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Recruiting Indigenous Footwear Makers

Are you an Indigenous woman or gender-diverse person who makes moccasins or other footwear? We want to purchase it for our on-line boutique. Send photos and prices of your items to: nwacstore@nwac.ca

Nov 02, 2020

Case of COVID-19 identified at Spiritwood High

The Living Sky School Division announced today an individual at Spiritwood High School has been diagnosed with COVID-19.In keeping with the division's health and safety protocols, the school is receiv...

Nov 02, 2020

Do you have a trusted contact person?

Get an extra level of protection from elder abuse for yourself or someone you love.When the National Initiative for the Care of the Elderly set out to measure elder abuse in 2015, it found that about ...

Nov 02, 2020

Bennie Needs His Forever Home

Introducing Bennie: sweeter than molasses, more tender than tenderloin, and gentle as as a lamb! Arriving at the Battleford's Humane Society holding his very own Caution sign, this guy was well out of...

Nov 02, 2020

Drive-thru voting tally already exceeds 2016 numbers

It can require plenty of patience from motorists, but the decision by Prince Albert election officials to make advance voting a drive-thru experience appears to have been an astute one.Over the first ...

Nov 02, 2020

Suspected supply of Fentanyl in Prince Albert, police concerned for public safety

The drug Fentanyl had been linked to over 50 overdose deaths in Saskatchewan this year, and that's one of the reasons why Prince Albert Police are very concerned about a possible supply of the illicit...

Oct 31, 2020

Community partnerships vital to solving gang problem, says P.A. police chief

Gangs and guns are the leading causes of a sharp increase in homicides across Canada, according to Statistics Canada's 2019 Crime Severity Index (CSI) Report released this week.There were 678 homicide...

Oct 30, 2020

NEOSS hoping calendar sales will replace funds from 'Walk a Mile'

Members of the North East Outreach and Support Services (NEOSS) hope to replace the funds from 'Walk a Mile in Her shoes' through calendar sales.The Walk a Mile event typically brings in around $15,00...

Oct 30, 2020

Melfort Curling Club set for COVID-19 cautious season

The ice is in, and the rocks are cooling off, curling season is right around the corner in Melfort.CurlSask and Curling Canada each released guidelines earlier this year to get the 2020/2021 curling s...

Oct 30, 2020

Construction project unearths historic burial site near Prince Albert

A culturally significant burial site was discovered this fall on a construction site in the Prince Albert area.The site - the location of which has not been publicly identified - contains the remains ...

Oct 30, 2020