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Raiders welcome newest members ahead of camp
A new city, a new team, a new facility, and a new school are just a few of the changes players face as they look to make the transition to the Prince Albert Raiders.On Thursday night, a day before the...
Aug 30, 2019 First-round pick Niall Crocker is among the group of 2004-born players attending camp with the Prince Albert Raiders for the first time this weekend. (Submitted photo/Garrett James)
Doyle launching year-long music program in Stanley Mission
A year-long Musician in Residency Program organized by Eliza Doyle will begin next month in Stanley Mission."There will basically be someone like me up there for a full 12 months," she said. "I have t...
Aug 30, 2019 Eliza Doyle has organized a 12-month music program starting next week in Stanley Mission. (submitted photo/Eliza Doyle)
The North Battleford City Kinsmen Band to celebrate 70th anniversary
The North Battleford City Kinsmen (NBCK) Band will be celebrating 70 years of sharing their music with the Battlefords. They will be holding a concert titled You Can't Stop the Beat on October 20 at 2...
Aug 30, 2019 NBCK Band will play concert to celebrate 70th anniversary (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Skateboards and scooters donated to West Flat schools
Students at Westview, St. Michael and Queen Mary schools in Prince Albert have received a nice gift from Canadian Tire.Each school is getting 50 skate boards and 25 scooters. Former West flat resident...
Aug 30, 2019 Pictured here from left to right: Malcolm Jenkins, Charlene Miller, Cheryl Arcand, Donny Parenteau, Kari Korczak, and Darren McDougall. (Nigel Maxwell/ paNOW Staff)
Humboldt Golf Club celebrates 75th anniversary
A long and storied history of the Humboldt Golf Club was celebrated on Wednesday, Aug 28.The club held an event to celebrate 75 years in business and welcomed golfers from all walks of life to reminis...
Aug 30, 2019 The Humboldt Golf Club held a ceremonial tee-off ahead of their 75th anniversary celebrations.The HGC's youngest member, Jack Unrau (Left), and one of their oldest members Mike Sowtis (Right) were the participants. (Submitted photo/Golf Saskatchewan)
Dennis Fentie, former Yukon premier, dies at the age of 68
WHITEHORSE - Dennis Fentie, who served as Yukon premier for nine years, died Friday at the age of 68. Fentie served as the territory's seventh premier from 2002 to 2011 as leader o...
Aug 30, 2019
Alfred Jackson, half-brother of late rock star Prince, dies
MINNEAPOLIS - A half-brother of the late rock superstar Prince has died, leaving five Prince siblings to share in the musician's fortune. An attorney for Alfred Jackson, Asa Weston, said Friday that t...
Aug 30, 2019
Minnesota man charged with crashing van into bus shelter
MINNEAPOLIS - A prosecutor has filed charges against an 83-year-old man who crashed his van into a Minneapolis bus shelter and injured five people. George Reeves Jensen of Champlin is charged with cri...
Aug 30, 2019
Condemned Tennessee inmate will be spared execution
NASHVILLE - A Tennessee inmate is leaving death row eight months before what would have been his execution date, after a judge approved an agreement Friday to convert his death sentence to life in pri...
Aug 30, 2019
Placido Domingo concert opening sports complex in Hungary
SZEGED, Hungary - Placido Domingo received a warm reception Wednesday at a concert in Hungary to inaugurate a new soccer stadium for a Catholic diocese, the second of the opera star's European engagem...
Aug 30, 2019