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NB celebrates Francophonie Week

Local members of the Francophone community were in a festive mood outside city hall Friday for the official start of Francophonie Week in North Battleford. cole Pre Mercure students, and Centre franco...

Mar 01, 2019 École Père Mercure students and supporters gather outside city hall Friday to raise the Fransaskois flag to mark Francophonie Week in North Battleford. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff) : Angela Brown

Edam voted Saskatchewan's coldest rink

The people have spoken and Edam has been crowned the Coldest Barn in Saskatchewan. For twenty days, people were tweeting, voting and sharing their stories of cold rinks around the province.A Twitter p...

Mar 01, 2019 Edam was voted the #SKColdestBarn in February poll conducted on Twitter and battlefordsNOW (Brady Lang/battlefordsNOW staff) : Brady Lang

Library circulation down slightly but e-resources, programming strong

The North Battleford library has seen some impact in its numbers as a result of downtown construction last summer, but overall, it has performed well in 2018, based on the board's latest report.Librar...

Mar 01, 2019 North Battleford library’s 2018 year-end numbers saw a slight impact from last summer’s construction work downtown but overall had a good year. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff) : Angela Brown

La Ronge Winter Festival

FINAL UPDATE (as of March 1) Find below the Lac La Ronge Winter Festival Poster.This is Northern Saskatchewan's Premiere Winter Event hosted by JRMCC Sports & Recreation. Check out our Facebook pa...

Mar 01, 2019 : Karen Cay

Student Ice Fishing Derby

There will be a Saulteaux First Nation and Mosquito First Nation Student Ice Fishing Derby on Thursday, March 14 at Murray Lake with registration between 9 and 11:00 a.m.The fee is $5.00 per student.F...

Mar 01, 2019 : Karen Cay

Want To See Bryan Adams Or Shawn Mendes In Saskatoon?

Tickets to the Bryan Adams concert in July go on sale this Friday, March 1, 2019, and tickets to the Shawn Mendes concert in June go on sale this Saturday, March 2, 2019. The Consumer Protection Divis...

Mar 01, 2019 : Karen Cay

Two schools selected for provincial student mental health project

Two high schools in North Battleford have received funding to deliver mental health promotion and prevention programs for students.On Wednesday, the provincial government announced a pilot project cal...

Feb 28, 2019 Two North Battleford high schools were selected to be part of a mental health pilot project. (Brady Bateman/The Press) : Tyler Marr

Skijorning at Valley Equestrian Centre

It's back!! Welcome to our second annual VEC Skijoring Competition! The competition has been streamlined this year with some improvements made from your feedback from our first attempt at bringing thi...

Feb 28, 2019 : Karen Cay

North Battleford Friendship Centre Feast

The North Battleford Friendship Centre is hosting its First Annual Feast on Tuesday, March 9 starting at 1:00 p.m. Please bring your own containers and soup bowls for take home food.Everyone is welcom...

Feb 28, 2019 : Karen Cay

Shamrockin' Comedy Night

Look forward to the Shamrockin' Comedy Night on Saturday, March 16 at the Don Ross Centre, featuring comedian Kelly Taylor with music by Stereo Playground.See the poster for full details.

Feb 28, 2019 : Karen Cay