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Ukrainian Christmas: a time of celebration in the Battlefords

While the mainstream holiday season may have passed for another year along with the milder December weather, for Ukrainians around the community, the Christmas season remains in full swing. Jan. 7 ser...

Jan 07, 2020 Ukrainian Christmas is a time of great joy and celebration. (Submitted photo/Jim Shevchuk)

Orthodox Christmas celebration has the city drinking holy water

The City of Meadow Lake is drinking holy water and may not know it. All Saints Orthodox Church conducted their annual theophany on Jan. 6 as part of a larger Orthodox Christmas celebration. "It's a ch...

Jan 07, 2020 Father Ryan Bishop blesses the Meadow River (Submitted/All Saints Orthodox Church)

Local family searches for answers following sudden death of longtime pet

A Prince Albert area family is attempting to pick up the pieces, after suffering a tragic loss less than two weeks before Christmas.Conrad Zimmerman's eight-year-old German Shepherd "Max" went missing...

Jan 07, 2020 Eight-year-old Max is greatly missed by his family, northwest of Prince Albert. (submitted photo/ Conrad Zimmermann)

P.A. resident celebrates Christmas in Ukraine

The holiday season is not completely over as today is Ukrainian Christmas.Many residents in Prince Albert marked the occasion at ceremonies last night and some continue their celebrations today. Howev...

Jan 07, 2020 Kathlyn Tessier has been touring Ukraine for the past five months. (Facebook/Kathlyn Tessier)

Educational toys donated to Piwapan making an impact

Christmas was already two weeks ago, but an act of kindness for children at Piwapan Women's Centre is bound to provide some happiness for some time. Last month, La Ronge resident Melanie Potts organiz...

Jan 07, 2020 The toys were delivered to Piwapan Women's Centre on Dec. 24. (submitted photo/Melanie Potts)

Local rural municipalities welcome bridge inspection program

Local rural municipalities are welcoming a province-wide bridge inspection program.Originally reported by the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM) is cur...

Jan 07, 2020 The Rural Municipality of Garden River has over 20 bridges in its boundaries. (File Photo/paNOW Staff)

Opportunity North founder releases final issue

Getting information out to northerners so they could form their own opinion was one of Gillian Gracie's main goals when she launched Opportunity North in 1994.Now, after close to 26 years of dedicatio...

Jan 07, 2020 Gillian Gracie founded Opportunity North about 26 years ago. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)

The Battlefords News-Optimist receives federal funding to hire two new reporters

The Battlefords News-Optimist is one of close to 100 publications throughout Canada that will receive funding to hire more journalists through the federal government's new Local Journalism Initiative....

Jan 07, 2020 The Battlefords News-Optimist is one of a number of publications receiving funding through the federal government's Local Journalism Initiative. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff)

City cautions homeowners to prepare waterlines for cold snap

Temperatures are expected to plummet in Meadow Lake. City Manager Diane Burton told meadowlakeNOW the biggest risk with a cold snap is freezing waterlines in homes but mobile homes present a higher ri...

Jan 07, 2020 (Nicole Reis/meadowlakeNOW Staff)

Local newspaper receives federal funding

A local newspaper is getting a helping hand. The Wakaw Recorder has received funding through the Local Journalism Initiative (LJI).The Recorder is one of 94 publications across Canada to receive feder...

Jan 07, 2020 The Wakaw Recorder office. (submitted photo/Karen Olryd)