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Northern Welcome Toastmasters Open House
Northern Welcome Toastmasters is having an open house at the Alex Robertson Public Library on Monday, March 25 at 6:45 pm and you are invited!The meeting's theme is public speaking.
Mar 19, 2019

Lenten Services Continue at Melfort Roman Catholic Church
Lenten Services continue at Melfort's Our Lady of Consolation Roman Catholic Church.Please see the poster below for full details.
Mar 19, 2019

Tunisian billionaire who fled Canada ahead of 2016 deportation arrested in France
MONTREAL - An elusive Tunisian billionaire who disappeared from Canada as he was set to be deported to his homeland in 2016 has resurfaced and is under arrest in France. Belhassen Trabe...
Mar 19, 2019

Raptors Uprising to face old foe in 2019 season opener of NBA 2K League
TORONTO - Raptors Uprising GC will renew acquaintances with Cavs Legion GC, the team that knocked it out of the 2018 playoffs, in its 2019 NBA 2K League season opener April 11. Raptors Uprising o...
Mar 19, 2019

Canadian shockers: Andreescu becomes latest underdog to stun sporting world
Bianca Andreescu's run to the BNP Paribas Open title on in Indian Wells, Calif., certainly goes down as a major surprise. As Martina Navratilova told BT Sport in England after Andreescu's win ove...
Mar 19, 2019

Skate Battlefords Skater Showcase 2019
The Skate Battlefords Skater Showcase 2019 is March 24 at 2:00 p.m. at the North Battleford Civic Centre.The show starts at 2:00 p.m.See the poster below.
Mar 19, 2019

Five arrested near Loon Lake after Mounties deploy spike belt
Five people were taken into custody after police deployed a spike belt on a vehicle that fled a traffic stop last weekend.The incident began around 10:50 p.m. on March 17 when members of the F divisio...
Mar 19, 2019 (submitted photo/Canadian Press)

Kenney lieutenant denies running "puppet" candidate in party leadership race
EDMONTON - The staffer at the centre of a spreading scandal over Alberta's United Conservative leadership race says party leader Jason Kenney's team did not direct and prop up a bogus c...
Mar 19, 2019

Stars aim to keep rolling as series shifts to Flin Flon for Game 3
Holding a 2-0 series lead over the Flin Flon Bombers in their first round quarter-final matchup, the Battlefords North Stars hit the road for game three tonight, as the series shifts to the Whitney Fo...
Mar 19, 2019 North Stars’ forward MacGregor Sinclair and Bombers’ forward Nate Hooper have gone head-to-head often throughout the first two games of the series. (Martin Martinson/battlefordsNOW Staff)

Food bank happy to get donation
The Prince Albert Food Bank has received a large donation from a local business.Tuesday morning Wes Erlendson, the owner of Safeway in P.A., presented Kerry Ramsdell, operations manager of the food ba...
Mar 19, 2019 Wes Erlendson, right, presents the gift cards to Kerry Ramsdell. (Michael Joel-Hansen/paNOW Staff)