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Two local business owners recognized for helping tourism in Saskatchewan

The 2019 Saskatchewan Tourism Awards of Excellence recipients have been announced including two local business owners, Brad Muir and Gordon Olson.Brad Muir from Anglin Lake owns Sundogs Excursions and...

Nov 13, 2020

Louis Riel exoneration debate continues

Next week will herald the 135th anniversary of the death of Louis Riel, and there are renewed calls from Mtis groups in Quebec and British Columbia for the federal government to exonerate the man who ...

Nov 13, 2020

Possible COVID-19 exposure in Sask. communities including Prince Albert

The Saskatchewan Health Authority is notifying the public of several potential exposures to COVID-19. Here is a list of the following businesses where a person or persons attended while likely infecti...

Nov 09, 2020

Moe shuffles cabinet, Harpauer named deputy premier

Five MLAs retained their previous posts Monday when Premier Scott Moe announced a cabinet shuffle.Donna Harpauer remained the minister of finance, a title she has held since 2017. She also was named d...

Nov 09, 2020

Remembering hockey legend Jim Neilson

Local hockey legend James "Jim" Neilson died early Friday morning in Winnipeg where he lived after retirement. He was 78.Neilson, who was born in Big River Sask. played for 17 years in the National Ho...

Nov 07, 2020

Mustangs win season opener, honour the late Dylan Ashe

There were two points at stake for the Melfort Mustangs in their 2020-21 Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) season opener against the Flin Flon Bombers, and they got both with a 3-1 win.Off the ...

Nov 07, 2020

Festival of Trees to move online this Christmas

Few seasonal celebrations have become synonymous with Christmas time in Meadow Lake, like the annual Festival of Trees Fundraiser.Hosted by the Meadow Lake Hospital Foundation, the Festival of Trees s...

Nov 06, 2020

Raiders to help at Adam Herold leadership camp this weekend in Naicam

The Adam Herold Legacy Foundation (AHLF) will hold their second Hockey and Leadership Development Program camp this season in Naicam Saturday and Sunday-and will have some special guests from the Prin...

Nov 05, 2020

Leask barber hangs up scissors after more than five decades in the business

Jerry Heinbigner has been cutting hair for over 50 years, and will be remembered by many for the small packs of juicy fruit he gave to children for good behaviour.When asked by paNOW what he will miss...

Nov 03, 2020

Canadian soldier killed in Netherlands in Second World War identified

OTTAWA - The Defence Department says it's identified remains of a Canadian soldier buried in a cemetery in the Netherlands near the end of the Second World War. Trooper Henry George Johnston's identit...

Nov 02, 2020