Author Archives: Pattison Media
Drug impairment far outpaces alcohol impairment in La Ronge traffic blitz
Another blitz by Saskatchewan RCMP Traffic Services resulted in 47 drivers being removed from the road. More than half had drugs in their system. RCMP officers from Yorkton and Saskatoon Combined Traf...
Mar 11, 2026 File photo (Image Credit: File photo/paNOW Staff)
‘Very disappointed’: Union head frustrated with new health-care plan
The provincial government is touting its new health-care plan as the way it's going to get Saskatchewan people the care they need, but at least one union head is shaking her head."I can't even tell yo...
Mar 11, 2026 Lisa Zunti, president of SEIU-West, said there’s nothing new and nothing concrete enough to evaluate in the province’s Patients First Health Care Plan that was unveiled on Monday. (Image Credit: Marija Robinson/CKOM file photo)
From helping a child's heart surgery to supporting local hospital, Meadow Lake Broncos give back
When a young member of the Meadow Lake community needed heart surgery, the Broncos stepped in to help.The senior hockey team raised money to support the family during a difficult time. It's one of sev...
Mar 11, 2026 From left, Scott Campbell, chair of the Meadow Lake Hospital Foundation, receives a $10,000 donation cheque from Meadow Lake Senior Broncos players Logan Pethick, Ashton McIntyre and Colby Stanley. (Image Credit: Meadow Lake Broncos/Facebook)
Sask. budget tease: Municipal revenue sharing up eight per cent for 2026-27
As has become almost a tradition for the Sask. Party Government, it unveiled the Municipal Revenue Sharing total for the coming fiscal year a week ahead of the provincial budget, during the annual SAR...
Mar 11, 2026 The provincial government announced what the municipal revenue sharing would be for 2026-27, a week ahead of the provincial budget being unveiled. (Image Credit: Lisa Schick/ CJME file photo)
Saskatchewan First Nations, Métis see opportunity in purchase of Freshwater Fish Marketing Corp.
Fish harvesters in Saskatchewan say they can supply a lot of northern fish to domestic and international markets and are taking steps to expand an industry that has been their livelihood for decades. ...
Mar 10, 2026 Organizations like the Prince Albert Grand Council and Métis Nation–Saskatchewan are working to buy the Freshwater Fish Marketing Corporation, a federal Crown corporation that was put up for sale several years ago. (Image Credit: Susan McNeil/paNOW Staff)
First Nations leaders unveil items repatriated from the Vatican at History Museum
First Nations leaders unveiled today five items repatriated to their communities after being at the Vatican for more than a century, and unboxed another two crates of items with origins that have yet ...
Mar 10, 2026 Assembly of First Nations Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak, centre, looks on as sacred items are unveiled following their return from the Vatican collection during an unveiling event at the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, Que., on Tuesday, March 10, 2026. (Image Credit: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby)
Expanding scope of practice, private surgeries part of new Sask. health care plan
The Saskatchewan government is putting forward a new plan with the goal of giving more people better access to health care.The Patients First Health Care Plan has more than 50 actions it plans to achi...
Mar 10, 2026 Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe (left) and Minister of Health Jeremy Cockrill (right) take questions at a media event at the new Saskatoon Urgent Care Centre, announcing the new Patients First Health Care Plan on March 9, 2026. (Image Credit: Libby Gray/650 CKOM)
SIRT report shows death on Fishing Lake First Nation was result of self-inflicted wound
The death of a man being pursued by RCMP in Fishing Lake in September 2024 was due to a shotgun wound to his head, according to a report from the Serious Incident Response Team (SIRT) released on Mond...
Mar 09, 2026 Joey Desjarlais died of a self-inflicted shotgun wound, SIRT has reported. (Image Credit: submitted/Sask RCMP)
Taxi licence cap request in Meadow Lake up for council debate
Meadow Lake city council will debate Monday whether to limit the number of taxi companies allowed to operate in the city after two local operators asked officials to impose a cap on new licences.Admin...
Mar 09, 2026 (Image Credit: ID 72467032 © Hanohiki | Dreamstime.com)
No bids yet as deadline approaches for Duck Lake naming rights
It doesn't appear the Town of Duck Lake is going to change its name.The community is just weeks away from a deadline to submit bids for the naming rights and hasn't received any yet. "Was I ever actua...
Mar 09, 2026 Bidders only have a few weeks to buy the chance to rename the Town of Duck Lake. (Image Credit: Nigel Maxwell/paNOW staff)