Murray Wood: The most charming words kids say are usually the wrong ones
Kids mispronounce the funniest things. And Murray Wood thinks that sometimes, parents shouldn't rush to fix them.
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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)
Battleford teacher organizes land-based learning day for students
In the glow of a spring day at Battleford Central School, Grade 3 and 4 students gathered around small campfires, laughing as they struck flint, cooked bannock on sticks and tasted fresh berry jam. Fo...
Sep 28, 2025 Grade 3 and 4 students at Battleford Central School gather in a circle to practise traditional fire-making during a land-based learning day. (Laurie Sneddon/Submitted)
Jake Vaadeland credits fans and Sturgeon River Boys for CCMA win
Beneath the glow of stage lights, Jake Vaadeland is a true performer, drawing applause and accolades for his unique country and bluegrass notes. Back in Cut Knife, what matters most is the simple stil...
Sep 27, 2025 Jake Vaadeland, second from left, poses with the Sturgeon River Boys after winning Alternative Country Album of the Year for One More Dollar to Go at the Canadian Country Music Association (CCMA) Awards in Kelowna, B.C., on Sept. 13, 2025. L-R: Joel Rohs, Vaadeland, Jake Smith and Jaxon LaLonde. (Jake Vaadeland/Instagram)
'Honour their ancestry': Michif pre-K in Battleford builds momentum after first year
A child's voice carried the words "I know the Michif words now," marking a moment that showed how a new pre-kindergarten program in Battleford is keeping a language alive. "One of our teachers ran int...
Sep 27, 2025 The playroom of the pre-K classroom is pictured here. (Kenneth Cheung/ battlefordsNOW Staff)
'I'm hoping you used it well': Produce taken from Battlefords food bank garden project
The Battlefords District Food and Resource Centre (BDFRC) said its community garden is still doing what it was meant to do - feed people - even though much of this year's harvest slipped away before s...
Sep 15, 2025 The community garden is located at 1742 101 Street in North Battleford. (The Battlefords District Food and Resource Centre/Facebook)
Two men charged for stealing trucks north of North Battleford
Two men are facing charges after RCMP tracked down stolen trucks north of North Battleford. Police say they were called to a worksite theft in the early hours of Sept. 7, when an F-150 and a flat-deck...
Sep 10, 2025 (CKOM file photo)
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