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Christmas Traditions: Part I

While we're not out of the woods yet, battlefordsNOW has chosen to produce our usual series of end-of-year stories with a focus on hope and the future.Like most of the western world, families in the B...

Dec 24, 2020

Missing 14-year-old girl

UPDATE: RCMP reported Thursday afternoon that Shailynn Badger was found safe.--Prince Albert RCMP are requesting the public's assistance in locating 14-year-old Shailynn Badger of Sturgeon Lake First ...

Dec 24, 2020

Additional Christmas mass times at Melfort Catholic Church to abide by COVID-19 restrictions

The Roman Catholic Church in Melfort has added mass times for the holiday season in an effort to accommodate attendees. Needless to say things will be very different in line with COVID-19 protocols.Ou...

Dec 24, 2020

A hometown boy's journey to the Stars

Ever since he can remember, the winter season has been synonymous with hockey for Battlefords hometown product, Jake Southgate. The North Stars first-year player grew up on a farm, just 20 minutes sou...

Dec 24, 2020

Hope and the Future: NCHCF takes positives from 2020, looking for more normalcy in 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic makes 2020 a year many may prefer to forget but there is hope for the future. We've decided to make that the focus of our series of end-of-year stories.Even outside of the curren...

Dec 24, 2020

Hope and the Future: NAR optimistic for future growth

The COVID-19 pandemic makes 2020 a year many may prefer to forget but there is hope for the future. We've decided to make that the focus of our series of end-of-year stories.Northern Animal Rescue (NA...

Dec 24, 2020

Royal LePage Hodgins Realty in Melfort makes generous community donations ahead of Christmas

Royal LePage Hodgins Realty got into the giving spirit leading up to Christmas.The Real Estate company in Melfort provided over $4000 to charities and organizations in the area in their 12 days of Chr...

Dec 24, 2020

Christmas recommendations from Northwest area JPBG staff

The COVID-19 pandemic makes 2020 a year many may prefer to forget. While we're not out of the woods yet, paNOW/battlefordsNOW/meadowlakeNOW/northeastNOW/farnmnewsNOW has chosen to produce our usual se...

Dec 24, 2020

Hope and the Future: SPCA looking forward to doing more fundraisers in the new year

The COVID-19 pandemic makes 2020 a year many may prefer to forget, but there is hope for the future. We've decided to make that the focus of our series of end-of-year stories.The Prince Albert SPCA vo...

Dec 24, 2020

Santa spotted in Prince Albert on Christmas Eve Eve

Nobody expected to see Santa standing at the corner of 15th Street and Sixth Avenue on a Wednesday afternoon in Prince Albert, but there he was, waving to cars and handing out candy canes from a safe ...

Dec 23, 2020