Community

Meadow Lake and area residents encouraged to report suspicious illegal activity

Meadow Lake RCMP is encouraging residents to take back their neighbourhoods by reporting problem residences or businesses used for illegal activities.Maryah Walker, Meadow Lake's Community Police Offi...

Jul 30, 2020

PA Service Canada Centres Open

The Prince Albert Service Canada Centre is now open to the public, however we are only providing critical in-person services and limiting the number of people allowed in the office at one time. Due to...

Jul 30, 2020

Naked 2021 Calendar Fundraiser

With Covid-19 shutting down all revenue streams for our local curling club and community centre, the Lakeland Curling Club in Christopher Lake decided that printing the 2020-21 Naked Calendar they had...

Jul 30, 2020

Visitor restrictions put in place for northeast

The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) has put some new visitor restrictions in place for the northeast region.Due to higher COVID-19 case numbers in the northeast, visitation will be limited in hosp...

Jul 30, 2020

SJHL hosts scheduling meeting as league remains optimistic for season

A late September start, a full 58 games, and 50 per cent fan capacity. That remains the plan for the upcoming Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) season, following Wednesday evening's league meet...

Jul 30, 2020

The Amazing Race Melfort seeking competitors

Amid difficulties of the COVID-19 pandemic, a community in the northeast has come up with a unique event idea.The Amazing Race Melfort is set to take place on the afternoon of August 15 where 10 teams...

Jul 30, 2020

Sinkhole opens on Central Avenue

A new sinkhole at the north end of Central Avenue is expected to be repaired by the end of the day. Water and sewer manager Geoff Soderberg told paNOW it's unclear what caused the road to cave in, but...

Jul 30, 2020

COVID-19 and hot weather keeping community gardens busy

Community gardens have seen a growing interest this year in people testing out their green thumbs, thanks to COVID-19.Chris Hambleton, a civil lawyer for the provincial government, has gardened at the...

Jul 30, 2020

Red Pheasant Cree Nation announces a confirmed case of COVID-19

Red Pheasant Cree Nation has a positive case of COVID-19.In a statement on Facebook, the First Nation indicated a community member was confirmed to have COVID-19.Drive-up COVID-19 testing was availabl...

Jul 29, 2020

Municipalities look to fogging to curb mosquito problem

Enjoying the outdoors has proven less comfortable this summer than most Saskatchewan residents would like, thanks to heavy rain and a swarm of mosquito bites. Now, some communities are looking to curb...

Jul 29, 2020