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CARTOON 01-23-2019
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Source: CARTOON 01-23-2019
Jan 23, 2019
Locket Containing George And Martha Washington’s Intertwined Hair
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Though it may be considered macabre by modern standards, taking the hair of the dead as a memento mori was common throughout the 16th and 17th centuries. S...
Jan 23, 2019
The Mystery of Kodinhi: India’s Town Of Twins
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! There are some places in the world that just take everything science thinks it knows and shreds that rule-book to pieces. One such place is a small, unprep...
Jan 23, 2019
North Stars fall 6-0 to Klippers
The Battlefords North Stars fell 6-0 to the Kindersley Klippers Tuesday night at the North Battleford Civic Centre. With the win, Kindersley leapfrogs the North Stars into the top spot in the Global A...
Jan 22, 2019
Silvernagle opens Viterra Scotties with win over Mitchell
Robyn Silvernagle’s rink is off to a strong start at the 2019 Viterra Scotties women’s provincials. The North Battleford-based rink curled to a 10-1 win over Saskatoon’...
Jan 22, 2019
Marie Kondo decluttering craze yet to hit region’s charity organizations
Encouraging tidying by category, not location, is the method behind Marie Kondo's decluttering craze washing across the globe. Kondo's KonMari Method for cleaning house influenced people oversea...
Jan 22, 2019
Whooping cranes see continued growth in numbers
In 1941, only 21 whooping cranes existed in the world, but through decades of painstaking efforts the endangered whooping cranes now number some 650 in the wild. At least 500 of those whooping cranes ...
Jan 22, 2019
Friendship Centres to host forums, compile information for report to government
Friendship Centres in the region will hold community forums this week to raise awareness about the issue of gender discrimination and encourage people to apply for their Indian Status card. The Let...
Jan 22, 2019
In the newsroom NOW Jan. 22
News Director Tyler Marr and Reporter Martin Martinson discuss the Battlefords North Stars first game at the Civic Centre in 2019 and the divisional match-up on tap.
Jan 22, 2019
Town of Battleford council weighs in on business incentives
The Town of Battleford council mulled over a few new requests for abatements from businesses and services at its meeting Monday that fell outside the parameters of the town's existing policy. CAO John...
Jan 22, 2019