Category Archives: Post to Social
Suicides prompt State of Crisis on Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation
The Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation near Loon Lake has declared a State of Crisis and Emergency over the chronic amount of recent suicides and attempted suicides in the community.In a media release iss...
Nov 22, 2019 (file photo)
Glaslyn Central School gearing up to host senior boys provincials this weekend
The Glaslyn Central School Jets' senior boys volleyball team will host 1A Senior Boys Provincials Nov. 22 and 23 in front of the hometown crowd at the school gymnasium. Half of the tournament's games ...
Nov 21, 2019 Glaslyn Central School’s senior boys volleyball team will look to make some noise in their home barn when the team hosts provincials at the high school this weekend. (submitted photo/Meagan Mannix)
Remembering the Holodomor Ukrainian famine and genocide
Denied food and sustenance, millions of Ukrainian families starved to death in the Soviet Union from 1932 to 1933 in what is known as a famine and mass genocide. Marion Mutala wanted to tell the stori...
Nov 21, 2019 Author Marion Mutala with her book My Dearest Dido: The Holodomor Story shown at a Holodomor remembrance gathering Nov. 20. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff)
WPD Ambulance's annual Cram the Ambulance campaign is back for another holiday season
WPD Ambulance is used to delivering first rate health care to residents of the Battlefords, but over the Christmas season they will also be delivering a little holiday cheer.The Santa's EMS Elves: Cra...
Nov 21, 2019 Donations from the 2018 Cram the Ambulance campaign. (Facebook photo/WPD Ambulance Care)
Man facing charges in alleged armed robberies in North Battleford
A 25-year-old man is facing charges in two alleged business robberies in North Battleford.Battlefords RCMP reported at about 4:30 a.m. on Nov. 15 a lone male armed with a weapon threatened staff and d...
Nov 21, 2019 A 25-year-old man is facing charges for two alleged business robberies in North Battleford. (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Battlefords area youth enjoy learning activities during Day of the Child
Children in the Battlefords and surrounding rural and Indigenous communities had an opportunity to celebrate being themselves Wednesday during the National Day of the Child celebrations.A variety of a...
Nov 20, 2019 Indigenous Young Elder Alvin Baptiste, right, speaks to youth at a workshop known as Braids Teachings, one of many activities offered at the National Day of the Child celebration in North Battleford Wednesday. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Empty Stocking Fund campaign kicks off with beef-on-a-bun fundraiser
The community came together to show their support for the Battlefords Empty Stocking Fund campaign that held its big kick off celebration Wednesday.Visitors made a donation to purchase a ticket for a ...
Nov 20, 2019 North Battleford Coun. Kent Lindgren, left, lines up for lunch at the Battlefords Empty Stocking Fund campaign kicks off Wednesday. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff)
North Stars embrace festive spirit this weekend
The Battlefords North Stars return to action Friday night for their first game in over a week, looking to help make a difference off the ice with their play on it. Friday's contest with the Estevan Br...
Nov 20, 2019 The Battlefords North Stars will hope to bring the mitts and toques out early Friday night as the team welcomes the Estevan Bruins to town for a showdown at the Civic Centre. (Martin Martinson/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Local business contributes to BUH's Festival of Trees Gala Evening
The Battlefords Union Hospital (BUH) Foundation has announced that Fortress Windows and Doors will be supporting the 2019 Festival of Trees Gala Evening, with a donation of $1,500.The Festival of Tree...
Nov 20, 2019 Kevin Driedger, Sherry Krelow and Jeremy Cockril with Fortress' donation. (submitted photo/BUH Foundation)
Saskatchewan's oldest person and Melfort resident turns 112
The oldest person in Saskatchewan is now 112.Reita Fennell of Melfort is celebrating yet another birthday today.She is the second oldest person in Canada.Fennell said in her 112 years she has continue...
Nov 20, 2019 Melfort's Reita Fennell turns 112 on Nov. 20. (Angie Rolheiser/northeastNOW Staff)