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Northern Saskatchewan mother sentenced in assault on son

A northern Saskatchewan woman who assaulted her young son has been handed a conditional discharge and probation. The 31-year-old woman, whom paNOW has chosen not to name, was ordered to abide by numer...

Feb 21, 2019 Meadow Lake courthouse (file photo/paNOW Staff)

Loon Lake RCMP officer planning youth hockey tournament

Const. Heather Healey has been involved in sport her entire life, be it on the ice or the diamond. An RCMP officer in Loon Lake, Healey became involved with the atom team on the Mawka Sahgaiehcan Firs...

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Meadow Lake gearing up for Winter Festival

The Meadow Lake community is getting ready to host its popular Winter Festival next month.The event will run from Friday, March 8 to Sunday, March 10.Cliff McKay, on the organizing committee, said the...

Feb 19, 2019

Local doctor helps hospital foundation reach campaign goal

The sound of applause echoed through the main floor corridors of Victoria Hospital Thursday morning following the announcement that the Victoria Hospital Foundation had reached its $2.2 million goal f...

Feb 14, 2019

Lawyers to argue merits of carbon tax as Saskatchewan challenge heads to court

REGINA - Lawyers are expected to pack a Regina courtroom today to argue the constitutionality of a federally imposed carbon tax.A panel of five judges is to listen to arguments from both the Saskatche...

Feb 13, 2019

NewsAlert: Jody Wilson-Raybould resigns from cabinet

OTTAWA - Veterans Affairs Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould is quitting the federal cabinet. The news came out during a cabinet meeting this morning days after allegations surfaced that the Prim...

Feb 12, 2019

Youth charged with attempted murder after stabbing on Waterhen Lake First Nation

A 17-year-old from the Waterhen Lake First Nation has been charged with attempted murder after a stabbing Saturday. Meadow Lake RCMP said in a media release a 21-year-old was stabbed a number of times...

Feb 10, 2019

‘It is far from over’: Push for reform continues one year after Stanley verdict

It was a bitterly cold February night when a jury, after deliberating for 13 hours, shuffled into a Queen's Bench courtroom in Battleford and acquitted Gerald Stanley in the shooting death of Colten B...

Feb 08, 2019

Despite gains, unemployment ticks up to 5.8 per cent as more look for work

Despite a flurry of new jobs in January, as the job market tightens and more people search for work, the nation's unemployment rate jumped from its 43-year low of 5.6 to 5.8 per cent.Canada added near...

Feb 08, 2019

Municipalities willing to gamble on new fundraising ideas

It's an interesting idea and one municipal representatives across Saskatchewan are endorsing as a means of generating new money for much-needed local projects. Delegates at the annual Saskatchewan Urb...

Feb 07, 2019