Category Archives: Post to Social
Maturation of youth ensures bright future for North Stars
In sport - as in life - the wheels of change continue to turn, and at no level is change more apparent in hockey than within the junior ranks. With a shelf-life of three, maybe four-years at the most ...
May 10, 2019 Stars’ forwards Austin Becker, Dylan Esau and Brett Gammer (pictured L-R) spent plenty of time together on a line over the course of the season. All three will be counted on as key pieces of the North Stars’ offense next season. (Martin Martinson/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Estevan Police Service to conduct investigation into La Loche RCMP incident
The Estevan Police Service is launching an investigation in regards to an incident last month between La Loche RCMP and a member of the public. According to an RCMP news release, La Loche RCMP witness...
May 10, 2019 It's unknown how long the investigation by the Estevan Police Service will take. (file photo/larongeNOW Staff)
National Police Week gives Battlefords RCMP a chance to get in community
In celebration of National Police Week, the Battlefords RCMP will be holding a detachment BBQ on Wednesday.National Police Week has been running for the past 49 years, and it gives the department a ch...
May 10, 2019 National Police Week runs from May 12 to 18 (file photo/battlefordsNOW staff)
Nation posts strongest job gains since 1976, little change regionally
A welcome surprise came in Canada's latest job numbers, with the nation posting the strongest surge in employment since the government started tracking the data in 1976.The monthly labour force survey...
May 10, 2019 (file photo/The Canadian Press)
Police find two stolen guns after traffic stop on stolen vehicle, four arrested
Battlefords RCMP have located two semi-automatic shotguns that were stolen from a home in North Battleford last month. Thursday afternoon at around 1:30 p.m., officers tried to pull over a stolen vehi...
May 10, 2019 (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Online fundraiser started to increase reward for info on Ashley Morin's disappearance
An online auction fundraiser began Friday to raise funds to increase the reward for information leading to the whereabouts of Ashley Morin.Morin, who would now be 32, has been missing for almost a yea...
May 10, 2019 An online auction began Friday to raise funds to increase the reward for information on a missing person's case. Ashley Morin was reported missing July, 2018. The RCMP continue to investigate Morin's disappearance. (submitted photo/RCMP)
North Battleford man facing charge for accessing child porn
A man is facing a charge for accessing child pornography after an investigation by the Battlefords RCMP and Saskatchewan ICE Unit. Police executed a search warrant at a home in North Battleford on Thu...
May 10, 2019
Sponsors show support at BUH Foundation kick off celebration
There was a good start to the Battlefords Union Hospital (BUH) Foundation kick off event Wednesday, as a lead up to the 23rd Annual Wayne Pruden Memorial Golf Tournament next month.Some of the sponsor...
May 10, 2019 Left to right, Tracy Voigt (BUH Foundation board of directors secretary); Donnica Bernier (BUH Foundation board of directors); Dana Johnson (North Battleford Golf & Country Club director of golf), Green Fee Sponsor; and Chad Gartner (Innovation Credit Union Vice President, Financial Advisors), Master Sponsor. (Unable to attend was M&M Food Market North Battleford owner and franchisee Ed Lee, Banquet Sponsor.) (BUH Foundation/Submitted)
Area highways voted some of worst roads in CAA's 2019 campaign
CAA is back with its annual list of the top ten worst roads in the province as voted by motorists. Topping the list are two area highways - Highway 26 outside of Goodsoil and Highway 21 by Paradise Hi...
May 10, 2019 Highway 26 outside of Goodsoil was voted as the worst road in the province in CAA's annual worst road campaign. (supplied photo/CAA)
It’s time for the On Air for Health Care radiothon
Pick up the phone, head to the website or stop by the Battlefords Union Hospital to help the On Air For Health Care Radiothon reach it's goal of $500,000 for a new Mammography equipment.With early det...
May 10, 2019 Q98's Samara Emsley, Manager of the Medical Imaging Colais Franzo, CJNB's Grant Shutte and 93.3 The Rock's Bryan Falnnery. (Tyler Marr/battlefordsNOW Staff)