Tag Archives: Community

Melfort Rotary Club reducing Carol Festival to just one show this year
Less entries this year has led to changes with the Melfort Rotary Carol Festival.There will be just the afternoon performance rather than the tradition of an evening and afternoon show on Sunday.Rotar...
Dec 06, 2019 Gordon Liddle conducts choir at last years carol festival. (Angie Rolheiser/northeastNOW Staff)

Local areas to receive wireless improvements
An upgrade on bandwidth capacity is coming to a number of local communities.SaskTel announced today that 4G LTE improvements are coming to 19 towers in mainly rural areas of central and eastern Saskat...
Dec 06, 2019 (Angie Rolheiser/northeastNOW Staff)

Horsin' Around in Watson
The Wadena Arts Council encourages all music lovers to attend Horsin' Around CD Release and Concert at St. Bride's Anglican Church in Watson on Sunday, December 15.See the poster for details on a grea...
Dec 06, 2019

Santa settling well into new digs
A ten foot tall Santa is greeting passers by north of Prince Albert.The statue was rescued last April from the city's landfill and Don Fyrk has been working hard ever since to help restore Old Saint N...
Dec 06, 2019 R.M. of Buckland Reeve Don Fyrk is very proud of his gigantic Santa statue. (Nigel Maxwell/ paNOW Staff)

Sombre 30th anniversary for 'Montreal Massacre'
A mass shooting no one in Canada will forget.Thirty years ago today, a lone gunman entered cole Polytechnique, and shot and killed 14 women in what has been called the 'Montreal Massacre'.Fourteen oth...
Dec 06, 2019 (File photo/paNOW Staff)

Listen to Your Heart - Give a Little Life Day
Currently900CKBI (900 AM), Power 99 (99.1 FM) and XFM (101.5) FM are on location LIVE at the Victoria Hospital for the Give a Little Life Day Radiothon. Call right now with your donation 1-855-816-543...
Dec 06, 2019 Bring Your Donations in Person or see information below (photo credit XFM)

Over $300,000 raised for Give A Little Life Day
The community came, saw and contributed in another big way for health care services in Prince Albert and region for the Give A Little Life Day Radiothon for the Victoria Hospital Foundation.When all w...
Dec 06, 2019 Giving from and for the heart: former broadcaster Neil Headrick and his grandson Emmett are both heart patients at the Victoria Hospital and in so many ways epitomize how special Give A Little Life Day is as a multi-generational community builder with a strong radio component. (Teena Monteleone/paNOW Staff) .

First big payout in new Sask. lottery
The opening payout in the new Touchdown for Kids Millionaire Lottery has gone to a woman in Swift Current. Christine Newton won $500,000.The lottery is a partnership between the Saskatchewan Roughride...
Dec 05, 2019 Jim Pattison Children's Hospital Foundation along with the Saskatchewan Roughrider Foundation are partners in the new lottery. (File photo/paNOW Staff)

Ice rebuild underway at Westview Outdoor Rink
There will be no outdoor skating until the city maintains ice at the Westview Outdoor Rink.Kevin Arnold, Meadow Lake Parks and Recreation foreman said the public should be cautious of heavy equipment ...
Dec 05, 2019 ID 139644563 © Andrii Tsynhariuk | Dreamstime.com

Watson Santa Claus Weekend back for 88th year
Watson is ready for a weekend full of Santa Claus.The Town of Watson is holding their 88th Annual Santa Claus Weekend starting on the evening Friday, with "Festive Friday" and ending on Saturday, Dec....
Dec 05, 2019 Horse drawn sleigh rides will be back for another year at Watson Santa Claus Weekend. (Facebook/Santa Claus Weekend in Watson (Aeran Schmid Photography))