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‘The year that the shoe dropped’: How the Canada-U.S. relationship changed in 2025
The people anxiously sipping hot chocolate in the Canadian Embassy in Washington on a cold night in January almost a year ago couldn't have predicted the roller-coaster of trade provocations and bilat...
Dec 27, 2025

paNOW's Top 10 news stories of 2025
Whether it was a story about a long-awaited recreational centre opening in Prince Albert, or the shooting of a landlord who just wanted to collect rent, paNOW has told thousands of stories throughout ...
Dec 27, 2025

Top 10 stories of 2025 from battlefordsNOW and meadowlakeNOW
If 2025 felt heavier than most, many people can point to why.Wildfires forced evacuations and choked the air. Economic uncertainty crept in through headlines from Washington and Ottawa. Crises unfolde...
Dec 27, 2025

Wildfires, agricultural settlement payments mark highlights for LLRIB in 2025
The distribution of agricultural settlement payments, as well as evacuations from wildfires in the spring, marked the biggest moments for the Lac La Ronge Indian Band (LLRIB) in 2025. In 2024, the LLR...
Dec 27, 2025

Battlefords MLA Cockrill reflects on 2025, says 'there's more work to do'
As 2025 draws to a close, Jeremy Cockrill describes the past year less as a list of milestones and more as a period shaped by uncertainty - much of it beyond the borders of the Battlefords."We live in...
Dec 27, 2025

Crime trending downward in the Battlefords as RCMP doubles down on core policing
Crime in the Battlefords is trending in the right direction. Local RCMP commander Insp. Ryan How said overall calls for service are down three per cent compared to the five-year average, even after wh...
Dec 26, 2025

Salvation Army Major says ministry will continue, building was empty at time of fire
Prince Albert Salvation Army Major Ed Dean says that their work helping unhoused people and others in need will continue despite the loss of their building to fire last night. Dean spoke to paNOW and ...
Dec 26, 2025
Alumni Check-in: Hildebrand off to solid start in Bemidji State
While the door has closed on his career as a Prince Albert Raider, Max Hildebrand stepped through the next door and is already underway in his first season of college hockey with the Bemidji State Bea...
Dec 26, 2025

MP Falk says 2025 was a 'long year' in Ottawa as she keeps the same focus heading into 2026
After what she describes as a long year marked by political upheaval, Battlefords-Lloydminster-Meadow Lake MP Rosemarie Falk says her focus remains unchanged heading into 2026 - affordability, crime, ...
Dec 26, 2025

Year in Review: Melfort Dutch Elm situation worsens
The fight against Dutch Elm Disease continues in Melfort.The City hired a Dutch Elm Disease expert again in 2025 to investigate trees across Melfort, and the numbers continue to grow. This year's surv...
Dec 26, 2025