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Cross Country Skiing in Beautiful Nipawin
Did you know The Evergreen Centre now has cross country skis available to use? Check them out during office hours, Monday to Friday, 8:00-4:30 for a deposit, and check out the groomed ski trails locat...
Jan 21, 2020
Battleford crime stats show break and enters up, impaired driving and drug-related offences down
Break and enters are on the rise in Battleford but drug-related offences and impaired driving numbers are down.The latest RCMP report for the town reflects the fourth quarter, October to December 2019...
Jan 21, 2020 Battlefords RCMP Inspector Tom Beck updates town council on the RCMP’s latest findings for 2019 and the final quarter results during his presentation Monday. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Trump impeachment trial to begin with rules fight, long days
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's impeachment trial is set to unfold at the Capitol, a contentious proceeding over whether to remove him from office for pressuring Ukraine to investigate his Democ...
Jan 21, 2020
As virus spreads, anxiety rises in China and overseas
WUHAN, China - Face masks sold out and temperature checks at airports and train stations became the new norm as China strove Tuesday to control the outbreak of a new virus that has reached four other ...
Jan 21, 2020
Trump lauds US economy in Davos, says little on climate woes
DAVOS, Switzerland - President Donald Trump boasted Tuesday that he's led a "spectacular" turnaround of the U.S. economy and urged the world to invest in America, but had little to say about climate c...
Jan 21, 2020
Thunberg slams Davos elites on climate as Trump takes stage
DAVOS, Switzerland - Young climate activists including Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg told business and political elites gathered Tuesday at the World Economic Forum that they aren't doing enough to ...
Jan 21, 2020
Winfrey chooses the novel "American Dirt" for her book club
NEW YORK - Jeanine Cummins' "American Dirt," one of the year's most anticipated and debated novels, is Oprah Winfrey's new pick for her book club. "American Dirt," published Tuesday, tells of a bookst...
Jan 21, 2020
Stars dominate league honours for past week
The Battlefords North Stars made the most of a busy schedule last week, winning all four games the team played over five nights, to continue to stay hot atop the league standings. Tuesday saw the Nort...
Jan 21, 2020 The Battlefords North Stars were all over the league’s weekly accolades, celebrating the best and brightest from the past seven days. (Martin Martinson/battlefordsNOW Staff)
P.A. organizations discuss anti-gang strategy
P.A. community groups met on Monday to learn more about how they can work together to help a new anti-gang strategy coming to the city this spring.Among the nearly 100 people who filled the gym at the...
Jan 21, 2020 Dawn Robins (left) and Stan Tu’Inukuafe (right) take questions from the audience on the new anti-gang strategy. (Alison Sandstrom/paNOW Staff)
Pitt, Dern, 'Fleabag' win at Screen Actors Guild Awards
Brad Pitt, Laura Dern and "Fleabag" took home awards in the early going at the 26th Screen Actors Guild on Sunday. In an awards season with plenty of question marks, little has been more certain than ...
Jan 21, 2020