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Perseid meteor shower set to peak tonight

One of the best annual astronomical events will light up the sky this week. The summertime meteor shower, the Perseid, is set to peak Aug. 12 and 13. Though already underway, as Earth moves further in...

Aug 12, 2019 (Brady Bateman/paNOW Staff)

Adult dodgeball league returns to NationsWEST Field House

If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball.Battle In The Fords is an adult dodgeball league at the NationsWest Field House. It will consist of six to 12 teams with six to 12 players per team. Tea...

Aug 12, 2019 Games every Monday night from Sept. 16 to Oct. 28 (Facebook/City of North Battleford)

Polka Festival in Prince Albert

Look forward to the Prince Albert Polka Festival at the Prince Albert Exhibition Centre August 23 until 25th.There are great events happening each day with full service RV Camping on site.See the post...

Aug 12, 2019

Pride Week to include rainbow crosswalk, 'family-friendly' drag show

Pride Week plans are coming together as the date for the event nears.The festivities will run Monday, Aug. 19 to Sunday, Aug. 25.The LGBTQ Battlefords and Area Pride organizers expect a fun and inform...

Aug 11, 2019 The upcoming Battlefords Pride Week event will take place Aug. 19 to 25. The Pride parade is set for Aug. 24. (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)

Battleford Annual Parade offers family outing in town

Hundreds of people lined the streets Friday night, as the town of Battleford hosted their annual parade to bring in the weekend. From the trot of horses' hooves, to the sound of children's laughter as...

Aug 10, 2019 The Thunderchild family, pictured here enjoying the sights and sounds of the town parade Friday night in Battleford. (Martin Martinson/battlefordsNOW Staff)

RCMP take to water for training

Residents may have noticed some RCMP activity on the North Saskatchewan River Friday.Prince Albert RCMP members along with some from the north put their boats in the river for some training exercises....

Aug 10, 2019 RCMP members were on the North Saskatchewan River at P.A. training Friday (Michael Joel-Hansen/paNOW Staff)

Dinner-concert fundraiser planned for September to benefit hospital, humanitarian effort

Those who love the golden oldies tunes will be in for a treat with an upcoming dinner-concert fundraiser.Organizers are planning an event called Rock And Rattle at the Alex Dillabough Centre in Battle...

Aug 09, 2019 Colin Baillargeon shown holding his son Jackson, right, as grandad Charles Baillargeon, left, looks on during their performance of Cat's in the Cradle the Aug. 4 show. A concert-dinner fundraiser is planned for Sept. 28. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff)

Two Battlefords area boys heading to Western Canadian Baseball Championships

Two boys from the Battlefords area will be swinging for the fences later this month.That's as they are headed to the Western Canadian 15U Baseball Championships in Lloydminster from August 15 to 18.Le...

Aug 09, 2019 Cory and Levi with their provincial medals (supplied photo/Michelle Scherman)

Fred Light Museum offers family fun for all

There may have been a little bit of rain sprinkling through the morning Friday, but that didn't put a damper on some old-fashioned family fun in the community. The Fred Light Museum hosted its first-e...

Aug 09, 2019 A young boy hammers in a nail at the Fred Light Museum’s inaugural Family Fun Day (Martin Martinson/battlefordsNOW Staff)

Nipawin Dairy Queen reaches milestone for Miracle Treat Day fundraising

It was Miracle Treat Day at Dairy Queen's across Canada on Thursday, Aug. 9, and one local location hit a milestone.The Nipawin Dairy Queen hit $100,000 fundraised over 15 years of fundraising. After ...

Aug 09, 2019 (submitted photo/Dan Ukrainetz)