Category Archives: Post to Social
Over $25,000 raised at Battlefords Humane Society Dinner and Auction
The Battlefords Humane Society held their 2019 Fundraising Dinner and Auction over the weekend, and raised a fair bit of funds in the process.The gala was held at the Gold Eagle Casino on Saturday nig...
Apr 29, 2019 A successful night was put on by the Battlefords Humane Society on Saturday (Brady Lang/battlefordsNOW staff)
Rural home invasion near Debden leads to jail terms
A man and woman have been sentenced to jail time in connection with a home invasion and high-speed chase near Debden last year in a case that once again highlights concerns around crime in rural Saska...
Apr 29, 2019 Prince Albert Provincial Court (file photo/paNOW Staff)
P.A. man sentenced in hunting death
A young man who accidentally shot and killed another hunter near Weirdale in 2017 will go to jail for seven months.Austyn Adamko, 24, was sentenced Monday on charges of careless use of a firearm and c...
Apr 29, 2019 Facebook/Jordan Darchuk
Close call for resident whose house was on fire
If two Good Samaritans hadn't alerted him to it early on, Dave Bunnell's house might have burned down last weekend. Bunnell was at home alone at his 91 Street home when the fire started around 3 p.m. ...
Apr 29, 2019 A North Battleford resident is thanking some Good Samaritans for alerting him his house was on fire on Saturday. Firefighters arrived promptly to put out the blaze. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Capitol Annex has big weekend with Endgame premiere
It was a big weekend for movie-goers across the world, and that hype didn't stop outside the Battlefords. The new Capitol Annex Theatre had two theatres open for the public to show Avengers: Endgame, ...
Apr 29, 2019 The new theatre had many sold out shows over the weekend. (Tyler Marr/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Female driver suffers minor injuries after car jumps curb, lands near tracks
A female driver was taken to hospital for non-life threatening injuries after her car jumped the curb and landed near the train tracks along Railway Ave. E.RCMP officers are seen measuring the distanc...
Apr 29, 2019 A car jumped the curb and landed near the train tracks along Railway Ave. E. Sunday evening. (Tyler Marr/battlefordsNOW Staff)
RCMP looking for help in locating stolen vehicle
The Battlefords RCMP are looking for the public's help in locating a stolen vehicle. The Blue 2018 Hyundai Elantra Sport with the license plate 7-5-5 L-F-A was last seen by police north of the city at...
Apr 29, 2019
Terriers take Game 2 in OT to even Anavet Cup series
The Battlefords North Stars fell 4-3 in overtime Saturday to the Portage Terriers in Game 2 of the teams' Anavet Cup series. Despite the loss, the Stars still earn the split through the first two game...
Apr 27, 2019 Not a series for the faint of heart: It hasn’t taken long for the animosity to build between the North Stars and Terriers, in what’s been an extremely physical series to start, as shown here by Stars' veterans Braydon Buziak (#23) and Austin Shumanski (#20) as they sandwich an opposition player off the faceoff. (Martin Martinson/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Silvernagle's season comes to an end in Saskatoon
It went down to the wire, but in the end it was a win for reigning Women's World Champion Silvana Tirinzoni over the North Battleford-based Robyn Silvernagle at the Humpty's Champions Cup in Saskatoon...
Apr 27, 2019 Silvernagle's loss to Silvana Tirinzoni, 4-3, means the end to a breakout season. (Brady Lang/battlefordsNOW staff)
Stars aim to play spoiler again in Portage
Coming off a 3-2 come-from-behind win Friday, the Battlefords North Stars return to action for Game 2 of their Anavet Cup series with the Portage Terriers at Stride Place tonight.Following tonight's a...
Apr 27, 2019 Stars’ forward MacGregor Sinclair, pictured here on the forecheck, scored the game-tying goal for his team in Game 1, and now has three goals over his last two games played, heading into action Saturday. (Martin Martinson/battlefordsNOW Staff)