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Melfort Communities in Bloom gears up for national competition

Nearly a year's worth of work for Melfort Communities in Bloom will come to fruition in one week.Judges from Canada Communities in Bloom will be in Melfort from July 15 to 17 to grade the city's envir...

Jul 08, 2019 Melfort Communities in Bloom took up an ad on the city's electronic billboard to encourage residents to clean up their properties ahead of the national judges' arrival (Facebook/Melfort Communities in Bloom).

RM wants more done with northern highways

The Rural Municipality of Meadow Lake wants the North Central Transportation Planning Committee (NCTPC) to start looking at the road systems in the municipality.In a council meeting on July 8, the RM ...

Jul 08, 2019 (file photo/CKOM Staff)

Hancock returns to Melfort with gold medal at World U16 Ball Hockey Championships

It was a successful journey overseas for Melfort native Jeremy Hancock while at the World Under-16 Ball Hockey Championships.Hancock was in the Czech Republic as part of Team Canada West at the end of...

Jul 08, 2019 Jeremy Hancock posted two assists at the 2019 World U16 Ball Hockey Championships with Team Canada West. (Facebook/Tisdale Trojans)

Severe wind and weather tears through Cumberland House

"The only thing I can say is I'm just glad humanity is not in control of the weather."Those are the words of Cumberland House Mayor Kelvin McKay who witnessed a severe weather event occur in his commu...

Jul 08, 2019 Cumberland House Mayor Kelvin McKay stated a trampoline flew over a house and into a nearby yard. (submitted photo/Melanie Nabess)

Second Ave. and 28th Street get fix

The city of Prince Albert is making a coordinated push to get a major project on Second Ave. W. done as quickly as possible. A number of aspects at the intersection of 28th St. W. are being addressed ...

Jul 08, 2019 A lot is happening at the intersection of Second Ave.W and 28th Street W. as crews create a new concrete road surface, new dedicated turning lane onto the main arterial, and erect new cantilever traffic lights.(Glenn Hicks/paNOW Staff)

Drivers escape moose collision with no injuries

According to a spokesperson for Parkland Ambulance, two drivers involved in a weekend crash with a moose were not hurt.The crash happened Saturday night, 16 km north of the Christopher Lake turnoff on...

Jul 08, 2019 (Facebook/ Lakeland and District Fire Department)

What'sHappeningNOW July 8, 2019

News Director Glenn Hicks speaks with Editor Brady Bateman about a recent music festival with a twist in Prince Albert.

Battlefords Union Hospital Foundation posts another positive year, welcomes new members

An increase in net revenue is thanks to another fantastic year of fundraising for the Battlefords Union Hospital Foundation (BUH).The BUH held their 2018/2019 Annual General Meeting on Wednesday June ...

Jul 08, 2019 New Cardiac Telemetry System (Submitted photo/BUH)

Wealthy financier charged with molesting dozens of girls

NEW YORK - In a startling reversal of fortune, billionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein was charged Monday with sexually abusing dozens of underage girls in a case brought more than a decade after he sec...

Trump ramping up criticisms of Fox, usually a friendly venue

NEW YORK - President Donald Trump's latest Twitter attack on the media focuses on Fox News, although it's hardly the first time he's found fault with the network where he most often finds a friendly r...