The Battlefords AAA Sharks recently announced a series of signings for the fall of 2024, as the team will see 12 returnees from last year's roster, supplemented by the addition of two new forwards and five new blue liners to complement the core. Between the pipes, the Sharks will see both goaltenders from last season -...

The City of North Battleford is starting to look at future plans for the aged Access Communications Centre (ACC).Council agreed that the next council following this fall's civic elections will need to decide whether to invest more money into keeping the current facility going much longer, or to begin investing in build...

Soaring Eagle Whitsone has lost her bid to reduce her conviction for the first-degree murder of Tiki Laverdiere to manslaughter. Whitstone tried and failed to convince the Sask. Court of Appeals that she should have been convicted of the lesser charge. She asserted that the trial judge erred in his assessment of the ev...

The Whitkow farmer who had his cattle seized after being charged for "unnecessary pain, suffering or injury" two years ago has pled guilty. In the spring of 2022, Animal Protection Services Saskatchewan (APSS) removed 308 cattle from Morris Tokaryk's property after an investigation found the animals were in d...

Crime statistics in North Battleford are seeing a downward trend, based on the last quarterly report from the RCMP.Insp. Jesse Gilbert presented the report for January to March 2024 at city council's meeting this week. He was pleased to see the numbers going down in many categories.The North Battleford municipal detach...

The Battlefords Bandits U19 softball team is coming off a home run start to the 2024 season, with a gold medal win at their opening tournament of the year, in Irma, Alberta.Posting a perfect 4-0 record on their way to the tournament win, the Bandits topped teams from Unity, Stettler, Calgary, and Irma on their way to t...

A group of dedicated supporters came out for the Walk for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Woman (MMIW) in North Battleford today.The event was organized by the Battlefords and Area Sexual Assault Centre (BASAC) during Sexual Violence Awareness Week. "Save Our Stolen Sisters": Walk for Missing and Murdered Ind...

Marc Butler is "pretty excited." His Dog Patch Music Festival has been nominated in the Best Music Festival Category in the 2024 Saskatchewan Country Music Association (SCMAs). He said the journey to this moment goes back decades. "I did it based on something my parents did in the early '80s," he sa...

The defending champion, North Battleford Beavers came out swinging to the tune of 16 runs in a wild 16-0 win Monday night in Glaslyn, to open the 2024 North Sask River Baseball League season.Flying out of the gates hot, the Beavers picked up between four and five runs in each of the first two innings to build an early ...

Three students from the Battlefords are being recognized with 2024 scholarships presented by the Battlefords and District Community Foundation (BDCF). John Paul II Collegiate's Marielle Bala, Olesja Fa, and Lou Christian Bongosia have been named the recipients of this year's award from the Peter Lewochko Fund, which pr...