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Free fishing weekend coming up

The Family Day Long Weekend is coming up and those interested in dropping a line in one of the province's lakes can do so without a fishing licence. The free fishing event is from Feb. 15 to 17. Murra...

Feb 11, 2020 From Feb. 15-17 anyone who wants to fish on the province's lakes can do so without a fishing licence. (file photo/paNOW Staff)

Provincial Snowmobile Festival set for end of February in Melfort

The 2020 Provincial Snowmobile Festival will be hosted by the Melfort and District Trail Riders (MDTR) on Feb. 28 and 29.The group is expecting between 250 and 270 snowmobile riders will attend.MDTR P...

Feb 11, 2020 (File photo/northeastNOW staff)

Northwest Community Lodge Association AGM

The Northwest Community Lodge Association Inc. Annual General Meeting is Monday, February 24 at 7:00 pm.This meeting will be help at the Lion's Den in the Meadow Lake MuseumThe Northwest Community Lod...

Feb 11, 2020

Gronlid Man Fined More Than $36,000 For Wildlife Trafficking

A Gronlid man recently pleaded guilty in Melfort Provincial Court to charges stemming from a five-year undercover investigation into illegal wildlife trafficking. In 2014, Ministry of Environment cons...

Feb 10, 2020

Prairie Women on Snowmobiles’ 20th trek raises nearly $100,000

After six days of sledding, Prairie Women on Snowmobiles raised $98,273.10 for breast cancer research and equipment.For 20 years, the non-profit organization's annual event takes 10 female snowmobile ...

Feb 09, 2020 Over $60,000 went to the Cancer Foundation of Saskatchewan following Prairie Women on Snowmobiles' 20th trek.(Facebook/Cancer Foundation of Saskatchewan)

Friday Fill-Up encourages youth to make healthy choices

Friday Fill-Up at the Alliance Church is an opportunity for adolescents in the community to have a healthy lunch and learn some life skills from a community leader. Dwayne Mysko, director of Alliance ...

Feb 07, 2020 (Nicole Reis/meadowlakeNOW Staff)

Colten Boushie documentary to screen at Dekker Centre Sunday

The award-winning documentary Nipawistamasowin: We Will Stand Up, which takes a deeper look at the death of Colten Boushie and Canada's judicial system, will have a free screening Feb. 9 at 6:30 p.m. ...

Feb 07, 2020 The Boushie family and legal counsel at a Parliamentary press conference. (supplied photo/George Hupka)

Morgan again nixes idea of binding arbitration

The Government of Saskatchewan weighed in Friday on Unifor's latest plan to end the lockout at the Co-op refinery in Regina.On Thursday, the union issued a statement in which it laid out a plan - the ...

Feb 07, 2020 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)

Valentine's Day Box Social

There will be a good old fashioned Valentine's Day Box Social hosted by the Bear Creek Gymkhana Club on Saturday, February 15 from 8:30 p.m. until 2:00 a.m. at the Bear Crek Hall.Music is by Lady and ...

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North West College

North West College operates in Meadow Lake and North Battleford providing post secondary education, GED upgrading, post secondary councilling and more.They offer a wide variety of programs suited to a...

Feb 07, 2020