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"I'm not leaving my son." That's what Breanna Dillon remembered telling bystanders as flames spread through her family's crashed vehicle near Paynton last Thursday - her 13-year-old boy still trapped ...

A Loon Lake parent says his daughter will have to leave French immersion earlier than expected after a northwest Saskatchewan school division scaled back the program due to a teacher shortage. "She's ...

On Tuesday afternoon, families with students at a North Battleford high school were notified of an emergency lockdown happening at the school. The lockdown at North Battleford Comprehensive High Schoo...

A large cache of firearms, ammunition and illicit drugs seized during a search by police on Thunderchild First Nation is at the centre of more than 20 charges laid against a 37-year-old man. Turtlefor...

A 30-year-old man is dead following a reported shooting in a motel parking lot in North Battleford Friday morning. In a news release, RCMP said officers were called at 7:45 a.m. about an injured man o...

Saskatchewan RCMP say there have been no new reports of sudden deaths or illness potentially linked to a previously reported hazardous liquid circulating in the Battlefords area. Police provided the u...

A grassroots idea born in grief in the Battlefords has grown into a national message of connection, carried on the backs of tens of thousands of Canadians wearing the same simple reminder: "We are bet...

Two people have been charged after a North Battleford shooting. Around 9:30 p.m. on Sunday, Battlefords RCMP received a report of shots fired at a residential building. Officers immediately responded ...

Saskatchewan RCMP's Crime Reduction Team has charged three men at a business in North Battleford after seizing cocaine, methamphetamine, and weapons. On Feb 7, RCMP located a vehicle that was previous...

Testimony continued Tuesday in the Wilkie care home abuse trial, with a care worker describing hearing a resident scream in distress and the accused defending her conduct before court adjourned. Jacly...