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Tony Cote Summer Games finishes early due to bad weather
The 2019 Tony Cote First Nations Summer Games held its closing ceremony yesterday after the competition was cut short due to rainy weather.The Games closed with speeches from Flying Dust First Nation ...
Jul 19, 2019 Team Woodland received the most points at the 2019 Tony Cote First Nations Summer Games hosted by Flying Dust First Nation. (Nikita Ganovicheff/meadowlakeNOW Staff)
Syphillis outbreak declared for Sask. First Nations
People living on Saskatchewan's First Nations are being encouraged to be extra vigilant, following a recent spike in syphilis cases.To reduce the spread of syphilis and other sexually transmitted and ...
Jul 19, 2019 (File photo/paNOW Staff)
Loon Lake officer makes it on Women's National baseball team
A Loon Lake RCMP officer is a part of the national women's baseball team and will play in the World Cup Qualifier in Mexico this summer.Const. Heather Healey was one of 20 athletes named to be a part ...
Jul 18, 2019 Heather Healey will be playing in Mexico as part of the Canadian Women's National baseball team this summer. (submitted photo/Heather Healey)
Scheer to make several stops in Sask.
As the Federal election date draws closer, the leader of the Conservative Party will be making several stops in Saskatchewan Thursday including Prince Albert, Big, River, Meadow Lake and Debden.Accord...
Jul 17, 2019 (The Canadian Press)
Tony Cote First Nations Summer Games promotes health and wellness with Wellness Tent
The Tony Cote First Nations Summer Games isn't only about competition and athletics, it also promotes different aspects of health and wellness.Justin Mizu was one of the speakers at the Wellness Tent ...
Jul 17, 2019 Justin Mizu spoke about his life and dealing with addiction at the Wellness Tent in Flying Dust. The Wellness Tent has several speakers talking about different aspects on health and wellness. (Nikita Ganovicheff/meadowlakeNOW Staff)
Man vs. beast: The catch of a lifetime
North Battleford's Bill Landrie has fished in the North Saskatchewan River for essentially his entire life. Ever since he was three years old and his parents first took him out to cast a line off the ...
Jul 17, 2019 Bill Landrie, pictured here with his prized catch, a 64-pound sturgeon out of the North Saskatchewan River. (submitted photo/Janet Lynn)
Latchkey kids: What’s legal in Saskatchewan?
Like the majority of provinces, Saskatchewan does not have a stipulated age at which a child can be safely left alone in any location. That makes leaving kids unsupervised a bit of a legal grey area a...
Jul 16, 2019 The Canada Safety Council recommends children be a minimum of 10 years old before being left alone. (ID 132732295 © Romrodinka | Dreamstime.com)
FSIN calls for ban of Williams and Ree at Country Thunder
The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) is calling on Craven Country Thunder to banish comic duo Williams and Ree.The duo has MCed events for over 20 years at the festival.This comes aft...
Jul 16, 2019 Comedy due Terry Ree and Bruce Williams. (Williams and Ree Twitter page)
Two M.L. minor baseball teams win hometown tournament
Both Meadow Lake Provincial Sox teams are heading into provincials with strong hometown tournament wins.The 11U Sox faced the Prince Albert Royals for their first game in the tournament on July 12 and...
Jul 15, 2019 The Meadow Lake 13U Provincial Sox (pictured) won a tournament in their hometown last weekend. The 11U team also held and won a tournament in Meadow Lake that same weekend. (Nikita Ganovicheff/meadowlakeNOW Staff)
RCMP release sketches of two suspects involved in home invasion, shooting
Composite sketches of two suspects involved in a home invasion and shooting last month have been released by the RCMP.Police say officers attended a Meadow Lake apartment June 30 to respond to a compl...
Jul 15, 2019 (submitted photo/Meadow Lake RCMP)