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Provincial basketball playoffs in jeopardy with Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation job action
With Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation (STF) job action set to start Thursday, March 12, the Saskatchewan High Schools Athletic Association (SHSAA) announced that the basketball playoffs are in jeopar...
Mar 11, 2020 Provincial basketball playoffs on the line (ID 31252151 © Viorel Dudau | Dreamstime.com)
Stars put Hawks on the ropes, take 3-0 series lead, with 4-2 win in Nipawin
The Battlefords North Stars doubled up the Nipawin Hawks 4-2 Tuesday night at Centennial Arena, to take a 3-0 lead in the teams' best-of-seven first round playoff series. Four different North Stars sc...
Mar 11, 2020 Stars’ forward Carson Reagan shares a celebratory pat on the head with goaltender Kristian Lyon following the team's 4-2 win Tuesday night in Nipawin. (Martin Martinson/battlefordsNOW Staff)
North Battleford man facing second-degree murder charge related to woman's death
A North Battleford man is facing a charge of second-degree murder related to a woman who was found deceased in a home Sunday. Police reported Tuesday that North Battleford RCMP received a request to c...
Mar 10, 2020 A North Battleford man is facing a second-degree murder charge related to a woman who was found deceased Sunday. (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Stars search for 3-0 stranglehold on Hawks as series shifts to Nipawin for Game 3
After making the most of their home ice advantage early with back-to-back wins in Games 1 and 2 over the weekend, the Battlefords North Stars will look to keep their momentum rolling Tuesday as the se...
Mar 10, 2020 Stars’ forward, Dylan Esau battles for position in front of the Hawks’ net. Esau scored his first of the playoffs in Game 2, to help lead the team to a 2-0 series lead. (Martin Martinson/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Students encourage drivers make safe choices during Impaired Driving Awareness Week
John Paul II Collegiate students took to the streets Tuesday to remind people not to drink and drive.Several members from the Students Against Drinking and Driving (SADD) group held a bright banner ou...
Mar 10, 2020 John Paul II Collegiate students in the Students Against Drinking and Driving group join Mayor Ryan Bater to launch Impaired Driving Awareness Week in North Battleford Tuesday. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Honour Our Veterans Banner Program back for another year at Fred Light Museum
The Fred Light Museum has opened its registration for the 2020 Honour Our Veterans Banner program.The program will honour 50 veterans with 25 double-sided banners to be hung from lampposts on 22nd Str...
Mar 10, 2020 Fred Light Museum's Honour Our Veterans Banner from 2019 (supplied photo/Bernadette Leslie)
City selects project engineer for sewer upgrade
The City of North Battleford is making progress on its planning work for its primary sanitary sewer trunk upgrade.Council selected the company AECOM Canada Ltd. as the project engineer, at a cost of j...
Mar 10, 2020 J.P. Mills of consulting firm KGS Group,
project manager for the city’s planned primary
sanitary sewer trunk upgrade, discusses the bids for the project engineer
services at council Monday. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Living Sky and Light of Christ cancelling extracurriculars due to teacher sanctions
Families with children attending schools in area school divisions will need to consider making new arrangements for the time being if they participate in any extra curricular activities.The Saskatchew...
Mar 09, 2020 Living Sky and Light of Christ school divisions are planning for teacher sanctions that will start Thursday. (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Town contest encourages people to move to electronic billing
Battleford residents who usually receive their utility invoices through the mail may want to opt for electronic billing instead with this new offer.The town is running a contest with a chance for a re...
Mar 09, 2020 The Town of Battleford is encouraging residents to arrange to have their utility bills sent to them electronically instead of through the mail for a chance to win in its new contest. (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Northern Sask. communities prepared for coronavirus
The risk for a case of coronavirus in Northern Saskatchewan First Nation communities is low but is not zero, according to the Medical Health Officer for the Northern Inter-Tribal Health Authority (NIT...
Mar 09, 2020 (Nigel Maxwell/paNOW Staff)