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Air Ronge council finalizing details of $100,000 contract for Heritage Park
Air Ronge councillors will be entering into final negotiations with La Ronge-based Little Rock Enterprises Inc. for a landscaping contract worth $100,000.The decision was made at a regular village cou...
Dec 18, 2019 Groundwork in Heritage Park will begin in 2020. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)

Police say drunk driver responsible for smashing family's living room window
panwPrince Albert Police say a drunk driver was responsible for a crash Tuesday morning at Carlton Park Suites on 28th St. E.Around 11:30 a.m., a vehicle plowed straight into a family's living room wi...
Dec 18, 2019 A photo taken after Tuesday's incident at Carlton Park Suites. (Nigel Maxwell/paNOW Staff)

Highlights, challenges in North East School Division in 2019 and beyond
We take a look back at 2019 and a look ahead to 2020 and beyond with North East School Division (NESD) Director of Education Don Rempel.Rempel told northeastNOW there were a number of successes in the...
Dec 18, 2019 (Cam Lee/northeastNOW Staff)

Wet, cold, and dark: Environment Canada names Top 10 weather events of 2019
Wet. Cold. In the dark. And puzzled.That about sums up how the weather in 2019 left Canadians feeling, says David Phillips, Environment Canada's chief meteorologist."It's almost as if normal doesn't h...
Dec 18, 2019

Couple behind local clinic donates $50,000 to hospice
Dr. Stan and Lizbeth Oleksinski understand the importance of palliative care from both a personal and a professional perspective. For 17 years the couple has operated the West Hill Medical Clinic, whe...
Dec 18, 2019 From left: Ralph Boychuk, Dr. Stan Oleksinski, Lizbeth Oleksinski, Marina Mitchell

Coyotes acquire Taylor Hall from Devils for picks, prospects
The Arizona Coyotes are looking to end their lengthy playoff drought by adding a player desperate to get back to the post-season himself. Arizona acquired standout winger Taylor Hall from the New Jers...
Dec 18, 2019

NFL suspends Seahawks WR Josh Gordon indefinitely
RENTON, Wash. - The troubles that have followed Josh Gordon throughout his career continued Monday as the Seahawks wide receiver was suspended indefinitely by the NFL for violating the league's drug p...
Dec 18, 2019

P.A. Police request assistance in locating 14-year-old
UPDATE: According to the Prince Albert Police Service, Silas Crowe has been located safe and sound.-The Prince Albert Police Service is requesting public assistance in finding a missing 14-year-old ma...
Dec 18, 2019 (File photo/paNOW Staff)

Review recommends Whitecaps improve communication and handling of complaints
An independent third-party review of the Vancouver Whitecaps stemming from allegations of harassment and bullying in 2008 against a former women's team coach has recommended the club im...
Dec 18, 2019

Preliminary hearing set in Sturgeon Lake manslaughter case
A court case surrounding a death on the Sturgeon Lake First Nation last summer, is moving forward.Ryan Kyle Daniels, 41, is facing a charge of manslaughter in the death of Darwin Naytowhow. On July 14...
Dec 18, 2019 Prince Albert Provincial Court. (File photo/ paNOW Staff)