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Northwest Territorial Days Parade to kick off exhibition celebration
People are invited to tie on an eye patch and get their booty down to the annual Northwest Territorial Days Parade on Aug. 13 at 7 p.m. A pirate-themed event, this year there will be a slight tweak to...
Aug 12, 2019 The horses are always a hit at the Northwest Territorial Days Parade. (File photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Adult dodgeball league returns to NationsWEST Field House
If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball.Battle In The Fords is an adult dodgeball league at the NationsWest Field House. It will consist of six to 12 teams with six to 12 players per team. Tea...
Aug 12, 2019 Games every Monday night from Sept. 16 to Oct. 28 (Facebook/City of North Battleford)
Pride Week to include rainbow crosswalk, 'family-friendly' drag show
Pride Week plans are coming together as the date for the event nears.The festivities will run Monday, Aug. 19 to Sunday, Aug. 25.The LGBTQ Battlefords and Area Pride organizers expect a fun and inform...
Aug 11, 2019 The upcoming Battlefords Pride Week event will take place Aug. 19 to 25. The Pride parade is set for Aug. 24. (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Canada-wide warrant issued for seventh person charged in Laverdiere homicide
RCMP have charged and issued a Canada-wide warrant for a seventh person in connection to Tiki Laverdiere's death. Nikita Sandra Cook from the Onion Lake Cree Nation is charged with first-degree murder...
Aug 09, 2019 RCMP have issued a Canada-wide warrant for Nikita Sandra Cook. (supplied/RCMP)
Unity Golfer represents Saskatchewan at Canadian Amateur Championship
Over 260 of the top amateur golfers from across the country converged in Nova Scotia this week for the 115th Canadian Men's Amateur Championship from Aug. 5 to 8. Among them was Unity's Justin Wood, w...
Aug 09, 2019 Unity’s Justin Wood (left), pictured here alongside Prince Albert’s Danny Klughart (middle), and Eston’s Jehremy Ryde (right), as the three represented Team Saskatchewan at the event. (submitted photo/Justin Wood)
Public meeting on downtown parking will look to collect feedback for study
Those who want to address any concerns they may have about downtown parking are invited to attend an upcoming open house in North Battleford.Mayor Ryan Bater said residents and business people are wel...
Aug 08, 2019 The new parking lot in downtown North Battleford will begin requiring payment to park as of Sept. 1. (Tyler Marr/battlefordsNOW Staff)
RCMP ask for help identifying man using stolen credit card
Officers are asking the public to help identify a man committing fraud at several businesses in North Battleford. On June 26, the male suspect used a stolen credit card several times throughout the da...
Aug 08, 2019 RCMP are asking for help in identifying a man who used a stolen credit card at several businesses in North Battleford. (supplied/RCMP)
Suspect in Mark Douglas Jonson homicide remanded until late August
One of two men charged in the death of Mark Douglas Jonson made a brief court appearance in North Battleford on Thursday.Jonson, 61, was found dead at a home on 15 Ave. and 100 St. on July 5.David Kel...
Aug 08, 2019 Mark Douglas Jonson was found dead in a home on 15 Ave. and 100 St on July 5. (Tyler Marr/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Sixth suspect in Laverdiere homicide investigation remanded after first court appearance
The sixth person charged in connection to Tiki Laverdiere's death made her first court appearance on Thursday and will return at the end of August.Soaring Eagle Whitstone was arrested on Aug. 6 in Llo...
Aug 08, 2019
Live concert series a hit in the Battlefords
Downtown North Battleford at its finest. That's how Executive Director of the Downtown Business Improvement District (BID) Misty Lavertu described Wednesday's concert in Central Park. "It just gives e...
Aug 08, 2019 North Battleford’s Troy Wakelin, pictured here performing at Live at Lunch in Central Park Wednesday afternoon. (Martin Martinson/battlefordsNOW Staff)