Community

Métis Nation reaching out in P.A.

The Mtis Nation of Saskatchewan is working to connect with members in the Prince Albert area.In this spirit the organization held an all-day information session Saturday at cole Valois School where pe...

Mar 24, 2019 A number of booths were set up to provide people information Saturday (Michael Joel-Hansen/paNOW Staff)

2019 basketball champions crowned

Hoopla 2019 has wrapped up and the provincial champions in basketball have been crowned.In the 4A girls division, North Battleford Comprehensive are the provincial champions after they downed Melfort ...

Mar 24, 2019 (Michael Joel-Hansen/paNOW Staff)

Greed, Stupidity and the CFL Ratio Battle

It is ironic how on the weekend of the CFL Players Combine, testing potential draft picks, that the future of those players could be hanging in the balance. The story by Justin Dunk of 3DownNation abo...

Mar 23, 2019 by Greg Urbanoski

Play continues at HOOPLA 2019

Hoopla 2019 continued Friday evening Saskatoon, with a number of teams from the northeast taking to the court.The senior girls team from Prince Albert's Carlton High School were in action taking on Sw...

Mar 23, 2019 (Michael Joel-Hansen/paNOW Staff)

UPDATE: Police charge five in death of 22-year-old man

UPDATE: Prince Albert Police say five people have been charged in connection with the death of a 22-year-old man on Friday. Police have charged four men, age 31, 23, 23, and 21, and one woman, age 19 ...

Mar 23, 2019 (File photo/Nigel Maxwell paNOW Staff)

Sinkhole opens up on Rotary Trail

Users of Prince Albert's Rotary Trail will have to make a short detour, if they are heading west past sixth Ave. W.A sinkhole has formed near the water treatment plant, as a result of an underground s...

Mar 22, 2019 A 10-foot wide sinkhole opened up on P.A.'s Rotary Trail after a pipe burst earlier today. (Nigel Maxwell/ paNOW Staff)

National Impaired Driving Prevention week focused on community safety

As National Impaired Driving Prevention week wraps up, the message still stands. The Battlefords RCMP works jointly with MADD, SADD, local government, school boards, provincial and community organizat...

Mar 22, 2019 March 17-23 is National Impaired Driving Prevention Week (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)

M.L. committee gearing up for fundraising to build new grandstand

The Meadow Lake Grandstand Committee is gearing up to start new fundraising efforts to re-build the community's grandstand.A meeting to discuss fundraising options is set for 7 p.m. April 16 at the Me...

Mar 22, 2019 The old Meadow Lake grandstand is set to be demolished. A fundraising effort is gearing up to build a new replacement grandstand for the community. (submitted photo/Margaret Dull)

Longtime council member elected Chief at Muskoday

A man who has been a member of council at Muskoday First Nation for 32 years, was elected chief yesterday. According to the results from Thursday's election, Herman Crain won with 303 votes. Sandi Leb...

Mar 22, 2019 (Nigel Maxwell/paNOW Staff)

New community recovery teams to offer more mental health support

Those dealing with complex mental health challenges will be able to get more support now that Saskatchewan Health Authority has launched a new community support program.Vikki Smart, Saskatchewan Healt...

Mar 22, 2019 Vikki Smart, Saskatchewan Health Authority executive director for primary health care in the northwest, left, and Battlefords MLA Herb Cox. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff)