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NW College course removes guess-work from summer cooking, food preparation
While dining out in an upscale restaurant or grabbing a burger at a summer barbecue bash is usually a highlight of the week for most people, if it ends with a case of food poisoning, that will will le...
Jun 13, 2019 (Valery Kudryavtsev /Dreamstime.com)
Regional crop growth slow, more rain needed
Rain in much of the region over the last week was welcomed by producers, but moisture is still needed in some areas where rain did not fall. The province's latest crop report for the northwest region ...
Jun 13, 2019 (Alice McFarlane/farmnewsNOW Staff)
North Battleford man wanted for arson, firearms offences
A 33-year-old North Battleford man is wanted by the RCMP for arson, uttering threats, failing to comply with a court order, pointing a firearm and other firearm offences.Kevin Richard Petit is five-fo...
Jun 13, 2019 Kevin Richard Petit is wanted by Battlefords RCMP. (supplied/Battlefords RCMP)
Mosquito First Nation appoints first female senator
Elder Jenny Spyglass has become the first female appointed to Battlefords Agency Tribal Council (BATC) and Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) Senate from Mosquito Grizzly Bear's Head Le...
Jun 12, 2019 Chief Tanya Aguilar-Antiman (holding the microphone), alongside Jenny Spyglass (right), as the latter became the first female senator from Mosquito Grizzly Bears Head Lean Man First Nation. (Martin Martinson/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Husky to pay $3.82M in penalties after guilty plea in 2016 oil spill
A judge has accepted a joint submission that will see Husky Oil Operations pay $3.82 million in fines for charges stemming from a 2016 oil spill near Maidstone.The company pleaded guilty to three envi...
Jun 12, 2019 Images submitted to court show an overhead view of the bridge over Highway 21 and oil slicks in the North Saskatchewan River. (submitted/Saskatchewan Courts)
Agriculture Canada launches three new radar satellites
Canada is set to launch three new satellites into orbit today as part of the RADARSAT Constellation Mission, or RCM for short. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada are working together with groups of scie...
Jun 12, 2019 The three RADARSAT Constellation Mission (RCM) satellites are being prepared for their launch aboard a Falcon 9 rocket at the SpaceX facilities at the Vandenberg Air Force Base. (submitted photo/Canadian Space Agency)
Colten Boushie documentary to screen at Capitol Theatre in June
A documentary that follows the late Colten Boushie's family on their quest for justice in the legal system will screen at the Capitol Theatre in late June. Tasha Hubbard's nipawistamasowin: We Will St...
Jun 12, 2019 The family and Legal Counsel in Parliamentary Press Conference. (supplied photo/George Hupka)
Renaming of lakes a step forward for MMIWG Inquiry report: Indigenous lawyer
Kellie Wuttunee looks resolved as she stands beside a body of water that now bears a new name - Kikiskitotawnawak Iskwak Lakes - which means 'We Remember the Women' or 'We Honour the Women' in Cree.As...
Jun 11, 2019 Women join in song at lake renaming ceremony, Tuesday. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Teepee monument, giant wind chime coming to Onion Lake
The sounds of silver spoons will be representative of community identity in Onion Lake.The Onion Lake community is coming together, with the support of the Virtues and Community Belonging Project, to ...
Jun 11, 2019 Members of the Virtues and Community Belonging Project on the site where the teepee will be built. (Facebook/Onion Lake RCMP)
Orcas swim team making waves
The Battlefords Orcas Swim Club has thrived as of late, having set several individual and club records over the last two weekends in Regina and Saskatoon. Sixteen-year-old Jael Basaraba went six-for-s...
Jun 11, 2019 (Pictured left to right): Reece Sommerfeld, Jael Basaraba, Sienna Sommerfeld, Rowan Tkatchuk, at the Orcas’ recent swim meet in Regina. (submitted photo/John McLeod)