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Liliidae Home and Design running back wall design contest

The public is being invited to get creative and help with designing the back wall of the Liliidae Home and Design building in Melfort.Owner Julie Schmale said the unsightly wall is next on their renov...

Mar 25, 2020 Liliidae Home and Design in Melfort is looking for design ideas for their back wall. (Facebook/Liliidae Home and Design)

P.A. teen promotes healing through dance

Prince Albert's Rimara Bear is doing her part to help lift peoples' spirits during this time of uncertainty.For the past week, the 14-year-old has been posting videos to social media of herself perfor...

Mar 25, 2020 (All My Relations photography)

Mann Art Gallery announces award and goes virtual

The Mann Art Gallery has named the winner of the Winter Festival's People's Choice Award. Visitors to the exhibition voted Kathy Bradshaw's encaustic painting, "Big Span" as their favorite piece in th...

Mar 21, 2020 The winning piece, "Big Span" was painted using pigments mixed with hot wax. (Submitted/Mann Art Gallery)

Actor, singer, 'The Gambler': Kenny Rogers dies at 81

Actor-singer Kenny Rogers, the smooth, Grammy-winning balladeer who spanned jazz, folk, country and pop with such hits as "Lucille," "Lady" and "Islands in the Stream" and embraced his persona as "The...

Air Ronge family wins snow sculpture contest

Building community spirit was the goal behind a snow sculpture competition organized by the Town of La Ronge. The competition was won by Natasha Merriman and her family who lives in Air Ronge along Vi...

Mar 17, 2020 These snow sculptures are located in Air Ronge. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)

Show focuses on Holocaust, residential school survivors' trauma, recovery

Their stories are not the same, but they both endured great pain and trauma that impacted their lives.Artist Carol Wylie brings her art exhibition, They Didn't Know We Were Seeds, to The Chapel Galler...

Mar 16, 2020 Artist Carol Wylie shown at the reception for her exhibition They Didn't Know We Were Seeds, scheduled to run at the Chapel Gallery until April 12. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff)

Restricting crowd mandate means art centres have to cancel events

Art Centres across the province have been forced to cancel their events due to COVID-19. After the government of Saskatchewan restricted gatherings of 250 people or more, events that would see these t...

Mar 14, 2020 Events has been cancelled at art centres across the province. (File photo/paNOW Staff)

Prince Albert woman to compete for Miss World Canada crown

A 22-year-old prospective police officer from Prince Albert will be among 60 women from across the country competing in the Miss World Canada Pageant this summer in Toronto. Natasha Tabuchi told paNOW...

Mar 09, 2020 Natasha Tabuchi will head to The Miss World Canada Pageant in Toronto in July. (submitted photo/Natasha Tabuchi)

Art imitates life in poignant puppet play "The Bench"

A puppet theatre show with a storyline more geared for grownups will be coming to the Battlefords next month.The feature performance called "The Bench" focuses on the at times sensitive topic of the r...

Mar 08, 2020 Co-creator Juanita Dawn shown with Frank and Daphne, some of the puppets in the show "The Bench" that focuses on an adult theme. Part of the proceeds from the event will benefit the Lighthouse homeless shelter. (Submitted photo/Juanita Dawn)

Carlton High School artist set for historic first in P.A.

For some, the thought of their kids punching holes in and painting and drawing all over their bedroom walls might raise their blood pressure. But a Carlton Comprehensive Public High School student is ...