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Battlefords Barons return home for game two of post season tomorrow
The Battlefords Barons return to action tomorrow night for game two of their first round playoff series with the Martensville Marauders at Battleford Arena. The Marauders lead the series 1-0 after a 2...
Mar 06, 2019 The Battlefords Barons have seen a lot of young blood inserted into the lineup this year, with just three returning players from last season's team. (Martin Martinson/battlefordsNOW Staff) : Martin Martinson
‘We are building the Northwest’: College gathers input as it eyes potential new campus
Come 2020, shovels could be in the ground for a new North West College (NWC) campus in the Battlefords.Board Chair Byron Merkosky said the organization wants to have a business case for a potential ne...
Mar 06, 2019 North West College has gathered public feedback as they eye a potential new campus in North Battleford. (Tyler Marr/battlefordsNOW Staff) : Tyler Marr
City council renews contract for operation of Cosmopolitan Lodge
The city has opted to continue working with the same operator for the Cosmopolitan Lodge at Little Red River Park for another year, but says some changes are needed to make the facility more of a dest...
Mar 06, 2019 file photo/paNOW Staff
St. Patricks Day party set for next weekend at Melfort Post Office
St. Patrick's Day lands on a Sunday this year, which means many celebrations will be taking place on Saturday March 16. Thats's the case for the Melfort Business Revitalization Corporations (MBRC) St....
Mar 06, 2019 (Cam Lee/northeastNOW Staff)
Churchill students snowshoe to remote cabin for land-based education
Students at Churchill Community High School in La Ronge are being educated on subjects they can't learn in any classroom. Earlier this week, Grade 7 students were the first group from the school to jo...
Mar 06, 2019 Students have been visiting Churchill Community High School's cabin this week. (Facebook/Churchill Community High School)
Alouettes veteran lineman Brodeur-Jourdain enjoying solid CFL career
The Mr. Irrelevant of the 2008 CFL draft has quietly fashioned himself a solid career. Offensive lineman Luc Brodeur-Jourdain was the last player taken in that draft, going 48th overall to the Mo...
Mar 06, 2019
'Jeopardy!' host Alex Trebek says he has pancreatic cancer
LOS ANGELES - "Jeopardy!" host Alex Trebek says he has been diagnosed with advanced pancreatic cancer. In a video posted online Wednesday, the 78-year-old said he was announcing his illness directly t...
Mar 06, 2019
Manchester United stuns PSG 3-1 to reach CL quarterfinals.
PARIS - Marcus Rashford's injury-time penalty sent Manchester United through to the Champions League quarterfinals on Wednesday, securing a 3-1 win at Paris Saint-Germain to overturn a two-goal defici...
Mar 06, 2019
Michigan governor proposes nearly tripling the gas tax
LANSING, Mich. - New Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, who campaigned on a bold promise to "fix the damn roads" in the capital of the U.S. auto industry, will propose nearly tripling the state's per-gal...
Mar 06, 2019
Canada looking to add to medal haul at bobsled, skeleton world championships
WHISTLER, B.C. - Mirela Rahneva's heart thumped in her chest as she stood at the top of the sliding track in Whistler, B.C., last weekend. The Canadian skeleton athlete doesn't usually get anxiou...
Mar 06, 2019