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Cree names given to star and exoplanet

The Cree language has been linked to astrology for thousands of years, using the sun, the stars and the moon as navigational guides. But now, Cree names for a star and its exoplanet will be used in ev...

Mar 18, 2020 A star and its exoplanet have been renamed in Cree as part of a naming contest. (ID 125461858 © Vitalij Kopa | Dreamstime.com)

Feds bullish on nuclear: Minister visits Sask. north

"Show me a credible plan that doesn't involve nuclear." That's the strong endorsement for Saskatchewan's uranium sector from federal Minister of Natural Resources Seamus O'Regan who has just wrapped a...

Mar 10, 2020

Feds bullish on nuclear: Minister visits Sask. north

"Show me a credible plan that doesn't involve nuclear." That's the strong endorsement for Saskatchewan's uranium sector from federal Minister of Natural Resources Seamus O'Regan who has just wrapped a...

Mar 10, 2020

Feds bullish on nuclear: Minister visits Sask. north

"Show me a credible plan that doesn't involve nuclear." That's the strong endorsement for Saskatchewan's uranium sector from federal Minister of Natural Resources Seamus O'Regan who has just wrapped a...

Mar 10, 2020

P.A. man fined for hunting on First Nations territory

A man caught illegally hunting on Indigenous land faces over a $1,000 in fines and has been told he cannot own a hunting licence for two years.Doug Risling, 59, appeared at Prince Albert Provincial Co...

Mar 09, 2020 (File photo/ paNOW Staff)

A snowy weekend briefly gives way to warmer conditions

The volatile spring weather continues across the region over the coming week.This comes after last week, which saw daytime highs of around 6 degrees Celsius morph into a spring storm that brought heav...

Mar 09, 2020

A snowy weekend briefly gives way to warmer conditions

The volatile spring weather continues across the region over the coming week.This comes after last week, which saw daytime highs of around 6 degrees Celsius morph into a spring storm that brought heav...

Mar 09, 2020 Snow moved through the region on the weekend, leaving many to dig out. (Mat Barrett/northeastNOW Staff)

Local woman frustrated to find pets snared at Waterhen Lake First Nation

Content Warning: Graphic images throughoutReports of snared pets on Waterhen Lake First Nation are frustrating a local dog rescuer. Stephanie Mamer, of Northern Tails Frontline Animal Rescue, told mea...

Mar 06, 2020 (submitted photo/Northern Tails Animal Rescue)

Below normal spring runoff expected across most of Sask.

A wide swath of the province can expect below normal runoff this spring.The Water Security Agency (WSA) has released the March spring runoff outlook.Areas including Melfort, Tisdale, Nipawin, Hudson B...

Mar 05, 2020

Below normal spring runoff expected across most of Sask.

A wide swath of the province can expect below normal runoff this spring.The Water Security Agency (WSA) has released the March spring runoff outlook.Areas including Melfort, Tisdale, Nipawin, Hudson B...

Mar 05, 2020 (File photo/paNOW Staff)