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Danish Home Bakery vying for title of sweetest in Canada

Every morning at 2:30 a.m., North Battleford's Andy Thiell begins his workday at the Danish Home Bakery, rolling dough for the day ahead. As the owner and operator, Thiell is joined not long after, an...

Jul 22, 2019 Andy Thiell, owner and operator of Danish Home Bakery in North Battleford. (Tyler Marr/battlefordsNOW Staff)

Western Canadian comedy tour coming to North Battleford

They say laughter is the best medicine, and now it will also support local charities.The Human Condition Comedy Tour will begin this fall. The tour will consist of three comedians traveling all across...

Jul 22, 2019 The Human Condition Comedy Tour. (submitted photo/Scott Porteous)

North Battleford woman charged in death of Tiki Laverdiere

A North Battleford woman is facing charges in relation to the death of Tiki Brook-Lyn Laverdiere. The Saskatchewan RCMP arrested 27-year-old Shayla Orthner on July 20 and charged her with first-degree...

Jul 22, 2019 Edmonton woman Tiki Laverdiere, 25, was last seen in North Battleford. (supplied photo/Battlefords RCMP)

Ukrainian group selling Slava community hall in N.B.

For John Sendecki and his wife Olga, saying goodbye to The Ukrainian Slava Centre will be bittersweet.They know there aren't enough members to raise funds to sustain the building. But they have cheris...

Jul 22, 2019 Olga, left, and John Sendecki, at The Ukrainian Slava Centre in North Battleford, Monday. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff)

Aquatic centre to host Shark Week themed activities

The Discovery Channel will not be the only ones celebrating Shark Week.The Battlefords CO-OP Aquatic Centre is hosting two Shark Week themed events on Wednesday and Thursday.On July 24, they will pres...

Jul 22, 2019 (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)

Crime rate rose in 2018 but country still safer than a decade ago, StatCan says

OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says the country's crime rate ticked up again in 2018, for a fourth year in a row, though it was still lower than it was a decade ago.The severity of crime also rose by two ...

Jul 22, 2019

Preliminary talks underway as firm proposes building fish processing plant in region

An Ottawa-based firm is in talks with First Nations members to form a partnership and develop a fish processing plant in the area.Rod Gopher, a business advisor for the Indigenous parties, confirmed t...

ICYMI: Top stories of the week around the Battlefords

Here is a look at what made headlines in and around the Battlefords from July 13 to 19.Top trending stories on battlefordsNOW for July 15 to 19.Remains found outside North Battleford identified as Tik...

Jul 19, 2019

Locals reflect on moon landing a half-century on

It was July 16, 1969 when Neil Armstrong, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin and Michael Collins blasted off into space on the Saturn V - the most powerful rocket ever built by man.Days later on July 20, the lunar l...

Jul 19, 2019 The front page of the Prince Albert Daily Herald the day after the moon landing in 1969. (Bill Smiley/P.A. Daily Herald/Prince Albert Historical Society)

Probable tornado touch down in Red Pheasant Cree Nation: EnviroCan

Environment Canada said a tornado likely touched down on the Red Pheasant Cree Nation Thursday evening as a severe thunderstorm moved through the area.The agency's weather summary said the probable to...

Jul 19, 2019 A tornado touched down on the Red Pheasant Cree Nation. (supplied/Precious Baptiste)