Events

‘A dream come true:’ Bozak, Schwartz bring Stanley Cup to Regina

Lord Stanley's grail has made its way to the Queen City.After playing pivotal roles in bringing the St. Louis Blues its first title in the team's 52 years of existence, Regina's Tyler Bozak and Wilcox...

Jul 06, 2019 Wilcox's Jaden Schwartz raises the Stanley Cup in front of hundreds at the legislative building on July 6, 2019. (Greg Morgan/980 CJME)

Artists take on 2016 oil leak that impacted North Saskatchewan River

It's an artistic list that depicts a dark episode for a critical waterway: an adding machine, the colour black, fauna displaced, visual cut-outs of children "lost" by environmental damage, and quilted...

Jul 06, 2019 Artist Heather Hochbaum shows her art project depicting the river and the communities that access it. (Angela Brown/battlefoNOW Staff)

Chesterfest draws large crowd

The comfiest festival in the prairies opened its gates in Prince Albert on Friday, and saw hundreds of people come to take their place on the couch.The first annual Chesterfest, which featured more th...

Jul 06, 2019 Gunner & Smith play at the first annual Chesterfest in Prince Albert on Friday. The festival featured more than 102 couches, loveseats and armchairs as seating. (Brady Bateman/paNOW Staff)

Southern California reels from magnitude 7.1 quake

LOS ANGELES - A quake with a magnitude of 7.1 jolted much of California, cracking buildings, setting fires, breaking roads and causing several injuries while seismologists warned that large aftershock...

Jul 06, 2019 The Canadian Press

Seven from Meadow Lake rugby team to represent province at Man Sask

The North Saskatchewan Wolverines rugby team is in Winnipeg this weekend for the U-16 and U-18 Man Sask Championship. Made up of players from different communities throughout the region, this weekend ...

Jul 05, 2019 The Meadow Lake SheDevils rugby team will send seven players to represent Northern Saskatchewan at this year’s Man Sask Championship. (file photo/meadowlakeNOW Staff)

TopFiveRoundup July 5, 2019

News Director Glenn Hicks takes a look at the stories you selected as your weekly top five on paNOW.com.

Jul 05, 2019

Hoop Dancer vows to unite people on provincial tour

An accomplished grass and hoop dancer from Regina will be touring the province this summer, and the elimination of racism is one of his key messages.Terrance Littletent has been performing for over 30...

Jul 05, 2019 (Facebook/ Terrance Littletent)

Local artist of Ukrainian descent tells story of Canada's immigrant internment camps

Sandra Semchuk wants to bring to light many of the untold stories of those who suffered in internment camps in Canada, largely from the present-day Ukraine, during the First World War with her new boo...

Jul 05, 2019 Sandra Semchuk will present her book The Stories Were Not Told: Canada’s First World War Internment Camps at an upcoming event in North Battleford. (submitted photo/The Chapel Gallery)

Bike rodeo hopes to get kids thinking about safety

The parking lot of the Art Hauser Centre was a hub of activity Friday.The Prince Albert Police Service, along with SGI, Parkland Ambulance and other partners put on a bike rodeo to teach kids about bi...

Jul 05, 2019 Const. Lisa Simonson talks to kids about the proper signals to use while cycling. (Michael Joel-Hansen/paNOW Staff)

Prince Albert music festival puts a spin on seating

An outdoor music festival in Prince Albert is aiming to provide extra comfort for patrons and find new use for aged chesterfields.Chesterfest has been marketed as the "comfiest festival on the Prairie...

Jul 05, 2019 Chesterfest organizer Joel Rohs performing. (Michael Joel-Hansen/paNOW Staff)