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Local golfer represents Battlefords at Future Links
Battlefords' golfer Colby Friedrich was in Yorkton this weekend for the annual Future Links Prairie Championship. Featuring 46 golfers, aged 11 to 18, this year marked Friedrich's second time at the e...
Jun 17, 2019 Colby Friedrich, pictured here, in action in Yorkton over the weekend. (submitted photo/Clark Stork)
Street hockey tourney raises funds for mental health
Smiles, painted faces, and of course, a whole lot of stick and puck: that was the scene at the Civic Centre over the weekend. The Battlefords North Stars hosted their inaugural StarsStandStrong Youth ...
Jun 17, 2019 The inaugural StarsStandStrong street hockey tournament was a success by all counts, featuring over 30 participants and raising over $1,600 in the process. (Martin Martinson/battlefordsNOW Staff)
'He was ditched:' La Loche victim spiralled without support, now going to prison
A promising football player whose dreams of playing professionally were crushed after a deadly school shooting in northern Saskatchewan has been sent to prison and his family says it's because he didn...
Jun 16, 2019
Farmers Market links community with local business
For the second-straight year, the Territorial Drive Farmers Market is open Friday's throughout the summer from June 14 to Sept. 27 from 4 to 9 p.m. in the parking lot of Splish Splash Auto Wash. Featu...
Jun 14, 2019 Summer 2019 will mark the second year of the Territorial Drive Farmers Market, an event that has become an annual event after an outstanding turnout its first year held in the Battlefords. (Facebook/Territorial Drive Farmers Market)
City administration to meet with historic archives volunteer committee to assess needs
For Tammy Donahue Buziak, preserving history is her calling. She was employed for more than a decade as the archivist for the City of North Battleford Historic Archives at the Don Ross Centre since 20...
Jun 14, 2019 One of the many archival pictures from the City of North Battleford Historic Archives collection. (submitted photo/City of North Battleford Historic Archives)
Highway 7 to receive safety upgrades this summer
Highway 7 will be getting a safety facelift this summer.The plan is to overhaul the stretch of highway, which runs 261 kilometres from Saskatoon to the Alberta border, with major safety improvements t...
Jun 14, 2019 Work begins on the Highway 7 twinning project (supplied/Government of Saskatchewan)
HIV outbreak declared for North Battleford, syphilis outbreak for region
An HIV outbreak has been declared for North Battleford and a syphilis outbreak for the Battlefords and Lloydminster area due to a rising number of cases in recent months. The Saskatchewan Health Autho...
Jun 14, 2019 (107475067 © Kristen Prahl - Dreamstime.com)
Man alleges tire shot out while driving through intersection
Travis Cheyne was returning from a service call in his work van as he passed through the intersection of Territorial Drive and Highway 4 North. He heard a bang followed by a whistle and thought maybe ...
Jun 13, 2019 Travis Cheyne alleges his tire was shot out while driving through an intersection in North Battleford. (submitted photo/Travis Cheyne)
North Battleford man in France for FIFA Women's World Cup
A man from North Battleford is in France to cover the FIFA Women`s World Cup.Lee Kormish grew up in North Battleford and moved to Saskatoon to work as a freelance writer for the Star Phoenix. After a ...
Jun 13, 2019 North Battleford's Lee Kormish has gone from writing about minor soccer events to covering FIFA World Cups. (supplied photo/Lee Kormish)
North Stars' 'California Kid' commits to Arizona university
Following a Canalta Cup Championship in his final season at the Junior A level, North Stars' forward Ryan Gil has committed to Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, AZ for the fall of 2019. After just o...
Jun 13, 2019 Ryan Gil, pictured here against La Ronge, followed up a stellar regular season with an additional six points in the playoffs, and four in five games of the Anavet Cup. (Martin Martinson/battlefordsNOW Staff)