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Federal NDP set to nominate candidate
The country is not far off from the calling of the next federal election.Candidates from the Liberals, People's Party of Canada and Green Party have been nominated to stand for their respective party ...
Sep 04, 2019 Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh's party has still not nominated a candidate for Prince Albert. (Nikita Ganovicheff/meadowlakeNOW Staff)

Fire prevention on display in Little Red River Park
Industry leaders in forestry management met on Wednesday in Little Red River Park to share expertise with each other, and to highlight some of the strategies they use to prevent forest fires to the pu...
Sep 04, 2019 A contractor explains how a mulcher operates. The machine breaks up felled trees and branches so they can return to the soil more easily and don't serve as kindling for a potential forest fire. (Alison Sandstrom/paNOW Staff)

A below average summer in temperature and precipitation for Battlefords area
With fall fast approaching it is an opportune time to look back at the summer season in the Battlefords.The area saw a colder and dryer than average June, July and August.The monthly mean temperature ...
Sep 04, 2019 Despite a few storms rolling through the area, the region experienced a dry and cool summer. (Tyler Marr/battlefordsNOW Staff)

August third wettest on record for La Ronge
August was the third wettest on record for La Ronge in the last 54 years. That's according to Environment and Climate Change Canada Meteorologist Terri Lang, who said 103.6 millimeters of rain was rec...
Sep 04, 2019 More than 100 millimeters of rain fell in the tri-communities last month. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)

Rebecca Lee-Bentham to play against men in Mackenzie Tour event in Montreal
Coming off a three-year break from elite competition, Rebecca Lee-Bentham is finding ways to keep golf interesting. She'll be the only woman in the field when the Mackenzie Investments Open tees ...
Sep 04, 2019

Argos general manager Jim Popp not looking to shuffle CFL team's roster
TORONTO - The Toronto Argonauts are in the East Division basement, but GM Jim Popp isn't looking to shuffle his roster. Toronto (1-9) has dropped three straight to stand fourth in the East Division, f...
Sep 04, 2019

Conservation group: Bolivia fires ravaged big cat habitat
RIO DE JANEIRO - A conservation group says one of Latin America's key habitats for jaguars suffered extensive devastation during fires in Bolivia. The South America director for the New York-based Pan...
Sep 04, 2019

Some in flooded Quebec town angry new dike will block their waterfront views
MONTREAL - Some lakeside residents of a town northwest of Montreal that was severely flooded last spring after a dike ruptured are now upset the government's repairs to the structure will ob...
Sep 04, 2019

Three new members appointed to Carlton Trail College's Board of Directors
The Carlton Trail College Board of Directors has welcomed three new members after a pair departed.Denis Bergerman and Luz Marina Dominguez are no longer on the board, but filling their shoes are Gordo...
Sep 04, 2019 (submitted photo/Carlton Trail College)

The art of sloganeering: How many ways can politicians say 'change'?
OTTAWA - Change. Forward. Together. For you. They are the buzzwords of political campaigns worldwide, used time and again in various combinations, to sum up a campaign theme in few enough letters...
Sep 04, 2019