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Humboldt remembers and moves forward in 2019
The City of Humboldt welcomed in business, started and completed projects, and said goodbye one more time in 2019.April 6 marked the first anniversary of the Humboldt Broncos bus crash that killed 16 ...
Dec 27, 2019 (Liam Richards/The Canadian Press).
5 Financial Goals to Set Right Now That Will Help You Reduce Your Debt
Mortgage debt, ongoing credit card balances, vehicle loans, lines of credit, payday loans...there is no denying that debt (in one form or another) is a reality for most Canadian families. Almost all r...
Dec 27, 2019
Year in Review: Homicide investigations lead Battlefords crime
When it comes to crime, this past year has been a difficult one in the Battlefords area, particularly when referring to the number of homicide investigations. Maclean's Magazine once again listed Nort...
Dec 26, 2019 A total of eight different people are facing charges in connection to the death of 25-year old Tiki Laverdiere. (submitted photo/Battlefords RCMP)
Local sports highlights from 2019 (Pt. 2/2)
It was a big year for local sports in 2019, with a number of championships won, and memorable moments made. Here is Part 2 of a battlefordsNOW series highlighting some of the top stories from the past...
Dec 26, 2019 Pictured Top left to right: Battlefords Trappers, Jordin Wilkinson. Bottom left to right: NBCHS senior girls, JPII senior boys. (File photos/battlefordsNOW)
"A year of change": P.A. police chief reflects on 2019
Prince Albert's Police Chief is the first to admit there were a number of highlights and challenges for his staff in 2019. Among the biggest and obvious changes for Bergen himself was settling into th...
Dec 26, 2019 Prince Albert Police Chief Jon Bergen. (Nigel Maxwel/ paNOW Staff)
Year in Review: First all-female surgical team at Melfort hospital delivers baby girl
northeastNOW is taking a look back at the biggest and most interesting stories of 2019, as selected by our newsroom:--History was made at the Melfort hospital this year.The first all-female surgical t...
Dec 25, 2019 The first all-female surgical team at Melfort hospital delivered a baby girl in November. (Facebook/Saskatchewan Health Authority)
Sports Year in Review: Mustangs memorable run to SJHL Finals
northeastNOW is taking a look back at the biggest and most interesting sports stories of 2019, as selected by our sports reporters Mat Barrett and Aaron Schulze:--The Melfort Mustangs trip to the Sask...
Dec 25, 2019 The Mustangs swarm goalie Noah Giesbrecht after winning Game 6 of the semi-finals in Estevan on April 7, punching their ticket to the finals. (Mat Barrett/northeastNOW Staff)
Local sports highlights from 2019 (Pt. 1/2)
It was a big year for local sports in 2019, with a number of championships won, and memorable moments made. Here is Part 1 of a battlefordsNOW series highlighting some of the top stories from the past...
Dec 25, 2019 There was no shortage of exciting and intriguing storylines around the local sporting world through 2019. Pictured top left to right: BMF Bucks, Levi Scherman and Cory Wouters,. Pictured bottom left to right: Chance and Wyatt Fennig, Biggar Nationals. (File photos/battlefordsNOW)
Sports Year in Review; Gavel wins Parapan Am gold
Prince Albert's Erica Gavel winning Parapan Am gold makes our Top Sports Stories for 2019. Gavel and Team Canada defeated the United States 67-64 on Aug. 30 to win the Women's Wheelchair Basketball go...
Dec 25, 2019 Erica Gavel (top middle) with her Parapan Am gold medal. (Twitter/Canadian Wheelchair Basketball)
City adds extra holiday waste collection dates
The holidays are a season of food, family and festivities, but after all the food is eaten and the gifts are unwrapped, it can also be a season of extra waste. To help with the post-Christmas cleanup ...
Dec 25, 2019 The city of Prince Albert is providing extra recycling, garbage pickup during holidays. (file photo/paNOW Staff)