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Steelers program sends three players to next level

Three players from the Lloydminster PWM Steelers are stepping onto bigger ice this year, and the program’s head coach says it is proof of what a small border city can build. Alivia Foster and Kenzie Zidar have both earned invitations to a Team Alberta summer camp. Mya MacDonald, a defenceman who joined the Steelers for her final season of U18 AAA hockey, is headed to the University of Arizona to play NCAA hockey. Dan Auchenburg is general manager of the Lloydminster Minor Hockey Association and head coach of the Steelers. He said the milestones reflect years of work, not a

Sask. Crops advance quickly in hot, dry weather

Featured, Agriculture

Hot conditions across much of Saskatchewan pushed crops ahead rapidly last week, though the heat helped some fields catch up while stressing others in drier areas. Crop conditions remain variable across the province, with most crops still rated in good condition overall. Humid weather slowed haying in places, though producers in the south made progress, with some wrapping up entirely. Fungicide application is winding down for later-seeded crops, and some producers are turning their attention to harvest prep. Rainfall was limited outside a few scattered thunderstorms. The Coleville area received the most precipitation at 25 millimetres, followed by Calder at

Gallery – Parked vehicle struck in morning collision

Featured, Alerts and incidents

At approximately 10:20 a.m. this morning (Aug. 3), emergency services, including RCMP and Lloydminster Fire Rescue, were called to the area of 47 Ave and 19 St. for reports of a collision. Upon arrival they found two collisions, at this time it is unknown if they were connected. Just west of the intersection they found a black vehicle which has been struck while parked and suffered significant damage to driver’s side of the vehicle. The second vehicle was about 100 meters further down 19 St. which becomes 49A Ave. and the corner of 18 St. it was blocking the whole

Column: Digital platforms 101

Featured, Community Insights, Opinion and Guest Columns

This is the weekly opinion column by owner/founder of Border Pulse. There’s a version of this business that used to be simple. You wrote the story, put it in the paper, and people paid a quarter to find out what happened. That version is gone, and it isn’t coming back. What’s replaced it is a lot more complicated, and most readers have no idea how complicated it’s gotten. Start with the headline itself. Ten years ago, a headline’s only job was to tell you what happened. Now it has to do that while surviving a platform that buries you if

Behind the Bison – Body worn Cameras

Featured, Community Insights, Opinion and Guest Columns

RCMP Staff Sgt. Jerry Nutbrown brings you behind the scenes with a serious of columns taking you behind police work and how it’s done in our community. If you have a question you think needs to be answered in Behind the Bison, send it to admin@borderpulse.ca and we will be sure to share it with him. It has now been about a year since the Lloydminster RCMP started utilizing body worn cameras (BWC)and after thousands of recordings, there are very few negatives.When officers became equipped and trained on the BWCs, the cameras were put into use immediately. While there was a learning

Loon Lake Firefighters responding to structure fire

Featured, Alerts and incidents

Update 2:50 – Some old tires are burning and have ignited some remains of an old structure which had been knocked it down. At 2:33 p.m. this afternoon (Aug. 1) Loon Lake firefighters were dispatched to a fire which has reached a structure on the old town site. The original dispatch is heavy black smoke coming from behind the school on that site and it smells like burning rubber. Multiple emergency vehicles from the Department are on route. Please give all vehicles the proper space to operate safely. Pull over and stop when they are approaching. Follow all instructions provided

NE Alberta crops still slowed by the rain

Featured, Agriculture

Crop conditions in northeast Alberta, including the Lloydminster area, held at 47.3 per cent good to excellent this week, essentially unchanged from 47.6 per cent last week. The region remains below its five-year average of 56 per cent, continuing a trend flagged in last week’s report. Excess moisture continues to impact crops in the northeast, according to the Alberta Crop Report. Haying has begun progressing in the region, but only when weather allows. Spring cereal development ranges from early to late flowering. Fall cereals are in early dough development. Fifty-nine per cent of canola is flowering and 66 per cent

No state of emergency planned for overdose surge

Featured, Lloydminster News

The City of Lloydminster is not considering a State of Local Emergency in response to last week’s overdose surge, according to communications coordinator Nyah Foote. In a statement dated July 22, Foote said that declaration exists to grant extraordinary powers under the Emergency Management Act during sudden, extraordinary emergencies, not as a route to request provincial support. Lloydminster Fire Rescue responded to 16 overdose-related calls between July 14 and July 16, Foote confirmed. That figure counts fire calls specifically and is not necessarily the same measure as the overdose total described by EMS sources. Foote said firefighters also conducted precautionary

Citizen’s call leads to impaired charge in Lloydminster

Featured, Alerts and incidents

A concerned citizen’s call to police led to an impaired driving charge against a 36-year-old Prince Albert area woman, who is scheduled to appear in Alberta Provincial Court in Lloydminster on Sept. 7. RCMP were called to the 4100 block of 57 Avenue around 8 p.m. on July 30 after a witness reported a driver slumped over the steering wheel of a parked vehicle. Officers arrived and took the driver into custody. EMS and Lloydminster Fire and Rescue also responded to check on the driver. The witness told BorderPulse both the driver and a passenger were inside the vehicle when

City investment credited with helping lower crime index

Lloydminster News, Featured

Lloydminster’s crime severity index fell sharply in 2025, and Insp. Brian Nicholl credits additional staffing funded by the City of Lloydminster as a key reason why. Lloydminster’s RCMP detachment, which polices the whole city, posted a Crime Severity Index of 189.69 for 2025 under Statistics Canada’s Alberta side reporting geography. That figure is down 17.38 per cent from 229.58 the year before. Violent crime severity fell 27.45 per cent, from 208.85 to 151.53. Non-violent crime severity dropped 13.87 per cent, landing at 206.54. The detachment’s weighted clearance rate climbed 6.29 per cent, to 42.75. “We’re actually not very high anymore,”