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City agrees to review snow removal bylaws after residents criticize windrows
Meadow Lake city council has agreed to review the current snow removal bylaw after numerous complaints from residents citing traffic obstructions, child safety concerns, and the length of time windrow...
Feb 13, 2020 (Nicole Reis/meadowlakeNOW Staff)

Employment Standards Workshop
We are holding the Employment Standards Workshop again this spring. EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS WORKSHOPFacilitator: Terry Gove, Education Services, Employment Standards DivisionApril 23, 20209:30am to 3:30p...
Feb 13, 2020

PAGC Senator's Cup
The PAGC Senator's Cup Will be April 3 - 5 at the Art Hauser Arena in Prince Albert.Come out for a great weekend of Contact Hockey.First 16 teams accepted. Entry fee is $1,000 per team. Entry Deadline...
Feb 13, 2020

Town moving to bi-weekly garbage pickup over winter period
Battleford residents will need to put their garbage out a little less over the winter time now that the town is switching to a bi-weekly pickup for this period only.Starting the week of March 3 to Apr...
Feb 13, 2020 The Town of Battleford is moving to a bi-weekly garbage pickup schedule during the winter months only. (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)

Nurse, Bjorkgren together at all-star; latest accomplishment in long friendship
TORONTO - Nick Nurse remembers Nate Bjorkgren as a good-looking kid with a "full head of hair, and not a bad player" when Bjorkgren walked onto the University of South Dakota's bas...
Feb 13, 2020

Edmonton Oilers captain Connor McDavid out 2 to 3 weeks with quad injury
EDMONTON - The Edmonton Oilers say star centre Connor McDavid will be out for the next two to three weeks with a quad injury, a setback expected to test the resilience of a team fi...
Feb 13, 2020

Canadian Premier League unveils new Atletico Ottawa club with Mista as coach
OTTAWA - Jeff Hunt believes Ottawa finally has the right recipe for pro soccer success with Club Atletico de Madrid on board. Hunt, also a part-owner of the CFL's Ottawa Redblacks and Ontario Hockey L...
Feb 13, 2020

P.A. residents feel the chill as temperatures sank below -40 C
Prince Albert and area woke up to one of the coldest mornings of the year.Environment Canada reported -40.3 C as the low point. Although it may have felt like, it wasn't even the coldest day of 2020."...
Feb 13, 2020 (paNOW Staff/ Ronald Quaroni)

Shellbrook residents to see fee increases
Residents in the Town of Shellbrook will pay more for water starting this month.Residents will pay $35.82 per month plus a consumption rate of $0.125 per 100 gallons. This is an increase from $35.12 a...
Feb 13, 2020 Water rates are going up for Shellbrook residents. (file photo/paNOW Staff)

Discussing the importance, availability of AED's in Melfort
The recent cardiac incident involving St. Louis Blues defenceman Jay Bouwmeester is a reminder of the importance of Automated External Defibrillators (AED's).Bouwmeester collapsed while on the bench d...
Feb 13, 2020 Brunswick School is one of a number of buildings in Melfort with Automated External Defibrillators. (Submitted photo/Rodney White)