Author Archives: Pattison Media
Home Efficiency Initiative
Go green and save money! The MN-S government brings back the popular Home Efficiency Initiative (HEI). Mtis citizens can apply to retrofit their homes to make them more energy efficient.Only citizens ...
Apr 14, 2026 Home Efficiency Initiative (Image Credit: Metis Nation - Saskatchewan)
Seasonal Reservation Booking is Now Open for Sask Parks
Seasonal reservations are now OPEN for Saskatchewan Provincial Parks!Visit https://parks.saskatchewan.ca or call 1-833-775-7275 (1-833-7SK-PARK) to book your spot and start dreaming of your next adven...
Apr 14, 2026 Seasonal Reservation Booking is Now Open for Sask Parks (Image Credit: Sask Parks)
Liberals win two Toronto-area byelections, securing majority government
It took nearly a full year and a handful of byelections and defections for Prime Minister Mark Carney to assemble enough members of Parliament to turn his minority government into a majority - a feat ...
Apr 13, 2026 Liberal candidate Danielle Martin celebrates winning the byelection for the riding of University—Rosedale in Toronto, Monday, April 13, 2026. (Image Credit: Chris Young/ Canadian Press)
Sask NDP: Overrun prisons in Prince Albert putting everyone at risk
Both provincial jails in Prince Albert continue to exceed operational capacity, and the Saskatchewan NDP said it's putting correctional workers and general community safety at risk. NDP MLA for Cumber...
Apr 13, 2026 NDP MLA Jordan McPhail was in Prince Albert on Monday to talk about overcrowding in two Prince Albert jails. (Image Credit: Susan McNeil/paNOW)
Meadow Lake students take on The Lorax in lively school production
A fuzzy-looking orange character will soon take center stage at Meadow Lake's Jonas Samson Middle School for a fun filled performance of The Lorax. Sara Cydejko, the play director, said this year's ca...
Apr 13, 2026 The Lorax performance is available to the public on April 29. (Image Credit: ID 53873788 © Arkadi Bojarsinov | Dreamstime.com)
Court overturns decision removing Poundmaker Cree Nation leadership
A federal court judge has overturned a decision removing Poundmaker Cree Nation's chief and council, ruling the process used to invalidate the 2024 election was unfair and biased.The April 10 ruling m...
Apr 13, 2026 (Image Credit: PCN Admin - Info Page/Facebook)
'Save people and save ourselves': Inside the training preparing Sask.'s volunteer firefighters for the worst
When calls come in, RM of North Battleford volunteer firefighter Jason Reimer knows experience doesn't always come with certainty."There are times on calls when you think, 'Oh, man, what could I do di...
Apr 13, 2026 RM of North Battleford firefighters Brandon Gregoire, left, and Jason Reimer pose for a photo during the Saskatchewan Volunteer Firefighters Association fire school in North Battleford. (Image Credit: Kenneth Cheung/battlefordsNOW Staff)
‘Special kind of hell’: Sentencing submissions begin for Megan Gallagher manslaughter case
Sentencing submissions are set for a man convicted of manslaughter for his role in the killing of Megan Gallagher at Saskatoon's Court of King's Bench on Monday.In October, a jury found Roderick Suthe...
Apr 13, 2026 Debbie Gallagher (left) and Brian Gallagher outside of Saskatoon's Court of King's Bench on Dec. 19, 2025. (Image Credit: Mia Holowaychuk/650 CKOM)
S&P/TSX composite up, oil tops US$100 as U.S. prepares blockade
Canada's main stock index was up in early trading and oil climbed higher to top US$100 a barrel as the U.S. military prepared to blockade Iranian ports and the Strait of Hormuz after ceasefire talks o...
Apr 13, 2026 President Donald Trump speaks with reporters at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Sunday, April 12, 2026, after he returned from Miami. (Image Credit: AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Sask. Speaker says legislature not out of control
Despite a speech pleading for decorum a couple of weeks ago in the Assembly, Sask. legislative Speaker Todd Goudy doesn't believe the Assembly is out of control.Goudy spoke to Saskatchewan radio talk ...
Apr 12, 2026 Todd Goudy, Sask. Party MLA for Melfort, was chosen as the new Sask. Speaker in 2024, after the provincial election. (Image Credit: Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly)