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McMann takes weekend, L’Heureux nets first best wagon
The dust has settled on three days of wagon racing in North Battleford and Brad McMann walked away with the top prize.The fourth-year Canadian Professional Chuckwagon Association (CPCA) driver notched...
Jun 02, 2019 Brad McMann walked away from North Battleford a champion after three days of Canadian Professional Chuckwagon Association racing. (Tyler Marr/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Two facing possession charges after police execute search warrant in Kindersley
A man and woman are facing a number of charges after police executed a search warrant at a home in Kindersley.RCMP officers from the town and the F Division Crime Reduction Team searched a home on Kay...
Jun 01, 2019
Pancake Breakfast a celebration of First Nations' Culture
Food, community and a celebration of heritage will come together next month on National indigenous Peoples Day. The Battle River Treaty Six Pancake Breakfast will take place Fri., June 21, from 8 to 1...
Jun 01, 2019 All ages are welcome at the Battle River Treaty 6 Pancake Breakfast. (submitted photo/Amanda Maunula)
L’Heureux makes history as first female driver on CPCA circuit
The thundering roar of hooves echoes through hazy air as the sun sets on a warm spring evening.In a lightly wooded area behind a race track at the North Battelford Exhibition Grounds, small encampment...
May 31, 2019 Amber L’Heureux makes history as first female driver on Canadian Professional Chuckwagon Association circuit. (Tyler Marr/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Taste of Culture offers traditional dishes, entertainment from around the world
Moises Duque from Honduras took special care as he prepared a taco recipe from his home country, topped with some savory guacamole for one of his many customers.Duque and his family served fresh black...
May 31, 2019 Moises Duque, right, gives a customer a traditional home-made taco from Honduras during A Taste of Culture, Friday (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff)
North Stars select six in SJHL Bantam Draft
All 12 SJHL teams gathered Friday morning in Nipawin for the league's annual Bantam Draft. The North Stars made six picks on the day, including two in the fourth round. The team selected four forwards...
May 31, 2019 Left to right: North Stars’ head coach/GM Brayden Klimosko, head scout Wylie Riendeau, and assistant coach Rob Holoien, pictured here at the league draft. (Facebook/SJHL)
Man facing drug, weapons charges after speeding past officer with lights on
An Alberta man who was going more than 60 km/h when he drove past a police cruiser with its lights on is now facing a number of drug and weapons charges. On May 30, members of the Saskatchewan Roving ...
May 31, 2019 (supplied photo/Saskatchewan RCMP)
Opportunity, peace: Proud day as many become Canadian citizens
Gustavo Suarez Ortega couldn't help but smile as he sat with his family waiting for their names to be called so they could be granted all the rights of Canadian citizenship.From Mexico City, he said h...
May 31, 2019 Gustavo Suarez Ortega, from Mexico City, right, was proud to join his family to become a new Canadian citizen. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Districts track meet sets stage for provincial tournament
"Athletics at its core, as raw as it can possibly be. It [determines] who can run the fastest, jump the farthest, and throw the farthest." That is how Bruce Yockey, track coach at John Paul II Colliga...
May 31, 2019 JPII Track athletes, Sam Petersen, Luke Kowerchuk and Leo Senger, pictured here with the Battle West banner for total points. (submitted photo/Bruce Yockey)
Saskatchewan UFO reports in 2018 include Jackfish Lake, Prince Albert
It was June 29, 2018, at around 2 a.m. when one person reportedly saw multi-coloured spherical lights in the sky by Jackfish Lake. They reported having dreams and "spiritual attacks."On July 5, anothe...
May 31, 2019 (Brady Bateman/paNOW Staff)