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Town of Nipawin excited to receive funding for upgrades at Jubilee Arena

Nipawin's Jubilee Arena is getting a facelift thanks to some funding from the provincial and federal governments.A total of 55 infrastructure projects were announced on Thursday, May 6 in Saskatchewan...

May 07, 2021

Prince Albert family suffers significant loss after early morning house fire

Support is pouring in for a Prince Albert family, following a house fire early Thursday morning in the city's Midtown neighbourhood.Within less than 24 hours, a gofundme campaign has raised over $2,00...

May 07, 2021

Storybook trail coming to Water Ridge Park in Humboldt

The Reid-Thompson Public Library will soon be setting up a storybook trail at Water Ridge Park in Humboldt.The library is planning to put parts of Sloth at the Zoom by Helaine Becker across the park b...

May 07, 2021

Housing market spike remains in Northwest Saskatchewan

Another month, another record in Saskatchewan real estate, particularly in the Battlefords/Meadow Lake region.The latest report from the Saskatchewan Realtors Association shows the market continuing t...

May 07, 2021

Province reports 295 new cases and one death from COVID-19

Another 295 new cases of COVID-19 were reported today by the Saskatchewan government. This brings the provincial total to 42,695 cases; 39,954 recoveries and 2,239 cases are considered active.Twenty-f...

May 07, 2021

New logo and board of directors part of rebuild for Melfort Arts Council

Over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Melfort Arts Council has taken steps to regroup and rebuild. The rebuild really got underway in the fall of 2020 and has included a new logo, new board, a...

May 07, 2021

Former Mustang heads to Wisconsin for new college hockey opportunity with familiar faces

A former Melfort Mustang is getting a new college hockey opportunity in Wisconsin.Defenceman Alex Rondeau has recently committed to Marian University in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. Rondeau recently spent ...

May 07, 2021

Saskatchewan not considering travel rules with Alberta

Despite rising COVID-19 cases in the west and the next few weeks bringing the potential of more visitors to Saskatchewan, Scott Moe's government isn't implementing any new rules around travel.The prem...

May 07, 2021

Recent mental health funding includes Prince Albert CMHA branch

The Saskatchewan government has announced new funding for three Canadian Mental Health Association branches across the province including Prince Albert.A total of $340,000 is being allocated as "one-t...

May 07, 2021

Strong growth for First Nations company created in response to pandemic

Born out of a need to provide critical supplies at a time they weren't available anywhere else, a First Nation-owned cleaning product company is now filling orders from across the province with no sig...

May 07, 2021