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Duck Lake's Neufeldt gets first shutout in Bears win over Gold Wings
It didn't take too long for Duck Lake's Janae Neufeldt to pick up her first Saskatchewan Female Midget AAA Hockey League shutout. In her first start with the Bears, Neufeldt made 21 saves in the Princ...
Oct 05, 2019 Bears goaltender Janae Neufeldt makes a save in close on Gold Wing Ally Kosteniuk. Jeff D'Andrea/paNOW Staff

Toronto Wolfpack win Million Pound Game to secure a berth in the Super League
TORONTO - The Toronto Wolfpack won promotion to the top-tier Super League on Saturday, rallying for 20 second-half points in a 24-6 comeback win over Featherstone Rovers in the Million Pound Game...
Oct 05, 2019

Calgary Zoo says baby giraffe born this week died overnight
CALGARY - The Calgary Zoo says a giraffe that was born there earlier this week has died. In a Facebook post Saturday, the zoo says the male calf that was born last Sunday to an eight-year-ol...
Oct 05, 2019

Two inmates escape from Sask Penn in P.A.
Two inmates described as dangerous have escaped from a section of the Saskatchewan Penitentiary in Prince Albert.According to a media release issued Saturday afternoon, Prince Albert RCMP was informed...
Oct 05, 2019

ICYMI: Top stories of the week around the Battlefords
Here is what made headlines in and around the Battlefords from September 29 to October 5.'Someone is going to get killed': Residents say situation remains out of control at housing complexNatalie Berr...
Oct 05, 2019

US vaping illnesses top 1,000; death count is up to 18
NEW YORK - The number of vaping-related illnesses has surpassed 1,000, and there's no sign the outbreak is fading, U.S. health officials said Thursday. Doctors say the illnesses, which first appeared ...
Oct 05, 2019

Edmonton police officer thought of his kids as he struggled with attacker
EDMONTON - An Edmonton police officer who was run down by a car before he was stabbed in the street told a jury Thursday that he was thinking of his children as he struggled with his attacke...
Oct 05, 2019

North Stars head to Weyburn looking to cap road swing with two points against Wings
The red-hot Battlefords North Stars will cap off their four-games in four-nights road swing Saturday evening against the Weyburn Red Wings at Crescent Point Place in Weyburn.The North Stars have poste...
Oct 05, 2019 Stars’ goaltender Adam Dmyterko is coming off a clean-slate performance against the Estevan Bruins Friday, and will be looking to follow it up with an encore performance against the Red Wings in Weyburn Saturday night. (Martin Martinson/battlefordsNOW Staff)

Melfort welcomes leaders for Northeast Regional SUMA meeting
The Kerry Vickar Centre in Melfort was the site for the Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities (SUMA) Northeast Regional Meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 2.Municipal leaders, including Mayors, Councillors, Chief...
Oct 05, 2019 The Kerry Vickar Centre in Melfort welcomed leaders from about 20 local communities for the Northeast Regional SUMA Meeting. (File Photo/northeastNOW Staff)

Buckland fire fighter featured in new calendar
The 2020 Saskatchewan Firefighters' calendar has been released and a member of the Buckland Fire Department has made the cut for the second year in a row.Forest Bihun, 26, can be seen in the month of ...
Oct 05, 2019 (Submitted photo/ Saskatchewan Firefighters)