North Battleford

Three people face a total of 64 charges in relation to a string of ATM thefts, attempted thefts, and a bank robbery throughout Saskatchewan.  The investigation began in November of last year when a bank was robbed in Landis, about an hour south of North Battleford. Since then, reports of ATM thefts or attempted thefts […]

LLOYDMINSTER, Sask. – A man charged with a triple murder has a history of being a street gang member and committing violence-related offences, according to parole documents. On Jan. 18, Alberta RCMP Major Crimes Unit charged Nakota Rayne Pooyak, 31, from Sweetgrass First Nation with three counts of second-degree murder. Brent Peters, 66, and his […]

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 […]

NORTH BATTLEFORD – A former member of the Westside Outlawz street gang convicted for her role in the murder of Tiki Laverdiere of Edmonton, Alta., asked to be sent back to prison after being granted day parole. During a recent hearing with the Parole Board of Canada, 32-year-old Shayla-Ann Victoria Orthner said she wanted to […]

 Is there any weight to the claims various municipalities alongside the City of North Battleford have made against the Crime Severity Index (CSI)? Tarah Hodgkinson, an assistant professor of criminology at Wilfried Laurier University in Waterloo, Ont. — who ran the City of North Battleford’s original public safety survey — thinks so, to a degree. […]

The RCMP in North Battleford are investigating an attempted abduction. Police say this happened between 3 and 3:30 Tuesday afternoon.  A teenaged girl was walking when a man in a black Mazda SUV approached her, and called out to her, asking if she needed money. A very short time later, the vehicle approached her again, […]

Police are investigating the death of a 32 year old woman in North Battleford. Friday night the RCMP were called out to a home in the 1400 block of 114th Street after getting a report of an injured person.  The officers who responded provided what medical assistance they could until EMS arrived, but Kaylee Crookedneck […]

The Ambert Alert that was issued by Battlefords RCMP has been cancelled. According to the RCMP, the children have been located safe at a residence on Mosquito, Grizzly Bear’s Head, Lean Man First Nation. The mother of the children is also in police custody.        

  The Battlefords North Stars got off to a good start at the 2023 Centennial Cup in Portage as they defeated the Kam River Fighting Walleye 4-1 on Thursday morning. Steven Kesserling, Jackson Allan, Tanner Gold and Colby Bear scored for Battlefords. Josh Kotai made 23 saves in the win for the North Stars. After […]

Saskatchewan RCMP say all suspects connected to a fatal assault on a First Nation northwest of Saskatoon are now in custody. Mounties say they have arrested two of the suspects and the third turned himself in last week after Quin Squair was assaulted on April 18 on Saulteaux First Nation, 210 kilometres northwest of Saskatoon. Squair […]