and other offences tied to a police chase last fall.The Saskatchewan Conservation Officer Service said officers in North Battleford were investigating complaints of unlawful hunting ne...

RCMP are investigating after a man from British Columbia died in a single-vehicle rollover near Unity over the weekend. Police said officers responded around 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 23 to the crash site at the intersection of Highway 14 and Highway 675, west of the community. The driver, an adult male, was declared dead ...

The 2025 Saskatchewan Mixed Golf Championship took place at the North Battleford Golf and Country Club on Saturday and Sunday, with 32 pairs of golfers competing for first place. Regina golfers Alex Schmidt and Joergen Viken took home the trophy for first prize after tying the championship record for lowest score. They...

Susan Velder's art is scattered across Canada.She sculpted Queen Elizabeth II on her beloved horse, Burmese, a bronze that stands outside the Saskatchewan Legislature in Regina. Inside, her bust of Tommy Douglas is on display. In Whitehorse, Yukon, a seven-and-a-half-foot firefighter stands in front of the City Hall.Ba...

For more than three decades, Bonnie Boser has spent her summers filling ovens with pies for the St. Walburg Blueberry Festival."I started in 1991 with just a few pies, and now we're up to a lot of pies," Boser said. "This year we made 600. Last year there were 500."On Aug. 23, the annual summer even...

When students return to Turtleford Community School this September, they'll find a brand-new specialized support classroom - the first for the Northwest School Division.The division oversees 22 schools across the region. The school, which serves about 300 students from pre-kindergarten through Grade 12 in Turtleford, w...

Team Sask has picked up multiple medals on Friday afternoon at the Canada Summer Games in St. Johns, NL, including one medal that was won by a resident of North Battleford. Morgan Vaughan of North Battleford won a silver medal for Women's Solo Artistic Swimming, becoming the first member of Team Sask to ever win a meda...

On Monday, Conservative party Leader Pierre Poilievre regained a seat in the House of Commons after winning a by-election in the Battle River-Crowfoot constituency. The election was called after previous incumbent Member of Parliament (MP) Damien Kurek stepped down to give Poilievre a chance to run in his place. Poilie...

A male RCMP officer was involved in a single vehicle rollover on Thursday evening at approximately 6 p.m. on highway #4 at Cochin, SK. An investigation determined that the rollover occurred while the on-duty RCMP officer with Battlefords Detachment was responding to a call in an unmarked police vehicle with emergency e...

Battlefords RCMP are currently on the scene of a serious collision on Highway 4 at Cochin.As this investigation is in preliminary stages, they do not have additional details to share at this time.The highway is currently closed North, at the Bigway on McDonald Drive and South to the Metinota turn off. The highway will ...

Residents in and around North Battleford are assessing damage and cleaning up debris today after a powerful storm system tore through the region Wednesday evening, prompting a tornado warning and bringing hail, flooding, and damaging winds. Video from outside Canadian Tire in North Battleford of the storm approaching. ...

Outside the Court of King's Bench in Battleford on Thursday, the mother of Wendy Bird said she was frustrated after the final offender in her daughter's death, Melissa Kaponyas, was sentenced."[The] sentencing [was] not the greatest. I kind of expected that it would be a harsher sentence, but I guess, according to...

Poundmaker Cree Nation had a special cultural symbol present at their powwow last week: a staff from the late 1800's that was present at the Battle of 1885 and has not been seen publicly since 1935. The staff was donated to Floyd Patrick Favel, curator for the Poundmaker Museum and Gallery, in 2023 by Deborah George of...

Environment Canada issued a tornado warning for areas northwest of the Battlefords early Wednesday evening. At 5:43 p.m., meteorologists were tracking a severe thunderstorm near Hamlin, moving east at 60 kilometres an hour. They said the storm is capable of producing a tornado, along with tennis ball-sized hail, wind g...

A major land purchase has been approved by North Battleford city council, opening the door for a new development in the city's South Riverview area.Council voted Wednesday during its special meeting to sell 36.48 acres of land, valued at $1.93 million plus GST, to Strathworkscollab Inc., a buyer representing a developm...

If the photos are anything to go by, not winning the Amazing Race is not a total loss, which one member of the Flying Dust First Nation and her partner recently experienced. Rebecca Merasty was teamed up with her friend, Rebecca Watt and the pair managed to make it through five episodes before placing last in the sixth...

The Town of Battleford approved two community projects during Monday's council meeting. Both the pathway lighting project at Battle Springs Park and the wheelchair accessibility ramp at Fred Light Museum got the go-ahead. The installation of lighting for the pathway at Battle Springs Park was unanimously approved by co...

A longtime nurse fighting back tears told reporters in North Battleford on Wednesday that health care workers in Saskatchewan feel abandoned and invisible. "Remember, healthcare workers were called heroes. Now we're treated as disposable," said Cindy Landrie, a licensed practical nurse with 26 years of experi...

A North Battleford church will soon have more space to gather after city council approved plans to convert part of an industrial building into a place of worship.At Monday's meeting, councillors backed a discretionary use application for Jesus Is Lord Church to expand into about 3,000 square feet of a building at 11152...

On the prairies of Saskatchewan, where fields stretch for miles and winters last forever, Landon Gopher of Little Pine First Nation first laced up his cleats and chased a soccer ball across a patch of grass. He was five years old, playing for fun with his family, never imagining that one day the game could take him acr...

Poundmaker Cree Nation is the latest Saskatchewan First Nation to undergo a forensic audit of its finances by Indigenous Service Canada (ISC).ISC confirmed the review is taking place but declined to provide details due to respect for privacy."We do not comment on specific forensic audits beyond confirming if one i...

The Town of Battleford held their August meeting Monday night, with the 2025-2028 Strategic Plan being an important topic of discussion. The motion to approve the 2025-2028 Strategic Plan that was presented by Birch Consulting Group was passed unanimously by council. The plan outlines town council's goals for the next ...

A man wanted in connection with a homicide on Louis Bull First Nation in Alberta has been arrested in North Battleford Tuesday. Police said 20-year-old Ashton Deschamps was taken into custody in the city after a warrant had been issued for his arrest on a charge of second-degree murder.The charge relates to the death o...

City council approved a new provincial-level archery range and gave first reading to a package of zoning bylaw changes aimed at reducing development barriers during its meeting Monday. Councillors endorsed a joint-use agreement with the Battle River Archery Club to turn part of the River Valley into an outdoor range. T...

This September, horse lovers in the Battlefords area will raise money for the Terry Fox Foundation by doing a trail ride for cancer research. The ride will span about eight kilometres through pastures, bush, fields, sand roads and ditches. Karen Ulmer, one of the organizers of the Terry Fox Ride, said the idea for the ...