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Saskatchewan comedian returning to Shamrockin' Comedy Night
An evening of fun and laughter is promised ahead of the 2019 Shamrockin' Comedy Night on March 16. The third-annual event, put on by the Battlefords United Way, will showcase Prince Albert comedian Ke...
Mar 07, 2019 Kelly Taylor is bringing his act back to the Battlefords for the Shamrockin' Comedy Night. (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff) : Brady Lang
Blurring the lines of creative weaving
An art exhibition at the Chapel Gallery in North Battleford that embraces a new ideology for an old art form was held over to Saturday due to popular demand.Artist Judi Gay's creates Saori weavings fo...
Mar 06, 2019 Artist Judi Gay, standing left, at her No Roadmap Required show on now at the Chapel Gallery until Saturday. (submitted photo/Leah Garven) : Angela Brown
Battlefords Barons return home for game two of post season tomorrow
The Battlefords Barons return to action tomorrow night for game two of their first round playoff series with the Martensville Marauders at Battleford Arena. The Marauders lead the series 1-0 after a 2...
Mar 06, 2019 The Battlefords Barons have seen a lot of young blood inserted into the lineup this year, with just three returning players from last season's team. (Martin Martinson/battlefordsNOW Staff) : Martin Martinson
‘We are building the Northwest’: College gathers input as it eyes potential new campus
Come 2020, shovels could be in the ground for a new North West College (NWC) campus in the Battlefords.Board Chair Byron Merkosky said the organization wants to have a business case for a potential ne...
Mar 06, 2019 North West College has gathered public feedback as they eye a potential new campus in North Battleford. (Tyler Marr/battlefordsNOW Staff) : Tyler Marr
Rally for emergency responders planned for Thursday
Local residents travelling through the Blaine Lake area Thursday evening will want to look out for emergency responders taking part in the Light Up the Night Rally.The second annual event aims to rais...
Mar 06, 2019 The annual Light up the Night Rally will take place Thursday in Blaine Lake. (submitted photo/Karleigh Warkentin) : Angela Brown
Battlefords home sales off to slow start in 2019
Home sales are off to a slow start in the Battlefords.As of the end of February, just 32 homes sold in the region, a 25.6 per cent decline year-over-year, according to the latest numbers from the Sask...
Mar 05, 2019 Home sales are off to a weak start for 2019 in the Battlefords. (file photo/LethbridgeNewsNOW) : Tyler Marr
Carbon Tax incoming
Saskatchewan residents will soon start seeing changes to their SaskEnergy and SaskPower bills.According to a media release, starting April 1, the Federal Carbon Tax will be applied to all bills receiv...
Mar 04, 2019 (File photo/paNOW Staff)
Telemiracle 43 raises more than $5 million
People in Saskatchewan stepped up to ring those phones for the province's favourite annual telethon.Telemiracle 43 wrapped up Sunday at TCU Place after raising $5,619,214 over the course of the weeken...
Mar 03, 2019 Telemiracle 43 wrapped up at TCU Place in Saskatoon on March 3, 2019. (Telemiracle/Facebook) : Tyler Marr
Falk says JWR testimony shows 'inappropriate, potentially illegal' actions by PM, staff
In the wake of scathing testimony from Jody Wilson-Raybould in the SNC-Lavalin affair, Battlefords - Lloydminster MP Rosemarie Falk says the prime minister allowed his own political motivations to tak...
Mar 01, 2019 Battlefords - Lloydminster MP Rosemarie Falk. (File photo/battlefordsNOW staff) : Tyler Marr
Coverchuk suspended from PBR pending outcome of criminal charges
A well known Saskatchewan bull rider has been suspended from the professional circuit pending the result of criminal charges brought against him.Meadow Lake's Cody Coverchuk was arrested on Dec. 14, w...
Feb 28, 2019 Meadow Lake's Cody Coverchuk has been suspended from the PBR circuit indefinitely, pending the outcome of criminal charges against him. (file photo/meadowlakeNOW Staff) : Tyler Marr