Category Archives: Post to Social
North Stars shine in 3-0 blank of Bobcats
The Battlefords North Stars played their second preseason game at the Civic Centre on Friday as the team shut out the Lloydminster Bobcats 3-0.The victory brings the Stars' record to 1-1 through their...
Sep 06, 2019 Stars' goaltender Parker Rey, pictured here, stopped all 14 shots he faced on the night after Adam Dmyterko shut the door through the first period-and-a-half, as the Stars shut out the Bobcats on the night. (Martin Martinson/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Accused enters guilty plea on one of three charges faced for allegedly defrauding Viterra
A man facing charges for allegedly defrauding Viterra Inc. out of thousands of dollars pleaded guilty to one of three charges in Court of Queen's Bench on Friday.David Glassford, 42, who is out of cus...
Sep 06, 2019 A man accused of a fraud over $5,000 against Viterra Inc. returned to Court of Queen’s Bench in Battleford Friday. (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Battlefords Business Excellence Awards finalists announced
The Battlefords Chamber of Commerce has released its list of finalists for this year's Battlefords Business Excellence Awards.This year marks the 26th anniversary for the awards, which are presented a...
Sep 06, 2019 Photo of COO Linda Machniak at last years event. (File photo/battlefordsnow)
North Stars look to pounce as team welcomes Lloyd Bobcats to town
The Battlefords North Stars return to action Friday for their second game of the pre-season, and final home game of the exhibition schedule. The Stars will play host to the Lloydminster Bobcats this e...
Sep 06, 2019 Stars’ defenceman Matthew Fletcher and goaltender Austin Schwab pictured here during a tip drill at the morning skate Friday. (Martin Martinson/battlefordsNOW Staff)
New Green Lake school policy bans personal electronics, cellphones
Textbook? Check. Pencil? Check. Cellphone? Not if you are attending St. Pascal Community School.The kindergarten to Grade 9 facility in Green Lake has implemented a school-wide personal electronic dev...
Sep 06, 2019 Cellphones and other personal electronic devices are restricted at one school in Green Lake. (Tyler Marr/battlefordsNOW Staff)
‘Substantive batch’ of evidence expected at month's end in Laverdiere investigation: Crown
A substantive new batch of evidence in the Tiki Laverdiere homicide investigation is expected to be released to counsel at end of September, according to one Crown prosecutor on the file.Chris Browne ...
Sep 06, 2019 (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Living Sky focuses on Cut Knife merger, mental health initiative
Living Sky School Division is starting the new school year with a number of projects on the go. One significant initiative on the agenda is the opening of the newly amalgamated Cut Knife school this y...
Sep 06, 2019 Living Sky School Division's Board Chair Ronna Pethick, left centre, and Director of Education Brenda Vickers, right centre, discuss some of the division’s plans for the year ahead. (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Police find cash cache in North Battleford home
Police arrested a man for breaching his court conditions yesterday after a search of his home turned up $35,000 in cash. Chris Vany of North Battleford was originally arrested after a search warrant w...
Sep 06, 2019 Police seized $35,000 of cash from a North Battleford home. (supplied/RCMP)
Surge in employment nationally, drop in unemployment regionally: StatsCan
After minor fluctuations in the labour force over the past few months, the nation's economy added nearly 81,100 net new jobs in August.Statistics Canada's monthly labour force survey showed employment...
Sep 06, 2019 (file photo/JPBG)
Charges against Sask. MLA Nadine Wilson headed to arbitration
The assault charges against Saskatchewan Party MLA Nadine Wilson will be heading to mediation, not criminal court.Wilson's lawyer, Mark Brayford, said the request was made Thursday by the prosecutor.W...
Sep 06, 2019 Saskatchewan Rivers MLA Nadine Wilson stepped down as provincial secretary in August following an assault charge. (file photo/paNOW Staff)