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Provincial Snowmobile Festival set for end of February in Melfort

The 2020 Provincial Snowmobile Festival will be hosted by the Melfort and District Trail Riders (MDTR) on Feb. 28 and 29.The group is expecting between 250 and 270 snowmobile riders will attend.MDTR P...

Feb 11, 2020 (File photo/northeastNOW staff)

Picture Perfect Starts Tuesday

Are the winter blues getting to you? Why not come out and see LIVE theatre this month. The Battleford Community Players are presenting the mystery/thriller Picture Perfect starting TuesdayTickets avai...

Feb 11, 2020

Battlefords Legion Trade and Craft Show

The Battleford Legion will be holding a Trade/Craft Show on April 4th.We are looking for vendors who would like to come out and have fun as well as sell their wares. They can call Esther at 1-306-441-...

Feb 11, 2020

Northwest Community Lodge Association AGM

The Northwest Community Lodge Association Inc. Annual General Meeting is Monday, February 24 at 7:00 pm.This meeting will be help at the Lion's Den in the Meadow Lake MuseumThe Northwest Community Lod...

Feb 11, 2020

Above and below average temperatures on deck for Battlefords area this week

Residents of the Battlefords area should prepare for an up and down week temperature-wise.Starting the week off with above average temperatures, Monday and Tuesday have forecasted daytime highs of -3 ...

Feb 10, 2020 An Arctic ridge is set to bring cold temperatures through Saskatchewan. (ID 102786329 © Marian Vejcik | Dreamstime.com)

Gronlid Man Fined More Than $36,000 For Wildlife Trafficking

A Gronlid man recently pleaded guilty in Melfort Provincial Court to charges stemming from a five-year undercover investigation into illegal wildlife trafficking. In 2014, Ministry of Environment cons...

Feb 10, 2020

BRT6HC says help is there for people suffering from crystal meth addiction

Battle River Treaty 6 Health Centre (BRT6HC) is making efforts to increase education about the dangers of crystal methamphetamine, more commonly known as crystal meth. Wellness counsellors Jodie Ross ...

Feb 09, 2020 Crystal meth (Wikimedia Commons)

Prairie Women on Snowmobiles’ 20th trek raises nearly $100,000

After six days of sledding, Prairie Women on Snowmobiles raised $98,273.10 for breast cancer research and equipment.For 20 years, the non-profit organization's annual event takes 10 female snowmobile ...

Feb 09, 2020 Over $60,000 went to the Cancer Foundation of Saskatchewan following Prairie Women on Snowmobiles' 20th trek.(Facebook/Cancer Foundation of Saskatchewan)

Stars run up tab on Millionaires, close weekend with 5-1 win

Just a night after sweeping their season-series with Melfort, the Battlefords North Stars repeated the feat with Melville as well, to cap off their 'M&M homestand' this weekend in the Battlefords ...

Feb 09, 2020 Good times rolling: With their victory Saturday night, the North Stars have now won seven straight on home ice, and 14 of their last 16 games overall. (Martin Martinson/battlefordsNOW Staff)

Stars welcome Melville to town, hoping to pick Millionaires’ pocket

As teams around the league hit the final stretch drive of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) season, it's been a tale of two drastically different seasons for the Battlefords North Stars and...

Feb 08, 2020 Stars’ forward Ben Hiltz facing off with the Millionaires’ Jonathan Krahn. Hiltz has been a force of late, with goals in three straight for the Battlefords, adding seven points over the span. (Martin Martinson/battlefordsNOW Staff)