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‘All around hurt': Second woman charged in Laverdiere death appears in court
Danita Thomas was on the verge of tears at times as she stood in the prisoner's box for her first court appearance for charges in the death of Tiki Laverdiere.The 32-year-old is the second woman charg...
Jul 24, 2019 Edmonton's Tiki Laverdiere. (supplied photo/RCMP)
Police seek B.C. murder suspects in swamp, bush, bugs of northern Manitoba
The deputy mayor of a remote northern Manitoba town says residents are locking their doors earlier than usual after word of a police manhunt in the area for two suspects in the deaths o...
Jul 24, 2019
Professional Bull Riders Classic just days away
North Battleford will soon play host to some of the top bull riding talent from as far as Mexico and Brazil as the Gold Eagle Casino PBR Classic hits the Civic Centre on Thursday.With 30 riders expect...
Jul 24, 2019 (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Medics and lifeguards team up to educate public
Swimmers at Kinsmen Water Park got to see lifeguards and paramedics in action Tuesday afternoon.As part of National Drowning Prevention Week, Parkland Ambulance and lifeguards at the water park showed...
Jul 23, 2019 Parkland Ambulance loads the injured swimmer onto a stretcher to cap off the demonstration (Michael Joel-Hansen/paNOW Staff)
Two suspects in B.C. murders spotted in Meadow Lake, may be in Manitoba: RCMP
Police say the two suspects wanted in connection with a homicide investigation in northern British Columbia are on the move after they were spotted in Meadow Lake this week. RCMP investigators said 19...
Jul 23, 2019 RCMP investigators say Kam McLeod and Bryer Schmedgelsky are considered to be armed and extremely dangerous. (submitted photo/RCMP)
Friendship Centre breaks ground on new daycare facility
The Battlefords Indian and Mtis Friendship Centre held a sod-turning ceremony to announce the start of a project to build a new daycare.Executive director Jackie Kennedy said it was a good time to lau...
Jul 23, 2019 The Battlefords Indian and Métis Friendship Centre executive director (ED) Jackie Kennedy centre, with assistant to the executive director Kathy Whitford, left, and Shari Lessard, from the Ministry of Education Early Years branch, right, take part in a sod-turning ceremony Tuesday, at the site of a planned new daycare facility. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff)
RCMP make second arrest in death of Tiki Laverdiere
RCMP have arrested and charged a second person in connection to the death of Tiki Brook-Lyn Laverdiere.Danita Thomas, 32, has been charged with first-degree murder, kidnapping, improperly interfering ...
Jul 23, 2019 Edmonton's Tiki Laverdiere, 25, was last seen in North Battleford. (supplied photo/Battlefords RCMP)
New housing project aims to break cycle of homelessness
Melinda sits on the edge of a freshly made bed, looking around at recently painted greyish-white walls in the basement of a newly built home.She plans to apply to live in the eight-bedroom affordable ...
Jul 23, 2019 The inside of a new housing project in North Battleford that looks to end the cycle of homelessness. (Tyler Marr/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Two teens thought to be missing now suspects in 3 northern B.C. deaths, spotted in Sask.
VANCOUVER - RCMP say two British Columbia teenagers who were first thought to be missing are now considered suspects in the deaths of three people in northern B.C. Sgt. Janelle Shoihet says 19-year-ol...
Jul 23, 2019
Local basketball player commits to Thompson Rivers
If you do what you love, all the hours of hard work don't feel so much like work.For local basketball player Jordin Wilkinson, the journey to where she is now, committed to the Thompson Rivers Univers...
Jul 23, 2019 Jordin Wilkinson, who played most recently for the Quest University Kermodes, will trade in her green jersey for the black and orange of the Thompson Rivers Wolfpack come September. (submitted photo/Jordin Wilkinson)