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Off-season carousel continues in CFL

I never really thought of Friday the 13th as a bad thing...but consider this.I initially wrote my Riderville column on December 12 and most of the question marks surrounding CFL coaches seem to have b...

Dec 16, 2019

Unifor launches ‘brand-wide boycott’ on Co-op as refinery labour dispute heats up

As the labour dispute over pensions at Regina's Co-op refinery heats up, the union that represents roughly 730 of the plant's workers is announcing a boycott campaign against the company."If Co-op wan...

Dec 15, 2019 A labour dispute continues between Unifor Local 594 and the Co-op refinery. (Jessie Anton/980 CJME)

P.A. hosts NSTA Fur Table

Trappers from all over the North were in Prince Albert on Saturday for the Northern Saskatchewan Trappers Association (NSTA) Fur Table.Five buyers were on location looking to make purchases and organi...

Dec 14, 2019 A potential buyer takes a look at a few skins at the NSTA Fur Table in Prince Albert. (Ian Gustafson/paNOW Staff)

Grandstand Committee fundraising at a stand-still until city decides fate of Stampede Grounds

The Meadow Lake Grandstand Committee is holding off fundraising efforts until the city confirms the fate of its old Stampede Grounds. City council finalized its 2020 budget on Monday and approved $25,...

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‘You were everything to me’: Kindersley family, community grieve after separated couple murder-suicide

A woman who was killed in a murder-suicide in Kindersley on Thursday is being remembered as a loving mother, grandmother and co-worker by family and the larger community.Elsie Gartner, 64, a health wo...

Dec 13, 2019 Elsie Gartner is seen in a photo dated 2014. (Elsie Gartner/Facebook)

Project Poinsettia tradition returns to Meadow Lake

Project Poinsettia is a holiday tradition bringing Christmas cheer to residents in hospitals and long-term care facilities in northern Saskatchewan.CJNS and meadowlakeNOW delivered the 110 festive pla...

Dec 13, 2019 Meadow Lake Hospital staff pose with Poinsettias. (Nicole Reis/Staff)

Saskatchewan residents to see power bills rise; SaskPower warns about phone scam

Saskatchewan residents will be paying more for power in the new year.The carbon tax is set to increase Jan. 1 from $20 a tonne to $30. SaskPower spokesperson Joel Cherry explained what the increase wi...

Dec 13, 2019 The Crown-owned power company says bills are set to climb and warning residents about a phone scam. (File Photo/paNOW Staff)

Youth Group Upcoming Events

Grace United Church Sunday school & Youth group Christmas events:Friday, December 13, 6:00 p.m. - YOUTH GROUP FUN NIGHT @ GUC (Pizza, Community building, Christmas theme video, Table tennis, Games...

Dec 13, 2019

Jr. NBA Program in Battlefords

The Jr. NBA Basketball Program (formerly Steve Nash Youth Basketball) for boys and girls in grades 1-6 is coming up in the new year.RegistratRegistration is now open on skybasketball.ca 10 weeks of in...

Dec 13, 2019

‘We owe it to our children:’ FSIN rolls out draft child welfare legislation, stress need for funding

The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) is rolling out drafted child welfare legislation across Canada, but there's one thing standing in the way.A lack of funding, even with the passing...

Dec 12, 2019 (L-R) Raymond Shingoose, Director of Child Family Services for Yorkton Treaty Council, FSIN Chief Bobby Cameron, and Second Vice Chief David Pratt at the FSIN press conference on December 11, 2019. (Brady Lang/650 CKOM)