Author Archives: Pattison Media
Sask. Chamber encouraging young entrepreneurs to apply for bursary
Applications are now open for Saskatchewan's Young Entrepreneur Bursary, which offers $5,000 to eligible small-business owners in the province between the ages of 18 and 35. The program, now in its se...
May 30, 2026 Applications for the Saskatchewan Young Entrepreneur bursary close on July 17. (Image Credit: ID 157932280 © Amazingdream | Dreamstime.com)
Nipawin and District Regional Park closed and evacuated due to nearby wildfire activity
The Nipawin and District Regional Park has been evacuated due to an elevated fire risk. The park was closed late Friday afternoon, and evacuees were directed to supports available at the United Church...
May 29, 2026 (Image Credit: Nipawin Regional Park)
Evacuation order issued for south RM of Shellbrook
A fast moving wildfire has prompted an evacuation order in the Rural Municipality of Shellbrook.The order includes individuals in the RM of Shellbrook who live in the hamlet of Holbein one mile west a...
May 29, 2026 Wildfire smoke over Shellbrook on Friday, May 29, 2026. (Image Credit: Submitted)
Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency issues widespread fire ban
Saskatchewan has imposed a sweeping fire ban across much of central and southern parts of the province as new details emerge about the Lobstick Fire burning southwest of Prince Albert.The Saskatchewan...
May 29, 2026 SPSA officials said on Friday the Lobstick Fire burning between Duck Lake and MacDowall had crossed the North Saskatchewan River and was likely sparked by lightning rather than human activity, as first believed. (Image Credit: Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency/Facebook)
Cultural backgrounds collide in celebration at annual youth powwow
Thousands of students packed into Kinsmen Park in Prince Albert on Friday for a celebration of cultures in the ninth edition of the Heart of the Youth Pow Wow. Schools from across the Saskatchewan Riv...
May 29, 2026 Young dancers give it their all during the intercultural dance at the Heart Of The Youth Community Pow Wow in Kinsmen Park in Prince Albert on May 29, 2026. (Image Credit: Logan Lehmann/paNOW Staff)
SPSA issues sweeping fire ban as Lobstick wildfire crosses North Sask. River
Standing at the kitchen window, Colleen Neufeld watched as the flames from the Lobstick wildfire grew ever closer.The familiar prairie sunset she knows, filtered through a dark haze of smoke. On Frida...
May 29, 2026 The Lobstick Fire nearing the property of Colleen and Matt Neufeld. (Image Credit: Submitted/Matt Neufeld)
Meadow Lake Lions Club donates $25K to NorthWest Community Lodge
A $25,000 donation from the Meadow Lake Lions Club has moved a local campaign, for an accessible bus, one step closer to the finish line.Lions Club member Lloyd Elash said the donation was made after ...
May 29, 2026 Members of the Meadow Lake Lions Club gather outside the NorthWest Community Lodge after presenting a $25,000 donation to support the lodge’s accessible bus campaign in Meadow Lake. (Image Credit: NorthWest Community Lodge/Facebook)
A landmark without its label: Sign disappears from beloved Popoff Tree
In the heart of the North Saskatchewan River Valley, near Blaine Lake, stands the largest tree ever recorded in the province. This plains cottonwood and poplar cross, locally known as the Popoff Tree,...
May 29, 2026 A $500 reward is being offered for the sign's safe return in original condition to the Blaine Lake RCMP. (Image Credit: Saskatchewanderer/Facebook)
Sask. court upholds convictions in home daycare child-sex abuse case
Saskatchewan's highest court has upheld the conviction and 15-year prison sentence of a man found guilty of sexually assaulting two young children attending a home daycare and creating child pornograp...
May 29, 2026 Joseph Sproull was convicted of sexually assaulting two children aged two and three at a home daycare in Marshall operated by his wife, as well as possessing, making and distributing child pornography. (Image Credit: battlefordsNOW staff)
More fire bans issued in northeast
The list of communities in the northeast that are under a fire ban continues to grow. The Village of Codette town of Hudson Bay, and the RMs of Hudson Bay and Invergordon have now issued fire bans. Ot...
May 29, 2026 (Image Credit: ID 118056999 © Zoran Milisavljevic | Dreamstime.com)