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Gallery – Staff makes “right decision” in B&G incident

Lloydminster Fire Rescue officials are crediting staff at Blowers and Grafton with making the right decision this afternoon, which required them to attend. “It looks like a HVAC unit on the roof started smoking, it filled the restraunt with smoke,” stated LFR Chief Bill Heesing. “The staff made the right decision in evacuating the customers and calling us. The incident occurred around 2:30 p.m. today ( July 14 ) at the location on the city’s west end. Multiple fire crews were on scene and could be seen using a fan to clear the restaurant. Other firefighters were observed on the

Lloyd Ex GM responds after Saturday incident, cites “opportunity for training, growth”

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Lloydminster Exhibition GM Jackie Tomayer has issued a statement addressing an incident involving security guards and an autistic child at the fair Saturday night, saying she has since spoken with both the child’s family and RCMP. BorderPulse reported over the weekend that video circulating on social media showed the boy, believed to be 13, being physically restrained, chased and brought to the ground by guards contracted through Executive Protection Services, a Regina-based security firm, after he became separated from his grandmother. RCMP have confirmed the incident is under investigation. In a statement provided Monday, Tomayer said she did not have

Vehicle narrowly misses pedestrian in weekend collision

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A driver has been ticketed after a vehicle struck Tait’s Liquor Store in Lloydminster on July 11. The driver made a left turn at high speed before the crash, said Cpl. Mat Howell, RCMP K Division public information officer. The vehicle narrowly missed a pedestrian before striking the building, Howell said. Ticket: Emergency responders were dispatched to the north end of Lloydminster around 11:30 a.m. that day. They found the car had collided with the store, in the 5700 block of 50 Avenue. Officials on scene said the vehicle ran into bollards protecting the store’s front door. The vehicle suffered

RCMP investigating Lloyd Ex fair incident involving Regina security company

Lloydminster News, Featured

RCMP have confirmed they are investigating an incident involving security guards and an autistic child at the Lloydminster Exhibition fair over the weekend. RCMP K Division public information officer Cpl. Mat Howell confirmed the incident is under investigation. Video circulating on social media shows the boy, believed to be 13, being physically restrained, chased, and brought to the ground by guards from Executive Protection Services, a Regina-based security firm operating across Saskatchewan, Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario and B.C. According to an eyewitness who was sitting with the boy at the time, he had become separated from his grandmother and was sitting

UPDATE: RCMP searching for Loon Lake kidnapping Suspect

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Saskatchewan RCMP is asking the public to report any sightings of 31-year-old Kevin Ross Watt, who is wanted in connection with the disappearance of 30-year-old Nikita Sim. Sim was reportedly taken from a residence near Makwa Lake at approximately 12:45 a.m. on July 13, 2026, Police said. She has been located safe according to the Saskatchewan RCMP July 13. Watt is charged with: Suspect description: Watt may be driving a grey 2009 Chevrolet Impala with Saskatchewan licence plate 402 NRJ. The vehicle has a damaged windshield and front bumper damage. Mounties said the direction of travel is unknown. Police said

Lloydminster Health Assessment: 10 – Testing stretched to limits

Featured, Lloydminster Health Needs Assessment: Investigation, Lloydminster News

Lloydminster Hospital’s medical imaging, laboratory, and pharmacy services are the foundation every other part of the health system depends on. A health assessment says all three are under strain, and a provincial border running through the middle of the city is making every problem harder to solve. Every diagnosis starts somewhere. A CT scan. A blood test. A pharmacist checking for a dangerous drug interaction. Before a surgeon operates, before a psychiatrist assesses, before a patient goes home with a prescription, the diagnostic services have to work. In Lloydminster, the Lloydminster Health Service Needs Assessment says they are working. It

photos – Tornado damages buildings in County of Vermilion River

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A tornado touched down northeast of Tulliby Lake on Saturday afternoon, damaging several buildings and knocking out power to the area, according to the County of Vermilion River. The region was under a severe weather watch from Environment and Climate Change Canada at the time. Alberta Emergency Alerts issued a critical alert at 5:33 p.m. warning of a possible tornado northeast of the hamlet. Protective services officers responded immediately, the county said in a release. They co-ordinated with the Alberta Emergency Management Agency, emergency responders, local industry and utility companies. No injuries have been reported. Several structures sustained damage, including

RCMP officer assaulted, two arrested at Lloyd Ex Fair

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Two men are facing charges after a disturbance at the Lloydminster fair Saturday night left an RCMP officer injured. Lloydminster RCMP responded to a report of a disturbance at the fairgrounds at 10:48 p.m. July 11. Officers located an intoxicated man who had made numerous attempts to instigate fights with fair attendees. While officers were arresting the man, he resisted and failed to comply with their directions. A second man then became involved and assaulted one of the responding officers. Quincy Wolfe, 37, of Saskatoon, was charged with overcoming resistance, assaulting a peace officer causing bodily harm, resisting or obstructing

Lloyd Ex GM present while security manhandles child at fair

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Grandmother says she went looking for a security guard to report her grandson missing, not realizing guards had already located him. A 13-year-old autistic boy was physically restrained by security guards at the Lloydminster Exhibition fair Saturday after becoming separated from his grandmother, according to video circulating on social media and an account provided to BorderPulse by the boy’s grandmother. The boy’s grandmother, Esther Bird, told BorderPulse she and her grandson were preparing to leave the fair Saturday evening when he asked for one more ride and ran off into the crowd. “There was so many people I couldn’t follow

Behind the Bison – Inside the Lloydminster Detachment

Opinion and Guest Columns, Community Insights, Featured

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. If you live in the City of Lloydminster, you most likely have been past, or maybe even into, theLloydminster Detachment. I’d like to open the door, so to speak, on the Lloydminster Detachment andprovide you a bit of an inside look. If you have applied for