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'Do the right thing': Sweetgrass woman's split-second decision leads to national bravery honour
By Kenneth Cheung The slough beside Highway 16 was still near Langham on the afternoon of Oct. 5, 2024 until a frantic woman waving on the roadside drew Dana Ahenakew Andres toward a small hill overlo...
Nov 22, 2025 Dana Ahenakew Andres of Sweetgrass First Nation received the Royal Canadian Humane Association’s Silver Medal of Bravery for her attempt to rescue a driver from a submerged vehicle along Highway 16 near Langham. She was presented the medal in Battleford on Nov. 12. (Dana Ahenakew Andres/submitted)
'We need a break': Red Pheasant Cree Nation takes a two-year timeout from cattle grazing
On Red Pheasant Cree Nation, cattle have become such a constant - in the yards, in the ditches, even in the graveyard - that the community is now telling ranchers it needs a break. A long one. After y...
Nov 17, 2025 Red Pheasant Cree Nation is imposing a two-year moratorium on cattle grazing after years of disputes and overgrazing. (Photos/ Red Pheasant Cree Nation and ID 5433489 © Suzanne Paul | Dreamstime.com)
Police dog helps arrest 18-year-old armed suspect after robbery attempt in North Battleford
An 18-year-old man has been charged after an attempted robbery involving a machete in North Battleford. Police responded around 10:45 p.m. on Oct. 24 after several reports of a male threatening people...
Oct 28, 2025 A photo of a police dog, but not the one involved in this case, is pictured here with an officer. (BattlefordsNOW/file photo)
Ten people arrested in four-day operation in Turtleford area: Police
In the span of four days between Oct. 18 and 21, members of the Turtleford RCMP detachment arrested 10 people in connection with several investigations. The eight men and two women were detained after...
Oct 27, 2025 Turtleford RCMP arrested 10 people over a four-day operation. (980 CJME file photo)
Blue Jays edging Mariners a bittersweet moment for Saskatchewan's Andrew Albers
The Toronto Blue Jays took down the Seattle Mariners 4-3 in Game 7 of the American League Championship Series (ALCS) - a result that comes a little bittersweet to Andrew Albers. The North Battleford n...
Oct 22, 2025 North Battleford's Andrew Albers played for both the Mariners and Blue Jays during his MLB career. (File photo/battlefordsNOW)
Red Pheasant first Sask. First Nation to sign Marshals Service MOU
Red Pheasant Cree Nation has become the first Indigenous community in Saskatchewan to partner with the province's new Marshals Service in a bid to curb drugs, gangs and violent crime. The memorandum o...
Oct 21, 2025 Saskatchewan Marshals Service Chief Marshal Robert Cameron, left, and Red Pheasant Cree Nation Chief Cody Benson hold the signed memorandum of understanding during a ceremony at Eagles Landing in North Battleford on Oct. 20, 2025. (Kenneth Cheung/battlefordsNOW)
Two men in hospital after early morning shooting in North Battleford
Two men are in hospital after an early-morning shooting in North Battleford on Monday. RCMP say officers were called around 7:15 a.m. on Oct. 6 to a home on the 1200 block of 110 Street, where they fo...
Oct 06, 2025
RCMP cross-border raid nets rifles, cocaine and stolen vehicles
A pair of suspects from the RM of Manitou Lake are facing multiple charges after a joint RCMP investigation led to the seizure of firearms, cocaine and stolen vehicles valued at more than $100,000. Th...
Oct 03, 2025
Two charged, one wanted after alleged kidnapping, attempted murder on Moosomin First Nation
Two people have been arrested, and a woman remains on the run in connection with an attempted murder and kidnapping on Moosomin First Nation. Battlefords RCMP say they responded to a serious assault o...
Oct 03, 2025 Money, Cash, currency, bank, debt (Céline Grimard/650 CKOM)
Former Lloydminster hockey executive pleads guilty to theft over $270,000
A former executive of the Lloydminster Minor Hockey Association (LMHA) has admitted to defrauding the organization of more than $273,000 over a five-year period. Aaron Troy Foster pleaded guilty in Ll...
Oct 02, 2025 A former executive of the Lloydminster Minor Hockey Association (LMHA) has admitted to defrauding the organization of more than $273,000 over a five-year period. (ID 4253854 © Philippe Olivier Contant | Dreamstime.com)
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