Battlefords Now

1 week ago | battlefordsnow.com | Susan McNeil

By Fire bans May 3, 2025 | 8:00 AM The temperatures will be soaring this weekend, but a lot of central Saskatchewan residents are going to have to do without their summer staple firepit. Fire bans are in place across most of the middle belt of the province, thanks to dry grass and no rain. Some municipalities near Prince Albert began enacting bans last weekend, but more have joined.

2 weeks ago | battlefordsnow.com | Teena Monteleone

Saskatchewan residents make up about 60 per cent of visitor spending in the province and other Canadians make up about 26 per cent. “That’s 86 per cent of spending on average most years that comes from Canadian residents.

2 weeks ago | battlefordsnow.com | Susan McNeil

By Flight from police Apr 30, 2025 | 1:03 PM A man from Edmonton and another from Clearwater River Dene Nation have been arrested after a shooting on Canoe Lake Cree First Nation. RCMP were called to the community at 12:45 am on Sunday, April 27 and found a man who had been shot. He was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

3 weeks ago | battlefordsnow.com | Susan McNeil

Its main office is in Prince Albert and Thursday’s graduation ceremony was held there. Members of other police services including the Prince Albert Police and the RCMP were on hand. The first group of 10 marshals had their graduation ceremony at the Art Hauser Centre in Prince Albert on April 24.

3 weeks ago | battlefordsnow.com | Nigel Maxwell

By Court proceedings Apr 23, 2025 | 12:40 PM A total of two weeks have been set aside at Court of King’s Bench in Battleford to hear the details of a sexual assault case from Meadow Lake. The trials for Gagandeep Singh Gill and Balraj Sidhu will commence on April 13, 2026. That was determined during a pre-trial hearing last week. In the early morning hours of Feb.