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Union worries reduction to full-time firefighters possible as city, department talk costs
The president of North Battleford Fire Fighters Local 1756 is worried public safety could be at risk as a potential 25 per cent reduction to the number of full-time firefighters could be in store. Bot...
Aug 14, 2019 (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Walking with Our Sisters project to honour MMIWG to conclude at Batoche ceremony
The Walking with our Sisters art installation that includes work by local contributors, to commemorate the lives of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls (MMIWG) has reached the end of its l...
Aug 14, 2019 Shown are some of the elders who helped create the exhibit when the project visited North Battleford in 2016. Left to right: Elders Jenny Spyglass, Evelyn Thomas, Grace Okemow, Gladys Wapass-Greyeyes and Doreen Thomas. (Submitted photo/Walking with Our Sisters North Battleford)
RCMP report several vehicle thefts over last week in the Battlefords
RCMP in the Battlefords are looking for three vehicles stolen in the city over the last week. On Aug. 8, a black 2012 GMC Sierra was stolen from the 2400 block of 100 St. in North Battleford. It had t...
Aug 14, 2019 (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Battlefords Handi-Bus Saskatoon medical transit helps patients reach appointments
Getting to Saskatoon for a medical appointment has never been easier.The Battlefords Handi-Bus Saskatoon Medical Transit program has run since 2018. It is a Handi-Bus that runs from the Battlefords to...
Aug 13, 2019 Handi-Bus travels between the Battlefords and Saskatoon (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Walk to remember Cody Duhaime aims to support mental health
It was a dark day for Cody Duhaime in 2015 when the 19-year-old youth lost his life to suicide while attending college in the U.S.To keep his memory alive and support other youth struggling with depre...
Aug 13, 2019 Joanne Lewchuk (godmother), left, and Sylvia Duhaime (grandmother), right, are shown holding a photo of Cody Duhaime who lost his life to suicide in 2015. (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Fin Island Trail Run offers free fun for the family
Runners can expect to see the sun brush through the trees with blue skies overhead at the Fin Island Trail Run Aug. 24. The Trail Run is an event for all ages and athletic types. Broken up into four s...
Aug 13, 2019 2019 will mark the 11th year of the Fin Island Trail Run in the community. (File photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Out of the park and into the Hall: Sask. Baseball Hall of Fame readies to induct 16
For a baseball player, there is no thrill greater than the crack of the bat on a swing for the fences. Of course, the thought of being inducted into the Hall of Fame for their prowess in the sport may...
Aug 13, 2019 A number of the Province’s top baseball players will be honoured Aug. 17 as the 2019 class is inducted to the Sask Baseball Hall of Fame. (File photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Acclaimed N.B. pianist performing two more shows to raise support
After a strong turnout for his previous show in June, North Battleford pianist Cole Knutson will perform two more concerts before leaving to begin his studies at the prestigious Guildhall School of Mu...
Aug 12, 2019 Musical prodigy Cole Knutson will perform Aug. 12 and 18 at St. Joseph Calasanctius Church in North Battleford. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Police say manhunt suspects died by apparent suicide by gunfire
The RCMP say two British Columbia men who led police on a cross-Canada manhunt died by what appears to be suicide by gunfire.Police say Bryer Schmegelsky and Kam McLeod appeared to be dead for a numbe...
Aug 12, 2019 Bryer Schmegelsky and Kam McLeod (Photo: The Canadian Press)
CFS to offer counseling at library, Battleford Co-op pharmacy
While people don't tend to think about going to the library or pharmacy to sit down and talk to someone about their mental health, they can now do just that through a program offered by Catholic Famil...
Aug 12, 2019 (Tyler Marr/battlefordsNOW Staff)