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P.A. wins royal accolade for drowning prevention
The City of Prince Albert has won a royal accolade regarding its outstanding efforts in drowning prevention.The city received the Commonwealth President's Award Thursday, presented by the Lieutenant G...
Nov 30, 2019 Saskatchewan Lieutenant Governor Russ Mirasty presents the RLS's Commonwealth President's Award to City of Prince Albert Aquatics staff Nachelle Spademan, Karli Hufnagel, Lauren Haubrich (Aquatics Recreation Programmer), Kaley Georget and Curtis Olsen (Recreation Coordinator). (submitted/City of Prince Albert) 
Scheer cautions against internal fighting in speech in Conservative heartland
CALGARY - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer has dismissed those calling for him to step down after last month's election loss as elites and "talking heads" who know he'll never relent in his oppositio...
Nov 30, 2019 Conservative Party leader Andrew Scheer speaks to a crowd of vocal supporters at the Saskatoon Farmers' Market on Sept. 28, 2019. (Keenan Sorokan/CKOM)
Mustangs shutout Ice Wolves at Teddy Bear Toss night
The Melfort Mustangs got some revenge on Friday, Nov. 29 as they defeated the La Ronge Ice Wolves 3-0.The win comes just over a week after La Ronge came to Melfort and beat the Mustangs 3-1.Things wer...
Nov 30, 2019 (Mat Barrett/northeastNOW Staff)
Friday's Scoreboard
Here are the results from Friday...WHLBrandon 7, Winnipeg 4Calgary 4, Regina 1Portland 2, Kamloops 1 (SO)Saskatoon 4, Lethbridge 3 (SO)Medicine Hat 6, Moose Jaw 0Prince Albert 4, Swift Current 1Vancou...
Nov 30, 2019 (File photo/paNOW Staff).
Activist says RCMP profile about her is 'kind of creepy and unsettling'
OTTAWA - An activist concerned about mining-industry abuses found it "kind of creepy and unsettling" to recently learn the RCMP compiled a six-page profile of her shortly...
Nov 30, 2019
Stars top Wings in Weyburn, cap road swing with 2-1 win
The Battlefords North Stars continued their scorching hot play of late Friday, as the team capped their three-in-three road swing by defeating the Weyburn Red Wings 2-1 at Crescent Point Place in Weyb...
Nov 29, 2019 Stars’ teammates Brett Gammer (#9), Dylan McCabe (#3) and Noah Form (#7) gather around forward Carson Reagan (#11) to celebrate, following Reagan’s shorthanded tally, which would prove to be the game-winner Friday night in Weyburn. (Martin Martinson/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Points pile up for Protas in win over Broncos
It seems Aliaksei Protas wants to push his point total as high as he can before leaving the Raiders next week to represent Belarus at the World Junior Division 1A Championships.With the game tied at 1...
Nov 29, 2019 Spencer Moe continued his torrid month of November, scoring a highlight reel goal in the third period of a 4-1 win over Swift Current Friday night. (Lucas Chudleigh/Apollo Multimedia)
B.C. RCMP announce charges in 1993 homicide of 23-year-old Vicki Black
VANCOUVER - The RCMP in British Columbia say a man is in custody and facing a murder charge in the homicide of a 23-year-old woman in Vancouver in 1993. The Mounties announced in a news release Friday...
Nov 29, 2019
Local support worker breaks barriers for Indigenous women and mothers
A local woman is breaking barriers as a recent graduate from the Indigenous Birth Support Worker Program. Dalanie Wahobin grew up in Meadow Lake and Waterhen Lake. She is among the first Indigenous wo...
Nov 29, 2019 Dalanie Wahobin, 28, is among the first to graduate from the Indigenous Birth Support Worker Program offered at the Gabriel Dumont Institute in October 2019. (submitted photo/ Dalanie Wahobin)
Festival of Trees holiday fundraiser for BUH Foundation kicks off Friday
What is silver and gold and dazzles the eyes of children each year this time in the Battlefords?It's the Festival of Trees.The popular holiday fundraiser to support the Battlefords Union Hospital Foun...
Nov 29, 2019 Decorating co-chairs, left to right, Louise Erbach, Koreen Lawrence and Janelle Cox get ready for the 2019 Festival of Trees that takes place at the Western Development Museum from Nov. 29 to Dec. 5. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff)