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St. Patrick's Day set to be celebrated in Prince Albert

Prince Albert is getting ready to paint the town green in honour of St. Patrick's Day.A number of events are taking place, including the Ashden School of Irish Dance's Pub Night, at the Ches Leach Lou...

Mar 15, 2019 Local dancers are gearing up for St. Patrick's Day celebrations. (Submitted photo/Ashden School of Irish Dance)

Barons claim Novice league championship

The Battlefords Barons (2) are Novice Step League Champions. Coming off an undefeated regular season, the Barons (2) headed into the postseason brim with confidence and rolling like a finely-tuned mac...

Mar 15, 2019 One of two teams representing their community, the Battlefords Barons (2) went undefeated on their road to the Novice Step League championship. The team will have a banner presentation at the start of next season. (submitted photo/Carla Bernier)

The state of curling in Saskatchewan: A Biggar problem than expected

Yesterday, we took a look at the game of curling from the elite level, and CurlSask's stance on how the game is growing in part one of a three-part series. Today, we're going to look at the hot bed of...

Mar 14, 2019 (Brady Lang/battlefordsNOW Staff)

Investigation into Christopher Lake fire continues

The cause of the fire that destroyed the Christopher Lake Heritage Hotel and Bar last week remains under investigation.On March 8, firefighters from two rural departments were unable to save the 62-ye...

Mar 14, 2019 (Michael Joel-Hansen/paNOW Staff)

Workshop aims to teach tenant and landlord rights

Prince Albert landlords and tenants were able to learn valuable information about their rights and responsibilities at A Place to Call Home: Tenant and Landlord Information, held at the John M. Cuelen...

Mar 14, 2019 Liz Thomspon, a volunteer with the P.A. Literacy Network, led the 'A Place to Call Home: Tenant and Landlord Information' workshop held at the John M. Cuelenaere Public Library Thursday. (File photo/Brady Bateman)

Red, white and blue in Battlefords’ threads

For the Battlefords North Stars, the States has produced four key contributors to the team this season.Austin BeckerAustin Becker, who is from Amery, WI., played Midget last season in Des Moines, Iowa...

Mar 14, 2019 North Stars’ Austin Becker, Ryan Gil, Garrett Johnson and Chad Duran, pictured here L-R, come from several parts of the U.S., covering California to Wisconsin on the map.

The state of curling in Saskatchewan: It looks pretty from the top

In this three part series, battlefordsNOW will look at small town curling rinks and what organizers, rink operators, curlers and others believe need to be done to grow the game and grab that glimmer b...

Mar 13, 2019 It may look from the top like curling is OK in the province, but where do we go from here? (Brady Lang/battlefordsNOW staff)

Hometown boys live childhood dream with North Stars

In the world of sport, there is nothing quite like a hometown product living their dream in front of the community crowd they grew up a part of. For North Stars' forwards Owen Lamb and Logan Spence, t...

Mar 13, 2019 North Stars’ forwards Owen Lamb and Logan Spence were born and raised in the Battlefords, attending Stars’ games growing up. (Martin Martinson/battlefordsNOW Staff)

P.A. businessman remembers close encounter with combine

As Saskatchewan marks agricultural safety week, George Lewko is sharing his personal story in the hopes he can help educate others about the dangers that exist when working around farm machinery.Lewko...

Mar 13, 2019 (Submitted photo/ George Lewko)

HumboldtStrong Community Foundation raises $4.2M for Broncos families, community

HUMBOLDT, Sask. - A community foundation created in response to the Humboldt Broncos bus crash last April has raised $4.2 million.The HumboldtStrong Community Foundation took over fundraising responsi...