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Task force lowers property crime in Prince Albert

The average number of break and enters in Prince Albert month-to-month has dropped since July, and a big reason for that is the work of a special police task force.The temporarily assigned suppression...

Oct 28, 2019 (File photo/ paNOW Staff)

Melfort searching for new fire chief

Melfort is on the hunt for a new fire chief.Jason Everitt is leaving his role as fire chief with the city at the end of the year to take a position as the fire chief in Whitehorse, Yukon.Everitt has s...

Oct 28, 2019 Jason Everitt (r) is leaving his position as Melfort's fire chief at the end of the year (File photo/northeastNOW Staff)

New councillor elected in Hudson Bay

Hudson Bay has a new member of town council.Meagan Dickson was voted in during Wednesday's byelection.The mother of four said she is excited for this new opportunity."It will be a very big learning cu...

Oct 24, 2019 (Facebook/Town of Hudson Bay)

P.A. city council ponders live streaming meetings

Prince Albert city council is considering live streaming council meetings on their website, YouTube, and social media channels."For us to offer our residents access to what goes on in the council cham...

Oct 24, 2019 An August council meeting (Glenn Hicks/paNOW staff)

Contract awarded for design of new P.A. road

Prince Albert city council is moving ahead with plans to build a road circling the southwest corner of the city connecting Marquis Road with 10th Ave.W.The arterial road would allow for major developm...

Oct 23, 2019 The red line shows an approximation of where the new road would be. (Google Maps)

Air Ronge, La Ronge mayors react to new Liberal minority government

Local leaders are eager to find out how a federally Conservative Saskatchewan will work with a Liberal minority government without any representation from the party in the province. On Monday, all rid...

Oct 23, 2019 La Ronge Mayor Ron Woytowich believes the Liberal minority government won't forget about northern Saskatchewan. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)

Young cancer survivor honoured

P.A. city council honoured a 13-year-old cancer survivor on Tuesday.Elayna Greenwood's family was in the audience to watch the mayor present her with the Terry Fox Award, given annually to the Prince ...

Oct 23, 2019 Mayor Greg Dionne gives a speech before presenting Elayna Greenwood (left) with the Terry Fox Award, telling her "we're very proud of you" (Alison Sandstrom/paNOW Staff)

Northeast mayors react to Hoback's re-election, Liberal minority government

The Prince Albert riding is back in blue as Randy Hoback has been elected for a fourth straight year. He took the riding that includes Melfort, Tisdale and Nipawin by a wide margin, taking well over 6...

Oct 22, 2019 (l to r) Melfort Mayor Rick Lang, Tisdale Mayor Al Jellicoe, Nipawin Mayor Rennie Harper (File photo/northeastNOW Staff).

Nipawin receives three blooms, wins category at Saskatchewan’s Communities in Bloom

After being absent in the competition since 2005, the Town of Nipawin's comeback into Saskatchewan's Communities in Bloom (CiB) paid off.Nipawin received three blooms out of five - winning the 3,001 t...

Oct 21, 2019 Provincial Communities in Bloom judges met with Mayor Rennie Harper, town staff, and residents during their August tour of Nipawin. (Aaron Schulze/northeastNOW Staff)

Mayor and Chamber talk election aspirations

With two days to go until the election, the P.A. mayor is hoping infrastructure spending will be a priority for the next federal government, while the local chamber of commerce wants to see investment...

Oct 19, 2019 (Ian Gustafson/paNOW staff)