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Battlefords RCMP looking for help in finding wanted 24-year-old
Battlefords RCMP are looking for a 24-year-old man and a youth with a long list of charges following a Saturday incident. Around 9:30 a.m., RCMP received several calls indicating a "hysterical" woman ...
Dec 15, 2019 Battlefords RCMP are looking for 24-year-old Skylar Pooyak following an incident Saturday in North Battleford. (Battlefords RCMP)
North Battleford family gets support after boy's long-term health struggles
Communities in northwest Saskatchewan are coming together to help a couple whose infant son has been in and out of children's hospitals across Western Canada. Local organizers recently set up a Facebo...
Dec 02, 2019 For the past 16 months, Braxton McIntyre has been in and out of hospitals across Western Canada. (Facebook/Braxton & Bryer McIntyre)
Saskatoon woman wins $1.3 million SIGA Smoke Signals jackpot
A trip to Gold Eagle Casino in North Battleford made Saskatoon's Debbie Vidal a millionaire. She won $1,333,974.82 in the SIGA Smoke Signals jackpot on Monday. "It's amazing, and awesome, and unbeliev...
Nov 27, 2019 Debbie Vidal (centre) won the SIGA Smoke Signals jackpot on Nov. 25, 2019. (Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority)
Another accused in Tiki Laverdiere homicide has pre-trial date set
By Angela Brown, battlefordsNOW Five of eight charged in the death of Tiki Brook-Lyn Laverdiere returned to court Friday and one had a date set for pre-trial. Brent Checkosis appeared via closed-circu...
Nov 16, 2019
‘I am thankful nobody else got hurt’ says man involved in shooting suspect collision
by battlefordsNOW Staff Kent McHarg took his dog for a walk Friday afternoon before he headed out to grab his paycheque. He took a few moments to coax his anxious dog Layla into the truck and drove of...
Nov 05, 2019 Kent McHarg is pictured with his dog Layla. She was missing for a number of days after she took off when two shooting suspects slammed into McHarg's vehicle on Nov. 1. (supplied/Kent McHarg)
More issues leaked at Sask. Hospital in North Battleford
Things have gone from bad to worse for the Saskatchewan Hospital in North Battleford (SHNB), after reports of new problems with the building were leaked recently. NDP leader Ryan Meili says the list o...
Nov 01, 2019 (battlefordsNOW file photo)
Laverdiere homicide suspects Sangster, Checkosis appear in court
Two suspects in Tiki Brook-Lyn Laverdiere's homicide, including one who was stabbed while in remand, were back in court Friday morning. Brent Checkosis is facing 14 charges, including accessory after ...
Oct 11, 2019 (battlefordsNOW Staff)
Australian rabbi tours Saskatchewan
An Australian rabbi spent time travelling Saskatchewan to promote Jewish traditions this August. Rabbi Mendel Super and his colleague Rabbi Eli Citron met with Jews in small centres without a large Je...
Sep 03, 2019 The Congregation Agudas Israel synagogue and community centre at 715 McKinnon Avenue. (Keenan Sorokan/650 CKOM)
North Battleford search warrant turns up $750K worth of drugs, dozens of guns
RCMP are hailing a "major seizure for the community" after a search warrant in North Battleford revealed drugs with a street value of $750,000. Police said in a release they searched a home on the 120...
Sep 02, 2019 Battlefords RCMP seized dozens of guns from a home in North Battleford on Sept. 1, 2019. (Battlefords RCMP)
Another murder charge in Tiki Laverdiere homicide
Charges against Jesse Sangster have been upgraded in the Tiki Laverdiere homicide case. The 23-year-old now faces charges of first-degree murder, kidnapping and improperly interfering with a human bod...
Aug 30, 2019
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