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Ice rebuild underway at Westview Outdoor Rink
There will be no outdoor skating until the city maintains ice at the Westview Outdoor Rink.Kevin Arnold, Meadow Lake Parks and Recreation foreman said the public should be cautious of heavy equipment ...
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Guard: Black Hawk helicopter crashes in Minnesota; 3 aboard
ST. CLOUD, Minn. - A Black Hawk helicopter with three crew members aboard crashed Thursday in central Minnesota, a state National Guard official said. Minnesota National Guard Master Sgt. Blair Heusde...
Dec 05, 2019
San Francisco Opera names its first female music director
SAN FRANCISCO - The San Francisco Opera has named conductor Eun Sun Kim its new music director, ushering the first woman into the job in the company's history. The 39-year-old Kim will become the comp...
Dec 05, 2019
Melfort Trade Alliance welcomed hundreds for first Christmas-themed festival
The Sights, Sounds, and Smells of Christmas wasn't just an alliteration-filled name for an event.On Saturday, Nov. 30, the Melfort Trade Alliance's (MTA) first Christmas-themed event saw hundreds of s...
Dec 05, 2019 Horses led spectators through the City of Melfort on a wagon to experience the Sights, Sounds, and Smells of Christmas (Facebook/Melfort Community Christmas Play).
Watson Santa Claus Weekend back for 88th year
Watson is ready for a weekend full of Santa Claus.The Town of Watson is holding their 88th Annual Santa Claus Weekend starting on the evening Friday, with "Festive Friday" and ending on Saturday, Dec....
Dec 05, 2019 Horse drawn sleigh rides will be back for another year at Watson Santa Claus Weekend. (Facebook/Santa Claus Weekend in Watson (Aeran Schmid Photography))
Family of Donald Light remains hopeful
The family of missing 31-year-old Donald Light remains hopeful following a candlelight vigil Tuesday evening.Donald Light was last seen leaving a residence in the 400 block of Eighth St. E. at 8:15 p....
Dec 05, 2019 The family of Donald Light held a vigil Tuesday evening. (submitted photo/David Light)
Anonymous supporter makes big donation
The Rose Garden Hospice has received a generous contribution.Thursday afternoon at the organization's offices in the Gateway Mall an anonymous donor made a $50,000 donation to help make the facility a...
Dec 05, 2019 Marina Mitchell, left and Ralph Boychuk, hold a cheque showing the value of the anonymous donations. (Michael Joel-Hansen/paNOW Staff)
Hockey manager pleads not guilty in P.A. sexual exploitation case
A former manager of the Prince Albert Northern Bears' hockey team, has pleaded not guilty to a charge of sexual exploitation. Jamie Engen, 38, was surrounded by family at his latest court appearance T...
Dec 05, 2019 (File photo/paNOW Staff)
Consensus comes 30 years later that Montreal massacre was an anti-feminist act
MONTREAL - Thirty years after the worst mass shooting in Canadian history, official acknowledgment has come that what happened on Dec. 6, 1989 at Montreal's Ecole Polytechnique was an attack on f...
Dec 05, 2019
Snowbirds aerobatics team returns to full operations after crash in U.S.
OTTAWA - The Canadian military's Snowbirds aerobatics team is returning to full operations after a crash grounded the planes in the U.S. for more than a month. Military investigators are still trying ...
Dec 05, 2019