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Healthy eating key ingredient to classroom success

From rickety school bus rides and homework assignments, to making new friends and meeting teachers; for students, there is a lot that comes with a new school year. Perhaps a bit lost in the shuffle ca...

Sep 01, 2019 (file photo/paNOW Staff)

Sask. fiddler wins over crowd at national competition

A man with ties to Prince Albert, Meadow Lake, and Buffalo Narrows, is receiving national recognition for his fiddling skills.Tristen Durocher, 23, finished ninth at the Canadian Grand Masters (CGM), ...

Aug 28, 2019 Tristen Durocher. (submitted photo/ Tristen Durocher)

Physical activity offers running start to a healthy school year

As the summer season winds down and the leaves begin to change, a new school year is on the horizon. Whether getting involved with an extracurricular sports team, or enjoying the refreshing fall breez...

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Plaque unveiled to commemorate Treaty 6 adhesion

The unveiling of the Treaty 6 Adhesion Commemorative Plaque will serve as a reminder of the special relationship between the Woodland Cree and the Crown. A ceremony was held Wednesday at the Molanosa ...

Aug 28, 2019 The plaque was unveiled at a ceremony at the Molanosa Cultural Grounds. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)

Loon Lake officer wins bronze at international baseball tournament

Loon Lake Const. Heather Healey returned from Mexico with a bronze medal and the chance to once again play in the Women's Baseball World Cup in 2020.Canada faced host team Mexico at the Women's Baseba...

Aug 28, 2019 Heather Healey played for Team Canada at the Women's Baseball World Cup qualifier tournament. The team faced host Mexico and walked away with bronze. (Submitted photo/Heather Healey)

Provincial Archives offers glimpse into past with digitalization of historic newspapers online

This September will mark the 80th anniversary since the outbreak of the Second World War.To commemorate the occasion, the Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan are releasing digitized copies of communit...

Aug 26, 2019 Headlines from Thursday, Sept. 7, 1939 in the North Battleford News. (Supplied/Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan)

Scheer, Harper among politicians at memorial for Calgary MP Deepak Obhrai

CALGARY - Some prominent Conservative politicians are paying their respects at a memorial for former Calgary member of Parliament Deepak Obhrai. Obhrai, who was 69, died earlier this month&n...

Aug 26, 2019

Forest fires can contribute to depletion of soil carbon, increase global climate: UofS study

A new study on how forest fires contribute to depleting soil carbon in the boreal forest was published in the prestigious Nature scientific journal.The research team included University of Saskatchewa...

Aug 23, 2019 2014 was the largest fire season in N.W.T. history (File photo/battlefordsNOW).

M.L. athlete medals at National Track and Field Championship

A Meadow Lake athlete stood on the podium several times at the 2019 Legion Track and Field Championship in Sydney, Nova Scotia.Avery Pearson was a part of Team Saskatchewan and won gold in the under-1...

Aug 19, 2019 Avery Pearson represented Team Saskatchewan at the 2019 Legion Track and Field Championships from Aug. 9 to 11 in Sydney, Nova Scotia. (submitted photo/Daryl Pearson)

King family back for third year of girls hockey school

More than 50 young athletes had a chance to learn from female hockey players at the Girls-Only Hockey Camp in Flying Dust this week.King's Hockey School instructors and sisters Danene Kopperud and Day...

Aug 14, 2019 Students from ages four to 14 learn basic hockey skills at King's Hockey School Girls-Only Hockey Camp. (Nikita Ganovicheff/meadowlakeNOW staff)