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70-year-old Green Lake resident facing drug charges

A 70-year-old from Green Lake is facing charges for possessing cocaine for the purpose of trafficking. Rita Sinclair was charged after members of the Green Lake and Meadow Lake RCMP and officers with ...

Aug 12, 2019 (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)

All-female air ambulance crew makes history in Sask.

History was made in Saskatchewan last week after an air ambulance trip to Buffalo Narrows.It was a day like any other for pilot Tammie Kulyk as she showed up for work on Aug. 2, but she realized the c...

Aug 12, 2019 Saskatchewan air ambulance pilots, from left to right, Tammie Kulyk (pilot), Carly St. Onge (pilot), Crystal Lybeck (flight nurse) and Jen Rondeau (paramedic) pose for a photo. (Submitted photo)

Over 250 Blizzards sold in Meadow Lake for Miracle Treat Day

Miracle Treat Day was held at Dairy Queen locations across the country yesterday and the Meadow Lake restaurant joined the event for the first time.Owner and manager Siddharth Patel estimated they sol...

Aug 09, 2019 Daniel Carlson flipping over a Blizzard on Miracle Treat Day. Net proceeds from every Blizzard sold went towards the Jim Pattison Children's Hospital Foundation. (Nikita Ganovicheff/meadowlakeNOW staff)

Nation sheds over 24K jobs in July, more positive data regionally

While July saw wage growth accelerate more than it has in a decade, the nation shed 24,200 jobs.The drop of 11,600 full-time positions and 12,600 part-time roles pushed Canada's unemployment rate to 5...

Aug 09, 2019 (file photo/JPBG)

Bodies believed to be B.C. murder suspects found in Manitoba

nWINNIPEG - Two bodies believed to be British Columbia murder suspects who were the focus of a massive manhunt have been found in dense brush in northern Manitoba.RCMP assistant commissioner Jane MacL...

Aug 07, 2019 Image Credit: RCMP Handout

Stampede Grounds grandstand demolition underway

Demolition crews started to tare down the Stampede Grounds grandstand in Meadow Lake on August 6.The demolition was originally scheduled in May but was delayed due to weather and was postponed several...

Aug 06, 2019 Crews started taking apart the grandstand in Meadow Lake at 10 a.m. on Aug. 6. (Nikita Ganovicheff/meadowlakeNOW staff)

P.A.lawyers react to free cannabis pardon process

There's a varied reaction from some in Prince Albert's legal community to the federal government's move to offer a free pardon process for people convicted in the past of simple pot possession.One law...

Aug 06, 2019 (File photo:Tyler Marr/paNOW staff)

Two dead after separate drownings in northern Saskatchewan lakes

Two men are dead after drowning in two northern Saskatchewan lakes this week. On July 31, a 28-year-old man died after drowning in Father's Lake, about five kilometres north of Pelican Narrows.Officer...

Aug 02, 2019

Saskatchewan leads nation in schools climate change curriculum

A new study found Saskatchewan schools have the most comprehensive curriculum in the nation for teaching about climate change. It dispels an assumption that a province that is politically conservative...

Aug 01, 2019 A well operated by BlackPearl Resources on the Onion Lake Cree Nation. (YouTube/BlackPearl Resources)

Meadow Lake DQ holding first Miracle Treat Day on Aug. 8

While Dairy Queen restaurants across the country have taken part in Miracle Treat Day for the past 16 years, this will be a first for the Meadow Lake location.The Meadow Lake DQ Grill & Chill will...

Aug 01, 2019 Miracle Treat Day is on Aug. 8 at the Meadow Lake Dairy Queen located on 715 9 St. W. (Nikita Ganovicheff/meadowlakeNOW)