New website launches in Meadow Lake

A new community website was launched in Meadow Lake on Tuesday, Feb 2.

“It’s come together just as we would have expected. We have a great, talented team, a great site and we’re ready to go,” Karl Johnston, general manager of the Jim Pattison Broadcast Group in Meadow Lake said.

The launch of Meadow Lake’s newest media is the result of months of preparation.

“We’ve created a go-to website for everything community, everything Meadow Lake, lots of news, free classified, funeral notices and real estate listings. There’s really something for everyone we think. Just go and explore it,” Johnston said.

“Most communities the size of Meadow Lake, or larger have hyper-local websites and we looked at Meadow Lake and saw a wide opening. No one was doing it,” he said.

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Johnston describes meadowlakeNOW.com as a website featuring everything Meadow Lake. He said the site features local news, sports, weather and road information along with free classifieds, store flyers and sections devoted to community news and upcoming events.

“Dozens of community groups are featured in our community sections and I would suggest we are working to build the most complete events section if you are looking to find out what’s going on in Meadow Lake,” he said.

Along with being devoted to serving the community of Meadow Lake, the site looks for community participation through email and polls, and comments on news stories are open.

meadowlakeNOW was created by the Jim Pattison Broadcast Group, the team behind local radio station CJNS and North Battleford radio stations 1050 CJNB, Q98 and The Rock.

A sister site was launched simultaneously Tuesday in the Battlefords, under the name battlefordsNOW.com. Both sites are closely modelled after paNOW.com, an online newspaper launched five years ago in Prince Albert.  paNOW’s readership has grown steadily and the site is now the most read news and information source in the community.

At a time when other media are reducing service and staffing levels, Jim Pattison Broadcast Group’s expanded commitment to Meadow Lake, has resulted in the creation of three new positions, pushing Jim Pattison Broadcast Group’s employment in North Battleford and Meadow Lake to 34.

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