Tag Archives: Community
S2DIO hosts first Fit Crawl
It was a morning of fun and fitness in Prince Albert, as The S2DIO held the city's first fitness crawl - a fitness inspired take on the traditional pub crawl."We have six businesses involved in total ...
Jul 20, 2019 More than a dozen participants came out to show support for the first ever fit crawl in P.A. (Brady Bateman/paNOW Staff)
Northern communities selected for U of S renewable energy project
Deschambeault Lake and Pelican Narrows are part of an $8.8 million international partnership project to explore how northern residents can achieve energy independence, as well as benefit economically ...
Jul 19, 2019 The U of S led project is intended to continue for seven years. (file photo/paNOW Staff)
Métis Nations descend on Batoche
Mtis Nations from across Canada are in Saskatchewan for an annual summer event.This year's Back to Batoche has not only brought together Mtis leaders from across Canada but also saw representatives fr...
Jul 19, 2019 Representatives of the Métis Nation of Saskatchewan sign an MOU with the federal government to work to resolve issues involving the Île-à-la-Crosse Boarding School (Michael Joel-Hansen/paNOW Staff)
‘Tidiness is the first impression’: Communities in Bloom judges visit Kinistino
Two national Communities in Bloom (CiB) judges spent two days evaluating and learning about the Town of Kinistino from July 18 to 19.Kinistino CiB, which won the national CiB Small category, is partic...
Jul 19, 2019 National Communities in Bloom judges Berta Briggs (left) and Larry Hall (right) said the Town of Kinistino's tidiness and floral displays immediately stick out. (Aaron Schulze/northeastNOW Staff)
Mile long parade kicks off Melfort Exhibition
Hundreds of participants showed their civic pride on Friday, July 19 as the mile long parade kicked off the Melfort Exhibition.This years theme was 'Spirit of Melfort' and participants came with all o...
Jul 19, 2019 Kids of all ages got to enjoy the mile long parade. (Mat Barrett/northeastNOW Staff)
Locals reflect on moon landing a half-century on
It was July 16, 1969 when Neil Armstrong, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin and Michael Collins blasted off into space on the Saturn V - the most powerful rocket ever built by man.Days later on July 20, the lunar l...
Jul 19, 2019 The front page of the Prince Albert Daily Herald the day after the moon landing in 1969. (Bill Smiley/P.A. Daily Herald/Prince Albert Historical Society)
Lloyd Pirot Country Music Jam promises a party in the park
Nothing sooths the soul like music played in community. The second annual Lloyd Pirot Country Music Jam will be Aug. 3 at the Aquadeo Tennis Courts. A "Party in the Park," the admission by donation ev...
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Thousands expected at La Ronge Elk's Fair this weekend
Organizers of the 2019 La Ronge Elk's Fair expect up to 5,000 people to attend the three-day event."This is an annual event in La Ronge and we have been doing it for the past 30 years or more," Elks E...
Jul 19, 2019 There are 19 rides at the 2019 Elk's Fair. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)
N.B. residents to see UPAR rate portion of utility bill abated
Those concerned about changes to a bylaw that resulted in an increase to their Underground Pipeline and Asphalt Replacement (UPAR) rates will see a reprieve. North Battleford city council approved cha...
Jul 19, 2019 North Battleford lawmakers reviewed the UPAR rate portion of residential customers' utility bills in response to some concerns they received. (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Scheer stops in P.A.
The leader of Canada's official opposition has been making his way around Saskatchewan recently. Thursday morning Andrew Scheer's provincial tour brought him to the Ches Leach Lounge at the Art Hauser...
Jul 18, 2019 Andrew Scheer speaks with media after speaking to supporters. (Michael Joel-Hansen/paNOW Staff)