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Melfort Business Revitalization Corporation holding networking night on Wednesday
A chance for businesses to get together in Melfort and be on the same page is taking place on Wednesday, March 6.The Melfort Business Revitalization Corporation (MBRC) is holding their first 'Networki...
Mar 04, 2019 (Cam Lee/northeastNOW Staff)

Battlefords Friendship Centre hosting celebratory feast for community
Local and surrounding area residents will have an opportunity to sit down and break bread together at a feast coming up next week which is free for all to attend.Battlefords Indian and Mtis Friendship...
Mar 04, 2019 Battlefords Indian and Métis Friendship Centre will be hosting its annual feast coming up on Tuesday, March 19. (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff) : Angela Brown

Plenty of local talent among the SCMA nominees
The Saskatchewan Country Music Association has released the nominees for the 30th annual Saskatchewan Country Music Awards. There are over a dozen artists with a Prince Albert and region connection.Am...
Mar 04, 2019 Tenille Arts is nominated in six categories (Submitted/SCMA) : Glenn Hicks

Melania Trump talks up homework with kids on 'Be Best' tour
TULSA, Okla. - Melania Trump gave a second-grader a pep talk about homework Monday as she toured an Oklahoma elementary school to open a three-state tour highlighting her "Be Best" initiative. As she ...
Mar 04, 2019

Alouettes veteran lineman Brodeur-Jourdain enjoying solid CFL career
The Mr. Irrelevant of the 2008 CFL draft has quietly fashioned himself a solid career. Offensive lineman Luc Brodeur-Jourdain was the last player taken in that draft, going 48th overall to the Mo...
Mar 04, 2019

ATV in Melfort garage catches fire
A Melfort man was left with minor injuries due smoke inhalation after his ATV caught fire in his unattached garage.The man's ATV caught fire when he attempted to start it. The man resorted to shovelin...
Mar 04, 2019 (Aaron Schulze/northeastNOW Staff)

Michigan governor proposes nearly tripling the gas tax
LANSING, Mich. - New Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, who campaigned on a bold plan to "fix the damn roads" in the capital of the U.S. auto industry, will propose nearly tripling the state's per-gallon...
Mar 04, 2019

Saskatchewan's Moe wants carbon tax delayed pending Appeal Court ruling
REGINA - Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe is asking Ottawa to hold off on imposing a carbon tax next month until the province's Court of Appeal has ruled on its constitutionality. S...
Mar 04, 2019

LunaFest to make its debut in P.A.
A coming-of-age story about a young girl in the 1980s, a woman at the end of her life who must decide who will join her for eternity, a teenage girl attending her first dance, a young woman who finds ...
Mar 04, 2019 Flip the Record is one of the short films coming to P.A. Tuesday as part of LunaFest. (LunaFest)

One Book, One Province tour come to P.A.
A province wide book tour made at stop in Prince Albert Monday afternoon.The One Book, One Province tour, which features author Lisa Bird-Wilson, was at Saskatchewan Polytechnic as a part of the cross...
Mar 04, 2019 Lisa Bird-Wilson speaking at the library at Saskatchewan Polytechnic. (Michael Joel-Hansen/paNOW Staff)