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Burnout contest sparks launch of new Meadow Lake truck club
Smoke and screeching tires will fill the air Friday evening as participants put their vehicles to the test in a burnout competition in Meadow Lake."You give 'er for 30 seconds and then whoever has the...
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Swiss collector wants thousands of Indigenous artifacts returned to communities
WINNIPEG - A Swiss collector who has amassed thousands of Indigenous artifacts says he is eager to have his collection repatriated back to the communities it has come from.Vincent Escriba has accumula...
48m ago Vincent Escriba is shown in this undated handout photo taken in Zurich, Switzerland. (Image Credit: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Handout - Vincent Escriba (Mandatory Credit))
Why not potholes? Lloydminster approves $72K public art project after debate over spending priorities
What began as a vote on a $72,000 public art project quickly turned into a broader debate about what residents want their city to invest in - and whether public art deserves a place alongside roads, r...
2h ago A photo shows a wind-themed bench proposed for installation near the Bioclean Aquatic Centre in Lloydminster’s Bud Miller All Seasons Park. The bench is one of three pieces included in a public art project approved by city council on June 8, 2026. (Image Credit: City of Lloydminster)
Oilers hire Saskatoon’s Mike Babcock as head coach after NHL investigation
Just days after being cleared in an NHL-led investigation, Mike Babcock has been hired as head coach of the Edmonton Oilers.Babcock was announced as the 19th head coach in Oilers history on Tuesday, m...
Jun 23, 2026 Mike Babcock addresses the media as the Columbus Blue Jackets introduce Babcock as their new head coach during a news conference on Saturday, July 1, 2023 in Columbus, Ohio. (Image Credit: THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Kyle Robertson/The Columbus Dispatch via AP)
El Dorado Gold signs deal to move McIlvenna Bay mine product to Eastern Canada
Critical minerals from northern Saskatchewan and Manitoba are being moved to Eastern Canada. Arctic Gateway Group, an Indigenous-owned transportation and logistics company, confirmed Eldorado Gold Sas...
Jun 23, 2026 Crews at the Port of Churchill unload zinc concentrate into new critical minerals storage facility (Image Credit: Submitted photo/ Arctic Gateway Group)
Denare Beach residents hoping for better communication after SPSA VP retires
The Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency (SPSA) has announced that Vice-President of Operations Steve Roberts has moved up his retirement to June 30 of this year. Both parties mutually agreed on the anno...
Jun 22, 2026 An aerial view of last year's wildfire damage at Denare Beach. (Image Credit: Image Credit: Linda Lowe/Facebook)
After 52 years in the classroom, a Little Pine teacher leaves a legacy spanning generations
The young woman had already left Little Pine First Nation and made it to university when she returned looking for Valerie Pro Bonaise."Thank you, Pro," she told her former teacher."Thank you for teach...
Jun 22, 2026 Valerie Pro Bonaise poses for a photograph following an interview with battlefordsNOW in North Battleford on June 19, 2026. Pro Bonaise recently retired after a 52-year career in education at Little Pine First Nation, where she taught generations of students and helped preserve Cree language and culture. (Image Credit: Kenneth Cheung/battlefordsNOW)
Council to consider sober living facility and climate partnership request
Several notable items are up for discussion at tonight's Meadow Lake City Council meeting, including a proposed sober living facility, a funding partnership request from Flying Dust First Nation and a...
Jun 22, 2026 (Image Credit: file photo/ meadowlakeNOW)
Inflation jumps to 3.2% in May thanks to higher gas prices: StatCan
Statistics Canada says high gas prices pushed the annual rate of inflation to 3.2 per cent in May.That's up from 2.8 per cent in April and marks the first time annual inflation has topped three per ce...
Jun 22, 2026 Fuel prices are displayed as a person fills up their car with gas at a station in Montreal on Thursday, March 5, 2026. (Image Credit: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov)
The hard-fought race to build Canada’s next submarine fleet
From a massive ad blitz featuring Canadian broadcast icon Peter Mansbridge to a cabinet minister calling on shipbuilders to cough up a car plant, the brief race to replace Canada's aging submarine fle...
Jun 21, 2026 FILE: Prime Minister Mark Carney holds up a model submarine he was presented with as he tours Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (TKMS), a submarine building facility in Kiel, Germany on Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (Image Credit: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi)