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North Stars share favourite holiday traditions

From turkey dinners with the family, to snowball fights, Christmas movies, and vacation plans, there's plenty of excitement that comes with the holiday season. That's why battlefordsNOW reporter and v...

Dec 24, 2022

Extreme cold warning continues in Battlefords-Meadow Lake area

People will want to put on their woolies if they need to go outside in the Battlefords-Meadow Lake area. Environment and Climate Change Canada reports an extreme cold warning has been issued for the a...

Dec 23, 2022

Combines, Beaver Blues tangle for seasonal bash in N.B.

It will be an all-local senior hockey showdown Friday night at the Access Communications Centre, to bring in the holiday season in the Sask Prairie Hockey League. The Meota Combines (3-1) will host th...

Dec 23, 2022

North Stars reflect on first goal milestones (Part 2)

The holiday season is a time to look back and reminisce on milestones from the past year, and in junior hockey, few stand out as more memorable than a player scoring their first career goal.The follow...

Dec 22, 2022

North Stars reflect on first goal milestones (Part 1)

The holiday season is a time to look back and reminisce on milestones from the past year, and in junior hockey, few stand out as more memorable than a player scoring their first career goal.At the Chr...

Dec 22, 2022

Santa makes a visit to the Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital

Kids at the Jim Pattison Children's Hospital received a special visit from good ol' St. Nick.Santa Claus recently made a special trip to visit the children, families, and moms-to-be in the hospital. Y...

Dec 22, 2022

SARM president says new provincial tax change will hurt rural municipalities

Rural municipalities in Saskatchewan previously had the ability to tax commercial property at nines times the rate that they've been allowed to tax agricultural property.That ratio has now been lowere...

Dec 22, 2022

Over 500 complaints made this year by Pine Grove inmates, ministry confirms

Over the course of 11 months this year, there have been 512 formal complaints issued by inmates at the Pine Grove Correctional Centre in Prince Albert.That's according to information provided to paNOW...

Dec 21, 2022

AAA Sharks to host annual Alumni Game Wednesday

The Battlefords AAA Sharks will hold their annual Alumni Game Wednesday night at Battleford Arena, with proceeds in support of the local food bank. First started in the 2014-15 season, the Sharks' Alu...

Dec 21, 2022

Twinkle Tours, People's Choice winners announced

There were some new and some familiar faces when the winners were announced at the City of North Battleford's Twinkle Tours awards celebration, during "Light Up The Night" Tuesday.The awards event to ...

Dec 21, 2022