Author Archives: Pattison Media

Riders’ KeeSean Johnson ready for action after late-season injury in 2025
KeeSean Johnson was one of the biggest contributors to the Saskatchewan Roughriders in 2025.But when it came to the biggest moment for the team last season, Johnson had to watch from the sidelines.The...
Jun 11, 2026 Saskatchewan Roughriders wide receiver KeeSean Johnson (3) had nearly 1,200 yards receiving last season, but missed playoffs due to a knee injury. (Image Credit: Britton Gray/CJME)

Alameda family grateful to be alive after tornado destroys Saskatchewan farm
The Brock family farm is now something akin to a wasteland.A tornado that ripped through the yard just south of Alameda Tuesday night, 234 km southeast of Regina, left only wreckage behind. In the col...
Jun 11, 2026 Chelsea, Danny, and Bronsyn Brock stand in their farm yard torn to shreds by a tornado on June 10, 2026. (Image Credit: Gillian Massie/CJME)

Nakon’i’a with Kunsi: How a puppet is reviving the Nakoda language
When Theresa O'Watch was a little girl growing up on Carry the Kettle First Nation, language lived all around her.It wasn't something written in books or taught from a curriculum. It was something tha...
Jun 11, 2026 Theresa O’Watch is one of fewer than 100 Nakoda speakers in Canada. With the help of a puppet named Kunsi, she is passing the language down to the next generation. (Image Credit: Brittany Caffet/CKOM)

Forest Garden Sampler Party
This is a great opportunity to come have a tour of our fabulous garden! Did you know we are a not for profit organization? Did you know we are also a demonstration garden with various planting methods...
Jun 11, 2026 Forest Garden Sampler Party at Ness Creek (Image Credit: Ness Creek Forest Garden)

Banner Day at Mosaic Stadium
The views and opinions expressed in this editorial are those of the writer's and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of Pattison Media.It is going to be a weird season in the CFL.The fir...
Jun 11, 2026 Riderville (Image Credit: Greg Urbanoski)

Crown seeks lifetime animal ban for woman convicted in Battle River neglect case
A Crown prosecutor asked a judge to impose a 12-month conditional sentence and a lifetime ban on animal ownership for a woman convicted in an animal neglect case involving dozens of horses, dogs and c...
Jun 10, 2026 Ellen Haudeck leaves North Battleford provincial court following her contested sentencing hearing on Wednesday, June 10, 2026. (Image Credit: Kenneth Cheung/battlefordsNOW)

New prison-art exhibit spotlights issues in colonial prison system
A new, one-of-a-kind exhibition is spotlighting the ongoing issue of over-representation of Indigenous peoples in provincial and federal custody.The exhibition, currently on display in Regina, has bee...
Jun 10, 2026 The Native Brotherhood at Saskatchewan Penitentiary exhibition, curated by Jason Demers, opened in May and runs through September. (Image Credit: EFN Media)

Prince Albert's Aboriginal Head Start moving to new home
Prince Albert's Aboriginal Head Start preschool program is getting a new home. A groundbreaking ceremony was held Wednesday at the future location on 25th St. W. beside the new Ronald McDonald House, ...
Jun 10, 2026 Young children were called on to help with Wednesday's ground breaking ceremony. (Image Credit: Nigel Maxwell/ paNOW Staff)

VIDEO: ‘Devastating thunderstorms’ and at least one tornado hit southeast Sask.
Environment Canada says "devastating thunderstorms" - including at least one tornado - tore through southeastern Saskatchewan on Tuesday night.The weather service said it will still be some time befor...
Jun 10, 2026 Erin Brown captured footage of a tornado south of Oxbow on June 9, 2026. (Image Credit: Erin Brown/Facebook)

Seven charges laid after Beauval disturbance, officer assault
A man is facing several charges after officers were assaulted and a police vehicle was damaged during an early-morning disturbance this week.RCMP were called to a home in Beauval around 1:30 a.m. on J...
Jun 10, 2026 A police vehicle was damaged during the incident. (Image Credit: Saskatchewan/ RCMP)