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PNLS set for northern author tour
SaskPower's Northern Reading Program will have an author tour this month at 10 schools including Gordon Denny Community School in Air Ronge. The tour is organized by Pahkisimon Nuyeh Library System (P...
Feb 07, 2020 The author tour begins Feb. 24 in Cumberland House. (file photo/paNOW Staff)
A toe tapping good time
A proud part of Mtis culture is now the focus of a new class being offered once a week at Prince Albert's Army and Navy building downtown.Close to a dozen children took part in the first jigging class...
Feb 07, 2020 The Métis Jigging class had a very enthusiastic response on its opening night. (Submitted photo/Cierra Alexandersen)
Colten Boushie documentary to screen at Dekker Centre Sunday
The award-winning documentary Nipawistamasowin: We Will Stand Up, which takes a deeper look at the death of Colten Boushie and Canada's judicial system, will have a free screening Feb. 9 at 6:30 p.m. ...
Feb 07, 2020 The Boushie family and legal counsel at a Parliamentary press conference. (supplied photo/George Hupka)
Stars welcome Mustangs to home barn for final showdown
The Battlefords North Stars return to action Friday night for their first of two games this weekend, as the Melfort Mustangs come to town for a showdown at the Civic Centre. Friday will mark the fourt...
Feb 07, 2020 Forward, Dylan Esau (#28) will play his 100th career SJHL game Friday night, as he and his North Stars’ teammates look for continued success against the Mustangs. The Battlefords are 3-0 against Melfort this season, heading into the final game of the season-series. (Martin Martinson/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Fire keeping investigators away from train derailment in rural Saskatchewan
GUERNSEY, Sask. - The Transportation Safety Board says a fire continues to burn at the site of a train derailment in Saskatchewan and investigators can't access the site. It says one investigator...
Feb 07, 2020 (The Canadian Press)
BASAC to host free screening of film The Bystander Moment
The Battlefords and Area Sexual Assault Centre (BASAC) will host a free screening of the documentary The Bystander Moment this month.The film aims to raise awareness of the problem of violence against...
Feb 07, 2020 The Battlefords and Area Sexual Assault Centre is hosting a free screening of the film The Bystander Moment. (File photo/paNOW Staff)
Festival kicking into high gear this weekend
The Prince Albert Winter Festival will host some of its bigger events this weekend.Friday evening will see the festival's Rock Show Experience. A second show will take place Saturday at the Prince Alb...
Feb 06, 2020 The Classic Rock Show is happening Friday and Saturday at the Prince Albert Exhibition Centre. (Facebook/Prince Albert Winter Festival)
Saturday's Rush game shines a light on North Battleford
The spotlight will be on North Battleford this Saturday when the Saskatchewan Rush play the Colorado Mammoth.The Saskatchewan Rush are doing a Hometown Spotlight Series at all of their home games this...
Feb 06, 2020 Saskatchewan Rush play the Colorado Mammoth Saturday Feb. 8. (Facebook photo/Saskatchewan Rush)
Grant money to boost cultural awareness activities in La Ronge
Jim Brady Mtis Local 19 President Laura Burnouf believes the group will become much more active in the coming months thanks to a grant from Mtis Nation - Saskatchewan. The $80,000 grant comes from the...
Feb 06, 2020 Laura Burnouf, left, is spearheading the cultural awareness endevour. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)
Riverside Rebels ready to seize opportunity ahead at Sask Cup
While the high school volleyball season may have wrapped up long ago, the club volleyball schedule is just getting started in the Battlefords.The Riverside Rebels are a local 17-U team in the communit...
Feb 05, 2020 Undefeated through their opening two tournaments of the season, the surging Riverside Rebels will look to keep their momentum rolling this weekend in Saskatoon/Warman for the first Sask Cup tournament of the season. (Submitted photo/Vic Stynsky)