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Pumpkin Patrol returns for Halloween 2024

Pumpkin Patrol returns for Halloween 2024

Oct 31, 2024 | 11:23am
Access Communications is back with their province-wide Pumpkin Patrol on Halloween night.  Adriana Garcia from Access Communications says it’s been a tradition for 28 years to make sure trick-or-treaters feel safe.  “We deck out our Access vehicles with bright orange flashing lights and glow-in-the-dark Access magnets, and we drive around town,” Garcia said. “If any […]
Two women and three young kids dead in separate crashes in Saskatchewan

Two women and three young kids dead in separate crashes in Saskatchewan

Jul 7, 2024 | 7:48pm
RCMP say two separate crashes within a few hours of each other on highways in northwest Saskatchewan have claimed the lives of two women and three young children. Police say a 48-year-old woman who was driving a van, along with two boys aged 5 and 6, died when the vehicle collided with a truck early Friday afternoon […]
Life sentence for Saskatchewan man who killed wife with strychnine in drink

Life sentence for Saskatchewan man who killed wife with strychnine in drink

Nov 21, 2023 | 7:57am
Michael MacKay drove two of his daughters to school then returned home to the family farm in Saskatchewan, where he mixed a deadly drink of Gatorade and strychnine for his wife. Court heard Cindy MacKay, 38, died in February 2020 after drinking the concoction. Strychnine is a toxic pesticide that has been used to kill […]

Battleford RCMP charge one man in Poundmaker First Nation assault

Jul 20, 2022 | 2:44pm

Battleford RCMP has arrested and charged one man with an assault that happened on Sunday and was captured on camera. RCMP were dispatched on Sunday at 6:50 p.m. to the 0-100 block of 17th Street East in Battleford.  An initial investigation determined that a man was approached by three men he did not know. One […]

Regina school joins Better Together initiative

Jun 28, 2022 | 2:32pm

A Regina school has joined forces with a Saskatchewan-based mental health initiative to become Better Together. The Ruth Pawson School launched the ‘Better Together’ initiative, which focuses on the importance of mental health and having conversations and making connections while raising $9,000 to dress all students and staff. After years of spreading awareness through t-shirts […]

Alberta man charged after 17 kg of drugs found near Battleford

Dec 10, 2020 | 2:38pm

At approximately 11:30 a.m. on December 7, 2020, a concerned citizen reported an erratic driver to the North Battleford RCMP. Officers located the SUV and initiated a traffic stop just west of Battleford on Highway #16. On Monday at approximately 11:30 am, a concerned citizen reported an erratic driver to the North Battleford RCMP. Officers […]

Possible COVID-19 exposure announced in Battleford

Aug 19, 2020 | 3:41am

The Saskatchewan Health Authority is warning the public of a possible COVID-19 exposure at the Co-op Food Store in Battleford. Someone who tested positive visited the store from August 11th to the 14th while likely still infectious. Those who visited this business on those days are being asked to self-monitor their symptoms for 14 days […]

RCMP say suspicious sudden death in Battleford now ruled a homicide

Oct 19, 2019 | 10:18am

Saskatchewan RCMP have confirmed a sudden death early Friday morning in the town of Battleford was a homicide. The victim, identified as 27-year-old Ryan John Gatzke, suffered serious injuries and was transported by EMS to hospital after Battlefords RCMP arrived to a residence on the 100 block 26th Street West in Battleford. Gatzke later succumbed […]

RCMP investigate a weapons incident in Battleford

Aug 2, 2019 | 10:46am

One man is in the hospital after a weapons incident in Battleford. RCMP responded to a complaint of a firearm being discharged at a home on the 300 block of 28th Street at about 12:30 Thursday night. Police found a 20 year old man in the front yard with a wound on his foot consistent […]

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