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First Nations Environmental Contaminants Program
Learn about the First Nations Environmental Contaminants Program (FNECP), who can apply for funding and how to apply. Indigenous Services Canada provides funding through the FNECP to help First Nation...
Dec 02, 2019
Dekker Centre Collection for Loraas Environmental Business Food Drive
Help us fill the Sleigh this Holiday Season.The Dekker Centre is a proud participant in the 2019 Business Food Drive! This December, we will be collecting donations for the Loraas Environmental Busine...
Dec 02, 2019
Battlefords Climate Action group walks to raise awareness on Global Climate Strike day
For Russell Charlton fighting climate change is an issue he feels passionate about today and for the future. That's why the Rural Municipality of Meota resident is among the volunteers in the new grou...
Nov 30, 2019 Russell Charlton, front left, and participants in the Battlefords Climate Action walk marched through downtown North Battleford Friday to raise awareness in an effort to help fight climate change. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Stars top Wings in Weyburn, cap road swing with 2-1 win
The Battlefords North Stars continued their scorching hot play of late Friday, as the team capped their three-in-three road swing by defeating the Weyburn Red Wings 2-1 at Crescent Point Place in Weyb...
Nov 29, 2019 Stars’ teammates Brett Gammer (#9), Dylan McCabe (#3) and Noah Form (#7) gather around forward Carson Reagan (#11) to celebrate, following Reagan’s shorthanded tally, which would prove to be the game-winner Friday night in Weyburn. (Martin Martinson/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Local support worker breaks barriers for Indigenous women and mothers
A local woman is breaking barriers as a recent graduate from the Indigenous Birth Support Worker Program. Dalanie Wahobin grew up in Meadow Lake and Waterhen Lake. She is among the first Indigenous wo...
Nov 29, 2019 Dalanie Wahobin, 28, is among the first to graduate from the Indigenous Birth Support Worker Program offered at the Gabriel Dumont Institute in October 2019. (submitted photo/ Dalanie Wahobin)
Festival of Trees holiday fundraiser for BUH Foundation kicks off Friday
What is silver and gold and dazzles the eyes of children each year this time in the Battlefords?It's the Festival of Trees.The popular holiday fundraiser to support the Battlefords Union Hospital Foun...
Nov 29, 2019 Decorating co-chairs, left to right, Louise Erbach, Koreen Lawrence and Janelle Cox get ready for the 2019 Festival of Trees that takes place at the Western Development Museum from Nov. 29 to Dec. 5. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Sober Walk promotes healing during Addictions Awareness Week
Supporters took to the streets of Battleford Thursday as a sign of solidarity for what was called a Sober Walk to promote wellness.The event marked National Addictions Awareness Week (NAAW) that runs ...
Nov 29, 2019 A Sober Walk was held to mark National Addictions Awareness Week in Battleford Thursday. (Submitted photo/Kanaweyimik Child and Family Services)
Reunion scheduled to celebrate the first 10 years of North Battleford Comprehensive High School
Next summer in the Battlefords will be one for the history books, quite literally.The Come Together North Battleford Comprehensive High School (NBCHS) Committee will host the past alumni of NBCHS clas...
Nov 29, 2019 Co-chairperson Robert Coates outside NBCHS. (supplied photo/Robert Coates)
North Stars fly into Weyburn for dual with Red Wings
As the Battlefords North Stars return to action Friday night to cap off their three-in-three road swing this week, the night's action will also mark the midway checkpoint of the season. Friday's conte...
Nov 29, 2019 Pictured here: Stars’ forward, Brett Gammer (#9) tangles with the Wings’ Nikolas Sombrowski (#81) in a prior season-series matchup. Friday night should be another hotly-contested game against two competitive clubs. (Martin Martinson/battlefordsNOW Staff)
First Nations communities calling for government support for suicide problems
Chiefs and council members from Saskatchewan First Nations communities gathered for a media conference at the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) office in Saskatoon on Thursday.Among th...
Nov 29, 2019 Makwa Sahgaiehcan Chief Ron Mitsuing (left), FSIN Vice-Chief David Pratt (middle) and Fond du Lac Chief Louis Mercredi (right) gathered at the FSIN office in Saskatoon to address the growing suicide concerns in Saskatchewan First Nations communities on Nov. 28, 2019. (Harrison Brooks/650 CKOM)