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North West College lands Community Initiatives Fund Grant to host Culture Share events

Five Culture Share events are coming to the Battlefords and Meadow Lake between now and April 2020.North West College secured a $10,000 Community Initiatives Fund (CIF) Grant to host the Cultural Shar...

Sep 25, 2019 First of five Cultural Share events set for this weekend in Meadow Lake. (file photo/BattlefordsNOW staff)

First weekend of fall could bring high activity of northern lights across the country

Eyes should be pointed skyward this weekend during the evening as a spectacular show is soon to be presented. A significant portion of the country as well as northern portions of the U.S.A. are in for...

Sep 25, 2019 Canada is in for what should be a strong showing of the northern lights this weekend. (File Photo/ ID 63881102 © Jasse Hast Dreamstime)

Cole Bay man charged in fatal hit and run

A 52-year-old man is dead after he was struck by vehicle on Highway 965 near Canoe Narrows. According to an RCMP media release, Beavual RCMP responded to a report of a pedestrian being struck by a veh...

Sep 23, 2019 Beauval RCMP continue to investigate a fatal hit and run near Canoe Narrows. (file photo/paNOW Staff)

New agreement between Saskatchewan Health Authority and Meadow Lake Tribal Council promises better health services

Better health services are on their way to the Meadow Lake area.The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) and the Meadow Lake Tribal Council (MLTC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to wor...

Sep 23, 2019 (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)

'I want a future': Global youth protests urge climate action

NEW YORK - Young people afraid for their futures protested around the globe Friday to implore leaders to tackle climate change, turning out by the hundreds of thousands to insist that the warming worl...

Sep 22, 2019 (The Canadian Press)

Canada Post releases Leonard Cohen stamp set to honour legendary singer/poet

Canada Post has honoured the late, legendary singer Leonard Cohen with a set of commemorative stamps that will be released to the public on Saturday, which would have been the icon's 85th birthday.The...

Sep 21, 2019 (Canada Post)

Saskatchewan hospitals to watch for vaping-related illnesses: health minister

REGINA - The government of Saskatchewan is going to watch for any vaping-related illnesses in the province. Health Minister Jim Reiter says there's no record of pulmonary illnesses associated wit...

Sep 20, 2019

Riders team up with Jim Pattison Children's Hospital Foundation on new lottery

As the province gives so much to Rider Nation, the organization felt it was important to give back. The Saskatchewan Roughrider Foundation and the Jim Pattison Children's Hospital Foundation have team...

Sep 20, 2019 The Jim Pattison Children's Hospital in Saskatoon. (supplied/The Jim Pattison Children's Hospital Foundation)

Fallout from Trudeau's brownface photo bombshell sure to dominate campaign

OTTAWA - It won't be campaigning as usual for Justin Trudeau today as the Liberal leader grapples with the fallout from a bombshell that landed on the campaign trail. An 18-year-old photo surfaced Wed...

Sep 19, 2019

‘Creating dreams’: U of R president, staff tour northern communities to gather feedback

Be it childcare accommodation or teacher training and retention in the North, needs for northern Saskatchewan students are intricate and unique.This is why, for the last decade, senior staff and the U...

Sep 18, 2019 The University of Regina. (file photo/CJME News Staff)