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Nation sheds over 24K jobs in July, more positive data regionally
While July saw wage growth accelerate more than it has in a decade, the nation shed 24,200 jobs.The drop of 11,600 full-time positions and 12,600 part-time roles pushed Canada's unemployment rate to 5...
Aug 09, 2019 (file photo/JPBG)
Canada-wide warrant issued for seventh person charged in Laverdiere homicide
RCMP have charged and issued a Canada-wide warrant for a seventh person in connection to Tiki Laverdiere's death. Nikita Sandra Cook from the Onion Lake Cree Nation is charged with first-degree murder...
Aug 09, 2019 RCMP have issued a Canada-wide warrant for Nikita Sandra Cook. (supplied/RCMP)
Unity Golfer represents Saskatchewan at Canadian Amateur Championship
Over 260 of the top amateur golfers from across the country converged in Nova Scotia this week for the 115th Canadian Men's Amateur Championship from Aug. 5 to 8. Among them was Unity's Justin Wood, w...
Aug 09, 2019 Unity’s Justin Wood (left), pictured here alongside Prince Albert’s Danny Klughart (middle), and Eston’s Jehremy Ryde (right), as the three represented Team Saskatchewan at the event. (submitted photo/Justin Wood)
Public meeting on downtown parking will look to collect feedback for study
Those who want to address any concerns they may have about downtown parking are invited to attend an upcoming open house in North Battleford.Mayor Ryan Bater said residents and business people are wel...
Aug 08, 2019 The new parking lot in downtown North Battleford will begin requiring payment to park as of Sept. 1. (Tyler Marr/battlefordsNOW Staff)
RCMP ask for help identifying man using stolen credit card
Officers are asking the public to help identify a man committing fraud at several businesses in North Battleford. On June 26, the male suspect used a stolen credit card several times throughout the da...
Aug 08, 2019 RCMP are asking for help in identifying a man who used a stolen credit card at several businesses in North Battleford. (supplied/RCMP)
DQ hopes to raise over $10K for children's hospital on Miracle Treat Day
A North Battleford Dairy Queen server carefully pours soft ice cream into a cup, deftly scoops up sweet delights such as Smarties or Oreo cookie chunks to go on top, and puts the entire recipe into th...
Aug 08, 2019 Customer Nancy Wagner gives her Blizzard the upside-down test during Miracle Treat Day Aug. 8. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff)
North Stars seeking billets for upcoming season
As autumn quickly approaches and September creeps into the horizon, the changing leaves aren't the only thing marking the start to a new season. Hockey season sits just a month away, and as the new ca...
Aug 08, 2019 Last season marked the first-year as a billet parent for local, Sherry Funk. Funk is pictured here with Stars’ goalie Adam Dmyterko, left, and defenseman Ryan Granville, at the team’s year-end barbecue in May. (Martin Martinson/battlefordsNOW Staff)
RCMP ask for help to identify woman after business theft
RCMP hope the public can help identify a woman wanted for theft under $5,000 from a local business. Officers said in a media release the theft occurred shortly after 11 a.m. at a business on 11 Ave. a...
Aug 08, 2019 RCMP want help identifying a woman who stole from a local business. (supplied/RCMP)
Suspect in Mark Douglas Jonson homicide remanded until late August
One of two men charged in the death of Mark Douglas Jonson made a brief court appearance in North Battleford on Thursday.Jonson, 61, was found dead at a home on 15 Ave. and 100 St. on July 5.David Kel...
Aug 08, 2019 Mark Douglas Jonson was found dead in a home on 15 Ave. and 100 St on July 5. (Tyler Marr/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Sixth suspect in Laverdiere homicide investigation remanded after first court appearance
The sixth person charged in connection to Tiki Laverdiere's death made her first court appearance on Thursday and will return at the end of August.Soaring Eagle Whitstone was arrested on Aug. 6 in Llo...
Aug 08, 2019