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Alberta seeks partners for 164 parks to focus spending on 'high value areas'
EDMONTON - The Alberta government wants to hand off management of 164 provincially run parks to outside groups. The move was hinted at in yesterday's budget and confirmed by a spokeswoman for Environm...
Feb 28, 2020
Pipeline talks with hereditary chiefs resume for second day in northern B.C.
SMITHERS, B.C. - The hereditary chiefs of the Wet'suwet'en are meeting for a second day with senior federal and provincial ministers as they try to break an impasse in a pipeline dispute tha...
Feb 28, 2020
'It's a curse and also a blessing': Charles honoured for search and rescue work
It was a surprising and emotional day for Lac La Ronge Indian Band Elder Tom Charles who was gifted a ribbon shirt as an appreciation for more than four decades of search and rescue work."The RCMP gav...
Feb 28, 2020 Tom Charles was recognized for more than 40 years of search and rescue work. (Lorne Stewart/Facebook)
Roughriders release some details of Grey Cup Festival
The Saskatchewan Roughriders unveiled some of the details of the 2020 Grey Cup Festival on Friday.The festival is to begin on Nov. 17 and run every day until Nov. 22, when the 108th Grey Cup game is t...
Feb 28, 2020 (CJME News Staff)
Pedestrian, 64, killed in Bear Creek
RCMP officers are investigating a deadly crash in Bear Creek. On Thursday at approximately 10:30 p.m., Turnor Lake RCMP were called to the scene of a single car crash in the community on Highway 155. ...
Feb 28, 2020 (file photo/meadowlakeNOW Staff)
‘Show must go on:’ Beechy moves ahead with fundraiser despite setback
Organizers in the village of Beechy were left scrambling Wednesday when they learned the main attraction for their arena fundraiser would not be coming."We had quite the war room going on last night w...
Feb 28, 2020 The Beechy, Sask. hockey arena. (Facebook)
'Canada's national sport, just from a different view': Melfort welcomes sledge hockey
The young - and not so young - were able to experience an introduction to sledge hockey in Melfort Thursday, Feb. 27.The Saskatchewan Hockey Association and the Melfort sledge hockey group hosted the ...
Feb 28, 2020 (submitted photo/Lisa Brady)
Two people facing charges after vehicle stop
Members of the Integrated Crime Reduction Team (ICRT) seized multiple weapons, drugs and other items after a vehicle stop on Wednesday.According to a media release from the Prince Albert Police Servic...
Feb 28, 2020 (Submitted photo/Prince Albert Police Service)
Jeremy Cockrill wins Battlefords Sask. Party nomination
Jeremy Cockrill is the new Saskatchewan Party candidate for the Battlefords for the upcoming provincial election.He won the most votes, defeating fellow contender Tom Hawboldt in the nomination meetin...
Feb 28, 2020 Jeremy Cockrill speaks after he is declared the winner in the bid for the nomination for the Battlefords Saskatchewan Party. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff)
New Guidelines For Travel Regarding Coronavirus
As Novel Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) is detected in new jurisdictions, Saskatchewan public health is updating recommendations to residents and health care providers related to travel to and from count...
Feb 28, 2020