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HIV outbreak declared for North Battleford, syphilis outbreak for region
An HIV outbreak has been declared for North Battleford and a syphilis outbreak for the Battlefords and Lloydminster area due to a rising number of cases in recent months. The Saskatchewan Health Autho...
Jun 14, 2019 (107475067 © Kristen Prahl - Dreamstime.com)
Raptors clinch first NBA championship in team's 24-year franchise history
OAKLAND, Calif. - The Toronto Raptors are bringing the Larry O'Brien Trophy as NBA champions home to Canada, a brilliant basketball story 24 years in the making.Kyle Lowry had 26 points, nine assists ...
Jun 13, 2019
North Battleford man in France for FIFA Women's World Cup
A man from North Battleford is in France to cover the FIFA Women`s World Cup.Lee Kormish grew up in North Battleford and moved to Saskatoon to work as a freelance writer for the Star Phoenix. After a ...
Jun 13, 2019 North Battleford's Lee Kormish has gone from writing about minor soccer events to covering FIFA World Cups. (supplied photo/Lee Kormish)
North Stars' 'California Kid' commits to Arizona university
Following a Canalta Cup Championship in his final season at the Junior A level, North Stars' forward Ryan Gil has committed to Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, AZ for the fall of 2019. After just o...
Jun 13, 2019 Ryan Gil, pictured here against La Ronge, followed up a stellar regular season with an additional six points in the playoffs, and four in five games of the Anavet Cup. (Martin Martinson/battlefordsNOW Staff)
NW College course removes guess-work from summer cooking, food preparation
While dining out in an upscale restaurant or grabbing a burger at a summer barbecue bash is usually a highlight of the week for most people, if it ends with a case of food poisoning, that will will le...
Jun 13, 2019 (Valery Kudryavtsev /Dreamstime.com)
Regional crop growth slow, more rain needed
Rain in much of the region over the last week was welcomed by producers, but moisture is still needed in some areas where rain did not fall. The province's latest crop report for the northwest region ...
Jun 13, 2019 (Alice McFarlane/farmnewsNOW Staff)
North Battleford man wanted for arson, firearms offences
A 33-year-old North Battleford man is wanted by the RCMP for arson, uttering threats, failing to comply with a court order, pointing a firearm and other firearm offences.Kevin Richard Petit is five-fo...
Jun 13, 2019 Kevin Richard Petit is wanted by Battlefords RCMP. (supplied/Battlefords RCMP)
Mosquito First Nation appoints first female senator
Elder Jenny Spyglass has become the first female appointed to Battlefords Agency Tribal Council (BATC) and Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) Senate from Mosquito Grizzly Bear's Head Le...
Jun 12, 2019 Chief Tanya Aguilar-Antiman (holding the microphone), alongside Jenny Spyglass (right), as the latter became the first female senator from Mosquito Grizzly Bears Head Lean Man First Nation. (Martin Martinson/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Husky to pay $3.82M in penalties after guilty plea in 2016 oil spill
A judge has accepted a joint submission that will see Husky Oil Operations pay $3.82 million in fines for charges stemming from a 2016 oil spill near Maidstone.The company pleaded guilty to three envi...
Jun 12, 2019 Images submitted to court show an overhead view of the bridge over Highway 21 and oil slicks in the North Saskatchewan River. (submitted/Saskatchewan Courts)
Agriculture Canada launches three new radar satellites
Canada is set to launch three new satellites into orbit today as part of the RADARSAT Constellation Mission, or RCM for short. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada are working together with groups of scie...
Jun 12, 2019 The three RADARSAT Constellation Mission (RCM) satellites are being prepared for their launch aboard a Falcon 9 rocket at the SpaceX facilities at the Vandenberg Air Force Base. (submitted photo/Canadian Space Agency)