Tag Archives: People
'Kelly was the room': Former CJVR play-by-play voice reflects on life of Kelly Bowers
Saskatoon sports legend Kelly Bowers passed away on Tuesday, Sept. 19 and now his former broadcasting partner is reflecting.Neil Shewchuk first met Kelly Bowers when CJVR in Melfort started broadcasti...
Sep 19, 2019 Kelly Bowers, who passed away on Tuesday, was part of the CJVR broadcast team for many years when the station broadcast Saskatoon Hilltops and University of Saskatchewan Huskies games. (Facebook/Neil Shewchuk)
Annual fall leaf clean-up
The trees in Prince Albert are soon going to be shedding their summer adornment and the leaf blanket that will cover the city will have to raked, collected and bagged.The layer of red, brown and gold ...
Sep 19, 2019 (Ronald Quaroni/paNOW Staff)
Seeking a third life for the Nisbet Church and Blockhouse
The Prince Albert Historical Society is asking for the public's help in putting two iconic buildings back on the riverbank, close to their original home.The newly-launched fundraising project to recon...
Sep 18, 2019 The Nisbet Church and Blockhouse once stood in what is now the P.A. downtown in the late 1800s and were then relocated to Kinsmen Park before their sorry state forced their removal last year. (FIle photo/paNOW Staff)
Listen to Your Heart campaign for Hospital Foundation
She thought it was heartburn. When the pain only worsened after a week of taking Tums, Shawna Zawerucka went to a walk-in clinic. She was waiting for the results of a ECG test when a doctor entered. "...
Sep 18, 2019 Shawna Zawercka (in blue) surrounded by her family. (Submitted/Victoria Hospital Foundation)
Community group looks to reach more people
A longtime community organization is undergoing a change.Big Brothers, Big Sisters Prince Albert has debuted their new logo, which is part of a nation wide rebrand for the organization across Canada. ...
Sep 18, 2019 Natasha Thomson, holding a bag with the new Big Brothers, Big Sisters Canada logo on it. (Michael Joel-Hansen/paNOW Staff)
Big Brothers Big Sisters rebrand with new look on national Big Brothers Big Sisters day
A new look for a great organization.Big Brothers Big Sisters has been reinvented and is reintroducing itself to the world starting today which also happens to be nationally recognized Big Brothers Big...
Sep 18, 2019 Big Brothers Big Sisters brand relaunch September 18. (Supplied photo/Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Battlefords)
Melfort's Ken Singer inducted into broadcast hall of fame
Over five decades in the broadcasting industry was honoured on Friday as Ken Singer was inducted into the Saskatchewan Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame.Singer began his career in 1967 at CKOM,...
Sep 18, 2019 Ken Singer (right) and Neil Headrick (left) were inducted into the Saskatchewan Broadcast Hall of Fame. (Submitted photo/Neil Headrick)
North Stars making a difference with community cleanup
After cleaning up the Kindersley Klippers on opening weekend, with back-to-back 7-1 and 7-4 victories respectively, the Battlefords North Stars hit the town Tuesday for a little community cleanup. Wit...
Sep 18, 2019 Pictured left to right: North Stars’ Jordan Gagnon, Austin Schwab, Parker Rey, Ryland McNinch, Hunter Rambow, and Dace Prymak enjoy a gorgeous Tuesday afternoon outdoors, while helping make the community a cleaner place to be. (submitted photo/Jennifer Whyte)
Lawrence Elementary hosting Chase the Ace for new children's playground
Competitors hope to draw a spade before the school uses one to break ground on a new play structure. Lawrence Elementary School is hosting a Chase the Ace Fundraiser to help raise funds for new playgr...
Sep 17, 2019 The play structure at Lawrence Elementary School is a popular place to be for students and kids in the community. (submitted photo/Lynn Greening)
Special Feature: The people behind the quest for Fort à la Corne's diamonds
The first season of deep trench-cutting by Rio Tinto at Star Diamond Corporation's Star-Orion South Diamond Project in the Fort la Corne forest east of Prince Albert is reaching a conclusion. Ahead of...
Sep 17, 2019 George Reed with Star Diamond Corporation, left and Rio Tinto's Gary Hodgkinson in front of the star attraction at Project Falcon, the Trench Cutter Sampling Rig. (Ian Gustafson/paNOW Staff)