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Winners for 2022 BOB Awards announced

After weeks of deliberation and hundreds and thousands of votes, the results of the 2022 Best of the Best (BOB) Awards are in!For the fifth year in a row, battlefordsNOW readership had the opportunity...

Dec 10, 2021

Social media post fuels adoption of tri-community families for Christmas

Christmas is known as the season of giving and that tradition certainly hasn't been forgotten by local residents.Wanting to make a change for one family during the holiday, Veronica Merasty took to so...

Dec 10, 2021

Homeless shelter busy with recent colder temperatures

The Battlefords homeless shelter is seeing a lot of traffic these days as more homeless people seek a safe place to escape the cold.Miwasin Kikinaw: Our Home is Good located in North Battleford is ope...

Dec 10, 2021

Meadow Lake’s Dawson Gerwing drafted by Swift Current Broncos

Another one of Meadow Lake's most promising hockey prospects is making the leap and entering the Western Hockey League (WHL).On Thursday, the Swift Current Broncos selected AAA Battlefords Stars forwa...

Dec 09, 2021

NBCHS junior basketball teams looking forward to home tourney this weekend

North Battleford Comprehensive High School (NBCHS) will host their home junior basketball tournament this weekend at the high school.A co-ed tournament, the weekend will feature four girls teams and f...

Dec 09, 2021

Battlefords Minor Softball to hold virtual AGM this month

The Battlefords Minor Softball Association will be holding their Annual General Meeting (AGM) virtually this month, recapping the last year and looking ahead to the spring to come. Taking place Dec. 1...

Dec 09, 2021

Rose Valley couple wins $100,000 from ticket bought in Lake Lenore

Gene Trew and Judith Neinaber, a couple from Rose Valley, were enjoying a regular day of errands when they checked their LOTTO MAX ticket and discovered they won.The winning ticket ended up earning th...

Dec 09, 2021

Battlefords local reflects on first semester playing for University of Waterloo

For almost as long as she can remember, volleyball has been a hobby, a pastime and a passion for Battlefords local, Abbey Neufeld.A veteran of the game, Neufeld played club volleyball from age 10 unti...

Dec 08, 2021

Boxing coach bringing 50 years into new competitive club

Braddock Koch is returning to the boxing ring as he prepares to open up P.A.'s only competitive club.After recovering from heart surgery Koch began thinking of getting involved with boxing once again....

Dec 08, 2021

Battlefords RCMP hosting "Stuff the Cruiser" food drive

The Battlefords RCMP detachment is taking donations for the District Food and Resource Centre this Saturday.Officers are facilitating "Stuff the Cruiser", a brief food drive for the centre to take in ...

Dec 08, 2021