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P.A. Daily Herald receives federal funding to hire two new reporters
Prince Albert's 126-year-old local newspaper is getting a boost from the federal government. On Thursday The Prince Albert Daily Herald announced it was one of 94 publications across the country to re...
Jan 03, 2020 The Prince Albert Daily Herald is one of nearly 100 publications across the country that will benefit from $50 million in federal funding for local journalism. (Alison Sandstrom/paNOW Staff)
North Stars kick off New Year with home-and-home versus Klippers
Following a 12-day hiatus over the Christmas break, the Battlefords North Stars will return to the ice Friday for their first game action of the new 2020 calendar year.Adding additional spring to the ...
Jan 03, 2020 Forwards, Matthias Urbanski and Tyler Traptow are key cogs to their respective team’s attack, each in their third season of SJHL play. Urbanski sits third in Stars’ scoring with 36 points, while Traptow ranks fourth on the Klippers with 18 points this year. (Martin Martinson/battlefordsNOW Staff)
North East SPCA looking forward to busy 2020
The calendar has turned to 2020 and it looks to be a busy year for the North East SPCA (NESPCA).The most notable event from 2019 though was the opening of the Harry and Eve Vickar Shelter in Melfort i...
Jan 03, 2020 The Harry and Eve Vickar Shelter. (file photo/northeastNOW Staff)
Safe ride home service reports drop in use
Another year of Operation Red Nose is in the books.In Prince Albert, volunteers helped provide 313 rides, covering a distance of 4,556 km and ensuring 673 people safely returned home. Coordinator Rand...
Jan 03, 2020 (Alison Sandstrom/paNOW Staff)
St. Front Curling Club set to open new facility
The hamlet of St. Front, Sask. will have its population balloon on the evening of Saturday, Jan. 4 when the curling club hosts its facility's grand opening.Back in the winter of 2017, the club was for...
Jan 03, 2020 (submitted photo/Scott Sunderland)
‘Open wound:’ Talk by poet who worked with Indigenous woman’s killer to go ahead
REGINA - The University of Regina is being urged to cancel a lecture by a celebrated Canadian poet who has worked with an Indigenous woman's killer, but the school says doing so would go against its p...
Jan 03, 2020 (File photo/Canadian Press)
Candle Lake death investigation ongoing
More than three months after a man was found dead at his apartment in Candle Lake, there are still many more questions than answers.Toller Klassen, 43, was arrested hours after the body of Tom "Buck" ...
Jan 03, 2020 A picture of the RCMP at the Fisher Trading Post on Sept. 23, 2019, where Tom "Buck" Borson both lived and worked prior to his death. (File photo/paNOW Staff)
Kinsmen Ski and Snowboard Centre urge public to stay off river ice
The Kinsmen Ski and Snowboard Centre are reminding people that walking on the river ice at Little Red River Park is dangerous.The reminder came in the form of a Facebook post on Dec. 31.Operations Man...
Jan 02, 2020 Numerous people enjoyed the terrain park at the Kinsmen Ski and Snowboard Centre. (Ian Gustafson/paNOW Staff)
Melfort heliport fundraiser launch approaching
The official launch of the fundraising campaign for the Melfort Heliport will take place in a couple of weeks.A luncheon for North Central Health Care Foundation's campaign launch will be held Wednesd...
Jan 02, 2020 NCHCF Chair Peggy George (right) informs two members of the public about plans for a heliport beside Melfort Hospital during an information session Dec. 14. (Aaron Schulze/northeastNOW Staff)
Prince Albert's only downtown post office set for closure
A big change is coming this year for Prince Albert residents who rely on the Canada Post location at the Central Ave. Pharmasave downtown.As of 12 p.m. Jan. 17, the post office will cease operations. ...
Jan 02, 2020 (Nigel Maxwell/ paNOW Staff)