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Carrot River holding mayoral byelection on Friday
Residents of Carrot River will be able to cast their ballot for mayor on Friday, May 8.The candidates in the mayoral byelection are Acting Mayor Ila Boehm and Brock Irvine.The byelection was slated fo...
May 06, 2020 (File photo/northeastNOW Staff)
Downtown building receiving makeover
A downtown apartment building, across from Gateway Mall, is receiving a second lease on life.The James Nisbet building at 80 13th St. W, has been boarded up for months. On Wednesday, paNOW was able to...
May 06, 2020 Workers have been busy for months at the James Nisbet apartments. (NIgel Maxwell/paNOW Staff)
Personal services prepare for second phase of Re-Open Sask. plan
This week marked the beginning of Saskatchewan's reopening process, but many business owners have their sights set on May 19.Phase two involves a broader partial open, which includes retail stores and...
May 06, 2020 Personal services, such as salons, are getting ready for a potential open May 19th. (Josh Ryan/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Public health order exemptions removed for La Ronge and Stony Rapids
An exemption to a public health order placed on La Ronge and Stony Rapids was removed Wednesday.That means effectively immediately no person should travel to or out of the Northern Saskatchewan Admini...
May 06, 2020 The exemption was intially placed on La Ronge last week. (submitted photo/Tammy Cook-Searson)
Local officials working to fix damaged York Boat and sign
The City of Prince Albert is working to deal with damage done to Rotary Park.A driver collided with the park's sign and the York Boat damaging both. City parks manager Tim Yeaman explained they are wo...
May 06, 2020 The York Boat in Rotary Park was damaged after a driver hit it. (Ron Quaroni/paNOW Staff)
Northern fishers seek aid as COVID-19 shuts down market
The fishing industry across northern Saskatchewan is facing an uncertain year because of COVID-19. With restaurants closed there are no orders of their product coming in, hundreds of livelihoods are i...
May 06, 2020
Analysis: The NBA is proceeding with extreme caution
The NBA says some players can voluntarily return to their team practice facilities starting on Friday, with some very specific conditions and only in places where local and state governments have sign...
May 06, 2020
Kraftwerk co-founder Florian Schneider-Esleben dies aged 73
BERLIN - Florian Schneider-Esleben, a co-founder of German electronic music pioneers Kraftwerk, has died, record label Sony said Wednesday. He was 73. Citing fellow group founder Ralf Huetter, Sony sa...
May 06, 2020
Israeli Supreme Court: Netanyahu may form government
JERUSALEM - Israel's Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may form a new government while under indictment for corruption charges, clearing the way for him and his main...
May 06, 2020
Local high schools plan for unique grad celebrations amid COVID-19 restrictions
As the spring season continues to roll along, and the summer months inch even closer, the subject of graduation has been a pressing one on the minds of staff and families alike at the local Battleford...
May 06, 2020 There may not be a traditional tossing of the caps for this year’s graduating class due to social distancing protocol and large group restrictions; but members of the NBCHS and JPII grad committees are going to do everything they can to make the day a special celebration for the 2020 graduating class (Facebook/JPII)