Saskatchewan NDP leader Carla Beck was in Prince Albert on Friday as part of her promise to improve her footprint across the province.Speaking with paNOW, she touched on a variety of different topics and answered some important and pressing questions.Q: After last year's election, you talked about working more in Princ...

The deployment of thousands of hydrogen balloons carrying deadly explosives sent to North America during the Second World War is the subject of a documentary make by Saskatchewan filmmaker Scott Woroniuk.Woroniuk, a videographer and owner of Crosscut Films, has just released FU-GO: Japan's WW2 Balloon Bombs Over Canada...

A 29-year-old man from Tisdale is facing a laundry list of charges after a drug trafficking investigation yielded roughly 20 pounds of various drugs and multiple firearms. It all started on Tuesday, Dec. 9, when the RCMP and Prince Albert Police Crime Reduction Teams, along with RCMP's Critical Incident Response Team, ...

One of Saskatchewan's newest cabinet ministers says news of the promotion is still very much sinking in.Batoche MLA Darlene Rowden has been named the province's environment minister, taking over from Travis Keisig."Even [Thursday] with the swearing in ceremony, it was sinking in then, and you have a few people ref...

In the early years of his career, winning an award for being a radio personality never crossed Matt Ryan's mind. He grew up in the Prairies with a love for music; it was inevitable that he would eventually end up on the mic between songs. This year, Ryan earned his sixth Saskatchewan Country Music Award (SCMA) for On-A...

Extreme cold has forced organizers to postpone the annual CJNB Twinkle Tour wrap-up event in North Battleford, pushing the celebration back to next week.The City of North Battleford says the event, originally scheduled for this Saturday, has been moved to Tuesday, Dec. 16, due to forecast wind chills expected to reach ...

The Supreme Court of Canada has refused to hear an appeal from Soaring Eagle Whitstone, cementing her conviction and life sentence for the first-degree murder of Tiki Laverdiere.In a decision released Dec. 11, the court dismissed Whitstone's application for leave to appeal a Saskatchewan Court of Appeal ruling that uph...

North Battleford is moving to strengthen its economic strategy with a new advisory committee, as a recent retail analysis shows the city is facing high vacancy rates, major empty commercial spaces and significant leakage of regional spending to other centres.Council approved the creation of the North Battleford Economi...

In the early years of his career, winning an award for being a radio personality never crossed Matt Ryan's mind. He grew up in the Prairies with a love for music; it was inevitable that he would eventually end up on the mic between songs. This year, Ryan earned his sixth Saskatchewan Country Music Award (SCMA) for On-A...

Extreme cold has forced organizers to postpone the annual CJNB Twinkle Tour wrap-up event in North Battleford, pushing the celebration back to next week.The City of North Battleford says the event, originally scheduled for this Saturday, has been moved to Tuesday, Dec. 16, due to forecast wind chills expected to reach ...

The Supreme Court of Canada has refused to hear an appeal from Soaring Eagle Whitstone, cementing her conviction and life sentence for the first-degree murder of Tiki Laverdiere.In a decision released Dec. 11, the court dismissed Whitstone's application for leave to appeal a Saskatchewan Court of Appeal ruling that uph...

North Battleford is moving to strengthen its economic strategy with a new advisory committee, as a recent retail analysis shows the city is facing high vacancy rates, major empty commercial spaces and significant leakage of regional spending to other centres.Council approved the creation of the North Battleford Economi...

Canada's trade relationship and health care were among the big talking points when representatives from the provincial NDP spent time in the Battlefords meeting with local residents and organizations. Party leader Carla Beck said it is important for her to visit communities and talk to people who are experiencing issue...

A 24-year-old woman from Saskatoon was arrested by RCMP officers after failing to stop for officers who wanted to pull her over for speeding near Frenchman Butte. Combined Traffic Services officers saw a speeding vehicle on December 5, shortly after 3 pm and attempted a traffic stop. Rather than pull over, the driver a...

Meadow Lake city council approved the allocation of more than $2 million in federal infrastructure funding toward lagoon dredging and advanced amendments to the city's dog bylaw and zoning bylaw at its recent regular meeting.Council directed administration to submit an Infrastructure Investment Plan allocating $2,062,4...

"The hardest years of my life were in high school in Meadow Lake when I didn't know if I wanted to be alive," said Barry Samson, a local personal coach who now uses his own experience to help others cope. Samson took his own life lessons and combined it with formal training to spend his time helping people ma...

A 24-year-old woman from Saskatoon was arrested by RCMP officers after failing to stop for officers who wanted to pull her over for speeding near Frenchman Butte. Combined Traffic Services officers saw a speeding vehicle on December 5, shortly after 3 pm and attempted a traffic stop. Rather than pull over, the driver a...

A deal has been reached for land for the Global Agriculture Technology Exchange (Gate) facility in downtown Winnipeg. Cereals Canada and James Richard...

Premier Scott Moe shuffled his cabinet on Thursday, with five MLAs who were first elected last year taking on ministerial portfolios for the first tim...

Mazergroup's Board of Directors, along with the Mazer family, have approved the appointment of Ben Voss as its new president and chief executive offic...