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‘Let this moment radicalize you': Rally held in Regina for Black Lives Matter movement
Standing at the foot of the steps leading up the legislative building at noon on Tuesday, nearly all that could be seen in any direction were people, masks on their faces, chanting.They all showed up ...
Jun 02, 2020
Sporting goods stores enjoying positive reopening
Despite the widespread cancellation of athletic activities due to the COVID-19 pandemic, sporting goods stores are seeing enough business come through to manage current economic strife.After retail es...
Jun 02, 2020
La Loche active COVID-19 cases plummet as the village prepares to ease restrictions
The northern village of La Loche could see some restrictions eased by Thursday within the Far North community as active COVID-19 cases continue to fall. In a public community update on the local CHPN ...
Jun 02, 2020
Fitness centre at JRMCC set to reopen next week
The fitness centre at the Jonas Roberts Memorial Community Centre will be ready for a soft opening June 8 as part of phase three of the Re-Open Saskatchewan Plan.That's according to fitness coordinato...
Jun 02, 2020
Councillors ponder options for reopening of city facilities
Prince Albert city councillors are mulling over how best to reopen city facilities, including asking regional municipalities to contribute financial support. Meanwhile city staff continue to conduct a...
Jun 02, 2020
Fermenting ferns? Rare dinosaur stomach fossil opens door to ancient world
Fresh ferns, loaded with spores, lightly dusted with leaves and twigs and perfectly seasoned with locally sourced charcoal. Sound good? It did to an ankylosaur about 110 million years ago, a...
Jun 02, 2020
P.A. man survives head-on crash with pregnant elk
Prince Albert's Kris Mahlberg won't soon forget his first motorcycle ride of the year, after crashing head on into a pregnant elk and living to tell the story.The 32-year-old, who works the night shif...
Jun 02, 2020
Long running book store in P.A. shuts down
The last page has been turned on a retailer that has been in business in Prince Albert since the 1980s.The doors to the Coles book store in the Gateway Mall will not re-open after they closed as part ...
Jun 02, 2020
Home sales on the upswing in Humboldt
The housing market in the city of Humboldt appears to be on the rise.Dan Torwalt of Century 21 Diamond Realty in Humboldt told northeastNOW that 12 houses sold in Humboldt in May, compared to just six...
Jun 02, 2020
City hopes to recoup police investigation costs from affected property owners
The City of North Battleford is looking at making the affected property owner pay for associated policing clean up costs when an RCMP investigation into illegal activity happens on his or her property...
Jun 02, 2020