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Mamma Mia! a hit after first night

One of the world's biggest musical plays made its debut last night at the E.A. Rawlinson Centre For The Arts as the production Mamma Mia! is now in our backyard.The event is presented by Broadway Nort...

Aug 16, 2019 Members of the Broadway North Theatre Company strut their stuff on stage.(submitted/Cara Stelmaschuk)

Federal government apologizes for historic sled dog killings in the North

IQALUIT, Nunavut - The Canadian government has apologized for the killings of thousands of sled dogs decades ago. Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett delivered the apology in Iqal...

A Q&A with councillor candidate Lyndi Marchuk

Councillor candidate Lyndi Marchuk sat down with meadowlakeNOW for an interview ahead of the Sept. 18 byelection. As part of our coverage for both the vacant mayoral and soon-to-come councillor seat, ...

Aug 16, 2019 Lyndi Marchuk will be running for the open Meadow Lake councillor seat this September. (submitted photo/Lyndi Marchuk)

Bylaw passes to close and lease portion of Tremblay Street

A bylaw was passed at a regular La Ronge council meeting Wednesday to close and lease a portion of Tremblay Street.The closure will affect a 13-meter strip of land lying immediately south of La Ronge ...

Aug 16, 2019 Sections of Tremblay Street will be leased to two private companies. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)

BDFRC offers easy, healthy foods in backpack programs for kids in need

If you have a few extra dollars you might want to donate it the Battlefords District Food and Resource Centre (BDFRC) to help kids in needy families.Executive Director Erin Katerynych said the BDFRC o...

Aug 16, 2019 Manager Heather O'Neill shows some items in the summer food program for kids in need, at the Battlefords District Food and Resource Centre (BDFRC), Friday. The BDFRC offers two "backpack" food programs during the year for kids. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff)

Education key to prevent city from falling victim to fraud

You can have all the security measures in place but it only takes one person to click on a bad link to put an entire organization at risk.Those comments are from the City of North Battleford's IT coor...

Aug 16, 2019 (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)

After Saskatoon fraud incident, City of Melfort confident appropriate security in place

One day after the City of Saskatoon fell victim to a massive online fraud, the City of Melfort is confident they have the measures in place to prevent a similar situation.The City of Saskatoon announc...

Aug 16, 2019 (File photo/northeastNOW Staff)

R.M. residents question proposed cell tower

A proposed cell tower in the Rural Municipality (R.M.) of Prince Albert is not receiving great reception from the landowners who may be living near it.Raymond Boyd was among two landowners who showed ...

Aug 16, 2019 (submitted photo/SaskTel)

Instability, sudden changes threaten to derail Impact's playoff push

MONTREAL - A whirlwind of sudden changes and instability could derail the Montreal Impact's playoff hopes down the stretch. A week of rotten luck - including new injuries to Ignacio Piatti and Samuel ...

'Easy Rider' star and writer Peter Fonda has died at age 79

LOS ANGELES - Peter Fonda, the son of a Hollywood legend who became a movie star in his own right both writing and starring in counterculture classics like "Easy Rider," has died. His family says in a...