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Miracle Treat Day coming up, a boost to children's health

Families can help a child and enjoy a sweet treat at the same time at Dairy Queen's Miracle Treat Day event coming up across Canada.All net proceeds from Blizzard treats sold on Aug. 8 benefit the Jim...

Aug 01, 2019 Dairy Queen in North Battleford will be participating in the annual Miracle Treat Day fundraiser Aug. 8. Net proceeds benefit the Jim Pattison Children's Hospital Foundation. (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)

Summer programming ends next week at Gordon Denny Community School

Air Ronge children have been having a fulfilled summer so far thanks to programming organized by Gordon Denny Community School. Summer programming began July 8 when students from the University of Sas...

Aug 01, 2019 Summer programming ends next week at Gordon Denny Community School. (submitted photo/Ashley Roberts)

P.A. area course looking to fund clubhouse

The Birch Hills Golf Course is set to have a busy August.The course will be hosting a number of fundraisers over the month to help raise money to replace their current clubhouse.Jamie Tilford, clubhou...

Aug 01, 2019 The Birch Hills Golf Course has a number of fundraisers planned to raise money to build a new clubhouse (Birch Hills SK Golf Course/Facebook)

‘Showing the identity of this region’: Art on Main opens in Nipawin

Carmen Drapeau always wanted to open her own art centre.The owner of the recently opened Art on Main gallery and classroom in Nipawin studied graphic design in Vancouver and spent 15 years as an art a...

Aug 01, 2019 Carmen Drapeau happily holds her congratulations certificate from the Town of Nipawin to commemerate the opening of her art gallery "Art on Main." (Aaron Schulze/northeastNOW Staff)

Meadow Lake DQ holding first Miracle Treat Day on Aug. 8

While Dairy Queen restaurants across the country have taken part in Miracle Treat Day for the past 16 years, this will be a first for the Meadow Lake location.The Meadow Lake DQ Grill & Chill will...

Aug 01, 2019 Miracle Treat Day is on Aug. 8 at the Meadow Lake Dairy Queen located on 715 9 St. W. (Nikita Ganovicheff/meadowlakeNOW)

LLRIB hosts women's retreat on Bigstone Lake

A women's retreat on Bigstone Lake last weekend continues to provide rejuvenation for all those in attendance.The event is organized by Lac La Ronge Indian Band Coun. Ann Ratt, as well as Lillian Sand...

Aug 01, 2019 The event occurred at the Youth Haven site on Bigstone Lake. (submitted photo/Ann Ratt)

Midwest Food Resources hopes to develop another community garden plot; AGM coming up

A North Battleford-based non-profit wants more families to have access to fresh nutritious foods.That's why Midwest Food Resources (MFR) plans to further develop its community garden in North Battlefo...

Aug 01, 2019 Executive Director Claire Legaspi of Midwest Food Resources, which runs a community garden in North Battleford. The organization is holding its annual general meeting and barbecue Aug. 10. (submitted photo/Claire Legaspi)

Local paleontologist recalls dig for Scotty the T-Rex 25 years later

It was April 1994 when Grant Schutte and paleontologist Tim Tokaryk, while on a road trip to Drumheller, decided to stop by a ranch outside of Frontier in southern Saskatchewan to investigate the site...

Aug 01, 2019 1050 CJNB morning show host Grant Schutte is seen in 1994 digging at the site where Scotty the T-Rex was found. (supplied/Grant Schutte)

Lac La Ronge Children's Business Fair

We are very excited to be hosting our 1st Children's Business Fair on August 24th at the La Ronge Lutheran Fellowship Church.This is a great opportunity to experience young minds marketing, selling, c...

12th City Artist Collective Active in Melfort

There are exciting changes happening to this group! You may have noticed for one, the name change. Also, we are busy working on building a stronger, more active artist group. We have decided to create...