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Medics and lifeguards team up to educate public

Swimmers at Kinsmen Water Park got to see lifeguards and paramedics in action Tuesday afternoon.As part of National Drowning Prevention Week, Parkland Ambulance and lifeguards at the water park showed...

Jul 23, 2019 Parkland Ambulance loads the injured swimmer onto a stretcher to cap off the demonstration (Michael Joel-Hansen/paNOW Staff)

Friendship Centre breaks ground on new daycare facility

The Battlefords Indian and Mtis Friendship Centre held a sod-turning ceremony to announce the start of a project to build a new daycare.Executive director Jackie Kennedy said it was a good time to lau...

Jul 23, 2019 The Battlefords Indian and Métis Friendship Centre executive director (ED) Jackie Kennedy centre, with assistant to the executive director Kathy Whitford, left, and Shari Lessard, from the Ministry of Education Early Years branch, right, take part in a sod-turning ceremony Tuesday, at the site of a planned new daycare facility. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff)

Local basketball player commits to Thompson Rivers

If you do what you love, all the hours of hard work don't feel so much like work.For local basketball player Jordin Wilkinson, the journey to where she is now, committed to the Thompson Rivers Univers...

Jul 23, 2019 Jordin Wilkinson, who played most recently for the Quest University Kermodes, will trade in her green jersey for the black and orange of the Thompson Rivers Wolfpack come September. (submitted photo/Jordin Wilkinson)

FSIN Youth Softball Championships

The FSIN Youth Softball Championships will be August 9 - 11 at Max Power Ball Parks and Crescent Acres Park.This event is hosted by the Lac La Ronge Indian Band. See the poster for details.

Jul 23, 2019

Fairy Garden Workshop

Register for this workshop and learn the art of making your own fairy garden on July 27th from 1- 4:00 p.m.All materials are provided. This program is for those ages 13+.

Jul 23, 2019

Food bank in need of donations as shelves run low

An average of 50 hampers filled with food go out the doors of the Battlefords District Food and Resource Centre each day.That serves about 2,000 people a month, over half of which are children. Howeve...

Jul 22, 2019 The food bank has cut back on the number of items it puts in hampers as the shelves run thin. (Tyler Marr/battlefordsNOW Staff)

Danish Home Bakery vying for title of sweetest in Canada

Every morning at 2:30 a.m., North Battleford's Andy Thiell begins his workday at the Danish Home Bakery, rolling dough for the day ahead. As the owner and operator, Thiell is joined not long after, an...

Jul 22, 2019 Andy Thiell, owner and operator of Danish Home Bakery in North Battleford. (Tyler Marr/battlefordsNOW Staff)

One small step for respectability, one giant step for a crossover

It would be fair to call the 2019 Saskatchewan Roughriders, or any CFL team, a work in progress at this point in the season.The Riders were facing a home and home series with the BC Lions with the pot...

Jul 22, 2019

Western Canadian comedy tour coming to North Battleford

They say laughter is the best medicine, and now it will also support local charities.The Human Condition Comedy Tour will begin this fall. The tour will consist of three comedians traveling all across...

Jul 22, 2019 The Human Condition Comedy Tour. (submitted photo/Scott Porteous)

Ukrainian group selling Slava community hall in N.B.

For John Sendecki and his wife Olga, saying goodbye to The Ukrainian Slava Centre will be bittersweet.They know there aren't enough members to raise funds to sustain the building. But they have cheris...

Jul 22, 2019 Olga, left, and John Sendecki, at The Ukrainian Slava Centre in North Battleford, Monday. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff)