Tag Archives: People
National Police Week gives Battlefords RCMP a chance to get in community
In celebration of National Police Week, the Battlefords RCMP will be holding a detachment BBQ on Wednesday.National Police Week has been running for the past 49 years, and it gives the department a ch...
May 10, 2019 National Police Week runs from May 12 to 18 (file photo/battlefordsNOW staff)
Company celebrating more than four decades in business
In the last 40 years, A. Kustiak Trucking and Construction made an impact on the tri-communities and northern Saskatchewan. That's according to business-owner Nathan Kustiak, who began operating the c...
May 10, 2019 Nathan Kustiak is the operator of A. Kustiak Trucking and Construction. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)
Stars' Grzybowski calls it a career
Coming off his second league-championship in three seasons with the team, North Stars' goaltender Joel Grzybowski has decided to call it a junior hockey career. Despite still having one remaining seas...
May 09, 2019 Stars’ netminder Joel Grzybowski, with his father Greg following the Stars’ 2019 Canalta Cup victory. (Martin Martinson/battlefordsNOW Staff)
The Battlefords' first comic convention looking to entertain fans of all ages
Cosplayers, get ready.The North Battleford Public Library, along with Amazing Stories Comics in Saskatoon, will be hosting the city's first Fan Fest this weekend. The Saturday event will be a jam-pack...
May 09, 2019 Cosplayers, get ready, as the Battlefords is set to host its first comic convention. (file photo/CJME Staff)
Art awards showcase student talent
Student artists were awarded at the eleventh annual Sask. Rivers Art Award Show on Wednesday in Prince Albert.Nearly 500 pieces of art were submitted throughout the year from students across the schoo...
May 09, 2019 Maka Paw, left, Gaia Smart, centre, and Jayde Hinson show off their winning art work at the eleventh annual Sask. Rivers Art Awards Show. (Brady Bateman/paNOW Staff)
Annual McHappy Day supports local families
Today marks the 26th annual McHappy Day across the country. For every Big Mac, Happy Meal, or hot McCafe beverage sold, the charity will receive $1. Since the first McHappy Day was held in 1977, over ...
May 08, 2019 Customers line up at the Second Ave. W McDonald's restaurant to support McHappy Day, which ends at midnight. (Emily Zbaraschuk/paNOW)
North Stars’ 20-year-old’s going out on top
Following the North Stars' second Canalta Cup win in three years, eight players from this season's championship roster will graduate from the junior hockey ranks to new opportunities. Twenty-year-old ...
May 08, 2019 North Stars’ 20-year-old’s (pictured L-R): Back Row: Cody Spagrud (C), Braydon Buziak (A), Ryan Gil, Dayton Heino, Regan Doig, MacGregor Sinclair (A). Front Row: Owen Lamb (A), Chad Duran. (Martin Martinson/battlefordsNOW Staff)
A McHappy in Meadow Lake
McHappy Day returned to Meadow Lake on Wednesday, with proceeds from certain items going to a good cause.During the special event, $1 from every Big Mac, Happy Meal and hot McCaf beverage went towards...
May 08, 2019 McDonald's employees celebrating McHappy Day with some face painting. (Nikita Ganovicheff/meadowlakeNOW)
Local boy drafted to WHL
One can only begin to imagine the well of emotion that must have hit 15-year-old, Hafford product Ty Shumanski when he found out he was drafted by Portland of the WHL. "It makes me feel proud and exci...
May 07, 2019 Ty Shumanski solidified himself as a rock for the Battlefords Barons this season, in his first full season with the Bantam AA club. (Dan Hickling/eliteprospects.com)
Police ask for help in locating missing child
Rosthern RCMP are asking for the public's assistance in attempting to locate a 12-year-old girl who went missing from a residence in the town of Duck Lake. Zurcuriah Daniels was last seen at a residen...
May 07, 2019