Author Archives: Pattison Media
RCMP investigate alleged cheating at Montreal Lake Walleye Derby
A popular ice fishing derby in northern Saskatchewan is dealing with allegations of misconduct by a participant.Montreal Lake Cree Nation (MLCN) issued a statement saying they became aware that a part...
Mar 23, 2026 (Image Credit: ID 13410720 © Reino Jonsson | Dreamstime.com)
Two charged after police pursuit leads to seizure of firearms, drugs, and impaired driving arrest
RCMP have charged two men after firearms and methamphetamine were found in a vehicle with an impaired driver. On March 19, around 12:20 a.m., an RCMP officer on patrol attempted a traffic stop in Loon...
Mar 23, 2026 Items collected by Loon Lake RCMP. (Image Credit: Saskatchewan RCMP)
'This was a safe place': concerns grow over summer camp's anti-2SLGBTQ+ beliefs
Former staff members are questioning the recent 'statement of faith' change at Camp Kadesh which appears to exclude members of the 2SLGBTQ+ community. The camp, located at Christopher Lake in northern...
Mar 23, 2026 Camp Kadesh updates stance excluding members of the 2SLGBTQ+ community. (Image Credit: Camp Kadesh/ website)
'The future looks bright': Broncos' dominant season ends early with Game 5 loss to Pontiacs
In the end, they ran out of time.After going 15-1 in the regular season and collecting 30 points, the Meadow Lake Senior Broncos saw their year come to a close in the opening round of the playoffs, fa...
Mar 23, 2026 Members of the Meadow Lake Senior Broncos pose for a team photo during the Sask-Alta Hockey League season. (Image Credit: Meadow Lake Senior Broncos)
Cannabis use caused 50% of young drivers to crash in simulation: researcher
New research from the School of Public Health at the University of Saskatchewan shows that young drivers feel the effects of cannabis consumption for hours after they consume it.That leads to a much h...
Mar 23, 2026 A MADD awareness campaign north of Prince Albert from 2023. (Image Credit: Logan Lehmann/paNOW Staff)
Sask. watchdog says tear gas used before man's death on Onion Lake Cree Nation
Saskatchewan's police watchdog says RCMP deployed tear gas before a man was found injured and later died during an emergency response on Onion Lake Cree Nation, as new details emerge about the March 1...
Mar 23, 2026 (Image Credit: submitted/RCMP)
US won't strike Iran's power plants for 5 days, extending Trump deadline on reopening Hormuz strait
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - President Donald Trump extended his deadline for Iran to reopen the crucial Strait of Hormuz to international shipping, saying Monday that the U.S. would hold off on...
Mar 23, 2026 A woman waves an Iranian flag during a campaign in support of the government at the Enqelab-e-Eslami, or Islamic Revolution, square in downtown Tehran, Iran, Sunday, March 22, 2026. (Image Credit: AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Here's the latest on Air Canada jet crash at New York LaGuardia Airport
An Air Canada jet carrying 76 people touched down and slammed into a fire truck on a runway at New York's LaGuardia Airport late Sunday night, killing its two pilots and injuring many more people. Fli...
Mar 23, 2026 An Air Canada Jet sits on the runway at LaGuardia Airport, Monday, March 23, 2026, after colliding with a Port Authority aircraft rescue and firefighting vehicle in New York. (Image Credit: AP Photo/Ryan Murphy)
Sask. Mounties responded to fewer victims of family, intimate-partner violence in 2025
The Saskatchewan RCMP said fewer people became victims of family and intimate-partner violence in 2025, but the numbers remain "persistently high."The RCMP said officers in the province responded to m...
Mar 22, 2026 The RCMP said officers in the province responded to more than 9,800 alleged victims of domestic violence, down slightly from the 10,077 alleged victims the Mounties dealt with in 2024. (Image Credit: File photo/paNOW)
Public servant ‘scared’ to retire due to problems with Phoenix pay system
OTTAWA - A federal public servant from Ontario said she's "scared" to take up the government's early retirement offer after being told that she owes the government about $10,500 because of a mistake i...
Mar 22, 2026 Alex Benay, associate deputy minister at Public Services and Procurement Canada, speaks during a news conference at the National Press Theatre in Ottawa, on Tuesday, July 9, 2024. (Image Credit: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang)