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Free compost drop-off at North Battleford Waste Management Facility

With some warm weather on deck for the weekend in the Battlefords, residents will be eager to start tackling yardwork.The City of North Battleford is reminding everyone the Waste Management Facility r...

May 01, 2020 Free compost drop-off at North Battleford Waste Management Facility. (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)

Six projects approved in tri-communities through $1 million Cameco COVID-19 relief fund

Six organizations from the tri-communities have received donations from the Cameco COVID-19 Relief Fund. Recipients of funding in the tri-communities include Children North Family Resource Centre, Kik...

May 01, 2020 In total, 67 projects were approved for funding in Saskatchewan. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)

Vandals target heritage site

The clock is ticking to save a piece northern history.Ongoing vandalism and the passage of time is starting to take its toll on the Fish Lake Heritage Site.Tina Settee, a member of Fish Lake Mtis 108,...

May 01, 2020 Fish Lake Heritage Site. (Facebook/Tina Settee)

'Seems surreal': Roughriders select Melfort's Mattland Riley in first round of CFL Draft

The Saskatchewan Roughriders decided to stay in Sask with their first-round pick in the Canadian Football League (CFL) Draft on Thursday, April 30. With the seventh overall pick in the draft, the Ride...

May 01, 2020 Riley (#55) in action with the University of Saskatchewan Huskies. (Facebook/Darren Steinke)

Upcoming drive-in movie season uncertain for Jubilee theatre at Manitou Beach

The Jubilee drive-in movie theatre at Manitou Beach will be faced with numerous challenges if and when the site opens for the 2020 season.As of right now, the drive-in is unable to open with movie the...

May 01, 2020 (Facebook/Jubilee Drive-in)

Cameco distributes $1 million in COVID-19 relief

Describing the process as "humbling and overwhelming," the CEO of Cameco says they have supported 67 community projects with their recently announced $1 million COVID-19 Relief Fund.The uranium mining...

May 01, 2020 (Cameco.com)

Campsite Reservations Begin May 4, 2020

The Government of Saskatchewan is reminding residents that provincial park campsite reservations begin Monday May 4, 2020, with a camping start date of June 1, 2020. "Camping season is finally upon us...

May 01, 2020

Campsite Registration Begins Monday

Remember! Campsite reservations begin Monday, May 4. Be sure to familiarize yourself with the current restrictions prior to making a reservation. Visit our website, saskparks.com, for continually upda...

May 01, 2020

Melfort Fair and Exhibition Cancelled for 2020

Please be advised that the annual Melfort Fair and Exhibition has been cancelled for 2020. Given the fact that West Coast Amusements has now cancelled and provincial health guidelines will likely not ...

May 01, 2020

Nipawin Evergreen Golf Course preparing and adjusting for season during COVID-19

Golf courses in Saskatchewan are permitted to open on Friday, May 15 as part of Phase One of the Re-Open Saskatchewan plan.At the Nipawin Evergreen Golf Course, General Manager Derrick Tallon said he ...

May 01, 2020 Shell Lake's Brooklin Fry sinks a putt at the Saskatchewan Junior Golf Provincials held at the Evergreen Golf Course last season.(Mat Barrett/northeastNOW Staff)