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Saskatchewan Penitentiary hosts in-house recruitment drive

Federal government officials have been looking to new ways to fill jobs at the Saskatchewan Penitentiary in Prince Albert. The institution held its first-ever open house this week in the hopes of attr...

Mar 07, 2019 file photo/ paNOW Staff

‘We are building the Northwest’: College gathers input as it eyes potential new campus

Come 2020, shovels could be in the ground for a new North West College (NWC) campus in the Battlefords.Board Chair Byron Merkosky said the organization wants to have a business case for a potential ne...

Mar 06, 2019 North West College has gathered public feedback as they eye a potential new campus in North Battleford. (Tyler Marr/battlefordsNOW Staff) : Tyler Marr

Hotel owner devastated by total fire loss

As the owner of the destroyed Christopher Lake Heritage Hotel and Bar awaits the outcome of the fire investigation, he said the landmark was a cornerstone of the community. Robert Reddekopp has not ru...

Mar 06, 2019 Christopher Lake Hotel and Bar fire aftermath. (Michael Joel Hansen/paNOW Staff) : Glenn Hicks

Spring runoff expected to be normal: Water Security Agency

As the mercury begins to creep up the positive side of the thermometer, it's time to consider spring runoff.The Water Security Agency (WSA) projected an average amount of runoff for the province. One ...

Mar 06, 2019 Spring runoff in Saskatchewan is expected to be normal, according to a spokesperson at the Water Security Agency. (file photo/paNOW Staff)

Loon Lake RCMP to host spring town hall

Loon Lake RCMP are inviting the public to attend a spring town hall next month. It will take place on April 8, at 7 p.m. at the Loon Lake Recreation Centre. In addition to an update on crime trends an...

Mar 04, 2019 (file photo/paNOW Staff) : Tyler Marr

Carbon Tax incoming

Saskatchewan residents will soon start seeing changes to their SaskEnergy and SaskPower bills.According to a media release, starting April 1, the Federal Carbon Tax will be applied to all bills receiv...

Mar 04, 2019 (File photo/paNOW Staff)

April 7 to be known as Green Shirt Day in honour of Logan Boulet Effect

Nearly one year after the Humboldt Broncos collision, the memories of those lost give rise to hope moving forward in the form of Green Shirt Day.Logan Boulet was one of the 16 people killed when the B...

Mar 04, 2019 Toby, Mariko and Bernadine Boulet. (Aaron Mahoney/LethbridgeNewsNOW) : Tyler Marr

Moose Jaw welcomes Norwegian official for ‘moose summit’

Moose Jaw mayor Fraser Tolmie welcomed Norway's delegate for the "international moose summit" to the city's visitor centre on Saturday morning, where he and Stor-Elvdal deputy mayor Linda Otnes Henrik...

Mar 02, 2019 Moose Jaw mayor Fraser Tolmie and Stor-Elvdal deputy mayor Linda Henriksen do the “moose dance” from the Ganic & Vimarida’s music video, “Moose Truce” on March 2. : Tyler Marr

Trudeau names MacAulay veterans-affairs minister in cabinet shuffle

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is making longtime MP Lawrence MacAulay his new veterans-affairs minister to fill the void left by the resignation of Jody Wilson-Raybould as part of a minor cab...

Mar 01, 2019

Meadow Lake-area farm placed under quarantine

A fatal disease affecting horses has been discovered on a farm in the Meadow Lake area. A total of five horses have tested positive for Equine Infectious Anemia (EIA). An investigation by the Canadian...

Feb 28, 2019 THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh : Jeff McIntosh