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Edmonton company will build new Northland Pioneers Lodge long-term care facility
Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) has awarded a multi-million dollar contract to an Alberta-based construction company for the development of the new Northland Pioneers Lodge long-term care facility...
May 08, 2020 Construction site of the new Northland Pioneers Lodge which broke ground in April. (Nicole Reis/meadowlakeNOW Staff)
Board of Trade Award Gala to be aired on Facebook
An opportunity to experience a gala event from the comfort of your living room.The Carrot River Board of Trade's Annual Business Excellence Awards Gala can be viewed on their Facebook page tonight.Com...
May 08, 2020 Last year's awards gala. (Submitted/Miranda Blaber)
P.A. Mobile Crisis moves downtown
Prince Albert Mobile Crisis has a new home downtown. The organization is settling into the former Criminal Investigations Division building after finalizing its purchase from the Prince Albert Police ...
May 08, 2020 PAPS Chief Jon Bergen hands the keys to the Criminal Investigations Division building to P.A. Mobile Crisis Executive Director Vicki Stewart. (submitted photo/Prince Albert Police Service)
PBS docu-series 'Asian Americans' more timely amid pandemic
A century of racist attacks detailed in the new PBS documentary series "Asian Americans" might have felt like ancient history just a few months ago. But through the lens of the coronavirus pandemic th...
May 08, 2020
Judge denies bid to dismiss charges against Lori Loughlin
A federal judge refused Friday to dismiss charges against actress Lori Loughlin, her fashion designer husband and other prominent parents accused of cheating the college admissions process, siding wit...
May 08, 2020
Outside police agency to review how officers handled run-in with costumed worker
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - An outside police agency is to investigate the actions of officers who forced a restaurant worker in a "Star Wars'' storm-trooper costume to the ground in southern A...
May 08, 2020
Air Ronge Co-op reopens after COVID-19 test comes back negative
Lake Country Co-op wants the public to know team members at the Air Ronge C-Store are well and there are no cases of COVID-19 at the store. The store suddenly closed Wednesday and, in an official stat...
May 08, 2020 The store was closed for approximately a day and a half. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)
Intentionally set grass fires on Sweetgrass First Nation
Intentionally set fires led to evacuations at a local First Nation on Thursday night.At approximately 10 p.m. on May 7, Battlefords RCMP were called to Sweetgrass First Nation for multiple calls of gr...
May 08, 2020 Battlefords RCMP responded to calls about intentionally set grass fires on Sweetgrass First Nation (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Serious crash blocks Highway 55, drivers expect delay
Meadow Lake RCMP reported a serious traffic collision on Hwy #55 approximately six miles east of Meadow Lake toward Green Lake. A police presence is set up outside of Norsask Forest Products. The high...
May 08, 2020 (Nicole Reis/meadowlakeNOW Staff)
Despite jarring jobs numbers, Canada, U.S. charting different courses
WASHINGTON - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says it's a fundamental principle of life in Canada that no one should have to go to work if they don't feel safe doing so. Trudeau made the comments today a...
May 08, 2020