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Updated: RCMP seek help to find missing Spiritwood girl
Update: RCMP reported Lauralee Lafond has been located safe and sound.---Spiritwood RCMP are asking the public to be on the lookout for a missing girl.Lauralee Lafond is 5'4", weighs around 160 pounds...
Jun 06, 2019 Lauralee Lafond is 5'4",weighs around 160 pounds. She was last seen wearing a red short sleeve shirt, camo pants, white high top shoes and a grey, black and white toque with an X on it.
Garth Brooks: 'There's just something about Canada'
Every athlete or performer knows its important to power up before a big competition or performance. For country music superstar Garth Brooks vitamins and power drinks are on the menu."My vitamins and ...
Jun 06, 2019 The Garth Brooks Stadium Tour takes the country music superstar to Regina's Mosaic Stadium on Aug. 10. (submitted photo/garthbrooks.com)
Battlefords’ housing market posts strong May
A hot, dry May brought warm weather to the Battlefords, paired with a warmer housing market, as sales posted their strongest numbers in almost two years.Thirty-nine homes sold in the area last month, ...
Jun 06, 2019 After a weak start to 2019, home sales in the Battlefords saw strong results in May. (file photo/LethbridgeNewsNOW Staff)
Power tools stolen from town workshop in Edam
Police in Turtleford are investigating an overnight break-in at the Town of Edam's workshop. RCMP said in a press release the building was broken into overnight and several hand power tools were stole...
Jun 06, 2019
N.B. Comprehensive HS student honoured with gold award in national competition
Third time is the charm, as the saying goes. That was the case for Cam Taylor who recently won gold in the 2019 Skills Canada National Competition. It was his third year at nationals aiming for the to...
Jun 05, 2019 National competition Gold Medal winner North Battleford Comprehensive High School student Cam Taylor, centre. (submitted photo/Mike Humenny)
Tim's Camp Day fundraiser sees plenty of support
There was lots of community support for the Tim Hortons Camp Day fundraiser Wednesday to help send kids to camp.The aim of Camp Day is to raise funds to benefit the Tim Hortons Foundation Camps in Nor...
Jun 05, 2019 Battlefords RCMP Staff Sgt. Darcy Woolfitt, second from left, shown with staff at Tim Hortons in Battleford, Wednesday, during Camp Day. The RCMP assisted with the fundraiser to help send kids to camp. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Safe damaged in Mervin post office break-in
The safe at the Mervin post office was damaged after someone tried to break into it. RCMP in Turtleford received the complaint Wednesday and said the incident occurred sometime overnight between June ...
Jun 05, 2019
Town lauded as 'clean' recycler; contract sees 'modest' increase
It seems Battleford residents have a real green thumb when it comes to recycling.Town of Battleford CAO John Enns-Wind said during Monday's council meeting that based on a report from Loraas Environme...
Jun 05, 2019 Deputy Mayor Susan McLean Tady, left, and CAO John Enns-Wind at Battleford council Monday. Council renewed a contract for its residential
recycling program during the meeting. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff)
‘You get what you put in’: Cannabis consumers greet first outdoor growing season
Moe Brondum lifts the rope that holds the gate to his backyard closed. He gingerly walks through and heads over to a patio table where two chairs sit ready for guests.Birds chirp as he leans back, don...
Jun 05, 2019 Moe Brondum shows off one of his four legal cannabis plants in his backyard in North Battleford. (Tyler Marr/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Art exhibition helps bring tradition back to youth
It originated with an exhibition through a national project with the Canada Council.In a provincial project called Roadside Attractions, 16 venues across Saskatchewan selected an artist to work with o...
Jun 05, 2019 Students pose with Lionel Peyachew (far left) at the Allen Sapp Gallery holding their handmade drums. (Martin Martinson/battlefordsNOW Staff)