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Local golfers near the top entering final round of Junior Golf Championships

The final round of the 2025 Saskatchewan Junior Golf Championships is today (Thursday) in Lloydminster.After two rounds of play, golfers from Humboldt, Prince Albert and North Battleford find themselv...

Jul 10, 2025

Local goaltender attends first NHL Development Camp in five years

A Meadow Lake native attended Vancouver Canucks development camp last week, his third career camp with an NHL organization.Roddy Ross, a 25-year-old local netminder, had previously attended camps with...

Jul 10, 2025

Former Trojan attends first NHL Development Camp in five years

A former Tisdale Trojan attended Vancouver Canucks development camp last week, his third career camp with an NHL organization.Roddy Ross, a 25-year-old native of Meadow Lake, had previously attended c...

Jul 10, 2025

'Once in a lifetime': Nipawin celebrates 100th birthday

A special event 100 years in the making. The Town of Nipawin is celebrating a century as a community with three days full of events this weekend. Mayor Marlon Zacharias told northeastNOW the administr...

Jul 09, 2025

Humboldt, Prince Albert, and Battlefords golfers inside top 5 after day 1 of Junior Golf Championships

Day one of the 2025 Saskatchewan Junior Golf Championships is now complete, with day two currently underway.Hosted at the Lloydminster Golf and Curling Centre, the tournament has numerous local player...

Jul 09, 2025

Melfort Exhibition geared toward the young, young-at-heart

An annual summer tradition is back in Melfort next week. The Melfort Exhibition will be held at the Exhibition Grounds July 18, 19, and 20. Melfort Ag Society manager Kim Eskowich told northeastNOW th...

Jul 08, 2025

RCMP's Rhonda Blackmore honoured by First Nations at La Ronge gathering

Assistant Commissioner Rhonda Blackmore, who was removed from her position as the RCMP's commanding officer of F Division, was honoured Tuesday in La Ronge as First Nations chiefs call for her reinsta...

Jul 08, 2025

A '57 Bel Air and Bobby Curtola's Corvette: Sask. couple finds romance through classic cars

For Stuart Hayward and Dorree Barnhouse, love didn't arrive over a candlelit dinner or a bouquet of flowers - it pulled up in the chrome fin of a 1957 Chevy Bel Air.In 2020, Barnhouse was browsing dat...

Jul 08, 2025

Crozon, Canada claim bronze at 2025 World Cup

The 2025 FIBA 3x3 World Cup was held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, recently, and the new-look Canadian Women's squad, featuring Humboldt native Paige Crozon, brought home a bronze medal.The third-place fi...

Jul 07, 2025

Three organizations receive $20K cheques from Ripley Rumble

Three local organizations are reaping the benefits of the incredibly successful Ripley Rumble in Melfort. The Professional Bull Riding (PBR) event was organized by Ripley Ford owner Mark Ripley and ot...

Jul 07, 2025