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Saskatchewan taxpayers sinking millions into uranium mine cleanup

Saskatchewan taxpayers are looking at a massive bill as the provincial and federal governments battle it out over who is responsible for cleaning up an abandoned uranium mine.The Gunnar mine and mill ...

Jun 05, 2019 The Gunnar Mine near Uranium City was once the largest uranium mine in the world. (Chris Carr/CKOM)

‘You get what you put in’: Cannabis consumers greet first outdoor growing season

Moe Brondum lifts the rope that holds the gate to his backyard closed. He gingerly walks through and heads over to a patio table where two chairs sit ready for guests.Birds chirp as he leans back, don...

Jun 05, 2019 Moe Brondum shows off one of his four legal cannabis plants in his backyard in North Battleford. (Tyler Marr/battlefordsNOW Staff)

Stampede Week parade rolls through Meadow Lake

Kids and families filled the streets of Meadow Lake for the annual Stampede Week Parade on June 3.Stampede Week and the parade are in their 99th year and featured over 30 floats. Gordon Alger lead the...

Jun 04, 2019 Horses and their riders were leading the charge at this years Stampede Week parade. (Nikita Ganovicheff/meadowlakeNOW)

4-H Beef Club kick off Stampede Week with cow competition

The Meadow Lake 4-H Beef Club showed off their hard work recently at the Meadow Lake and District Arena.There were 25 members of the 4-H Club, ages ranging from six to 21, brought in their cattle for ...

Jun 03, 2019 Hayes Siklenka and his steer waiting for the judges at the Meadow Lake 4-H Achievement Day. (Nikita Ganovicheff/meadowlakeNOW)

MP calls MMIWG report 'very personal' for northerners

The final report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) found there's been a deliberate race, identity and gender-based genocide in Canada.The report call...

Jun 03, 2019 NDP MP Georgina Jolibois stated a national action plan would be extensive. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)

One arrested following aggravated assault

Members of the La Loche RCMP detachment members received a call from a residence in the town of La Loche on June 2 at 6:08 a.m, regarding an assault that had taken place.According to a release, one ad...

Jun 03, 2019 (File photo/paNOW Staff)

McMann takes weekend, L’Heureux nets first best wagon

The dust has settled on three days of wagon racing in North Battleford and Brad McMann walked away with the top prize.The fourth-year Canadian Professional Chuckwagon Association (CPCA) driver notched...

Jun 02, 2019 Brad McMann walked away from North Battleford a champion after three days of Canadian Professional Chuckwagon Association racing. (Tyler Marr/battlefordsNOW Staff)

75 years later, legacy of Canada's role in D-Day landing still lingers

OTTAWA - When he jumped out of his landing craft into knee-deep water off the coast of Normandy on June 6, 1944, Jack Commerford wasn't contemplating the role he was about to play in wh...

Jun 02, 2019 (The Canadian Press)

Sask. NDP pledging STC revival two years after shutdown

The Saskatchewan NDP is renewing calls to revive a provincial bus service exactly two years after the Saskatchewan Transportation Company (STC) was shut down.NDP Leader Ryan Meili met with reporters o...

Jun 01, 2019 NDP Leader Ryan Meili. (file photo/CKOM)

12 people killed in Virginia Beach shooting; suspect dead

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - A longtime city employee opened fire in a municipal building in Virginia Beach on Friday, killing 12 people on three floors and sending terrified co-workers scrambling for cover ...

Jun 01, 2019 12 people are dead following a shooting in Virginia Beach.