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Latchkey kids: What’s legal in Saskatchewan?

Like the majority of provinces, Saskatchewan does not have a stipulated age at which a child can be safely left alone in any location. That makes leaving kids unsupervised a bit of a legal grey area a...

Jul 16, 2019 The Canada Safety Council recommends children be a minimum of 10 years old before being left alone. (ID 132732295 © Romrodinka | Dreamstime.com)

Chuckwagon safety questioned after Calgary Stampede

A high number of horse deaths during the 2019 Calgary Stampede chuckwagon races has led to some calling for the event to be banned.A total of six horses died during this year's races, bringing the num...

Jul 16, 2019 A photo of the chuckwagon races during Sport Days in 2017. (File photo/paNOW Staff)

Province celebrates Parks Week

Summer is a great season to step outside and take advantage of the province's natural beauty.Staff with the Ministry of Parks Culture and Sport hope this week, July 14 to 20, residents and visitors ta...

Jul 16, 2019 Father and son on a camping trip fishing by a lake. ID 78933921 © Monkey Business Images | Dreamstime.com

North Stars extend staff for additional two seasons

The Battlefords North Stars' brass is sticking together. The Stars have extended a number of core staff for the next two years, including Assistant Coach Rob Holoien; Head Scout and Assistant General ...

Jul 16, 2019 The 2018-19 season saw the North Stars top the Global Ag. Risk Solutions Division on their way to the league championship. With a returning brass, the organization will begin its quest for a repeat in just-under two months' time. (Facebook/North Stars)

SGI urges quick claims for flood damage

Heavy rainfall on the weekend may have had sump pumps working overtime.If home owners did suffer flood damage they are encouraged to act quickly."Clean up that damage as soon as possible. Seek profess...

Jul 16, 2019 (Submitted Photo/ Lemuel Alquino)

P.A. housing market slightly down in June

Prince Albert's housing market was slightly down in June, when compared to the same month last year in terms of the number of listings, according the Saskatoon Region association of Realtors (SRAR).Ac...

Jul 16, 2019 (File photo/paNOW Staff)

Researchers studying bats in P.A. National Park

A new research project recently launched at Prince Albert National Park serves to study an animal rarely seen by park visitors - bats.Little Brown Bats, or Little Brown Myotis, and up to five other ba...

FSIN calls for ban of Williams and Ree at Country Thunder

The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) is calling on Craven Country Thunder to banish comic duo Williams and Ree.The duo has MCed events for over 20 years at the festival.This comes aft...

Jul 16, 2019 Comedy due Terry Ree and Bruce Williams. (Williams and Ree Twitter page)

Pride Day celebrated in La Loche

Love is love - that was the message at the third annual Pride Day hosted by La Loche Two-Spirited Unity Inc. The event was held July 12 and organizer Ashley Janvier stated approximately 200 residents ...

Jul 15, 2019 Pride Day was held in La Loche last week. (CHPN Radio/Facebook)

City looks to ban single-use plastic retail bags

The City of Prince Albert is asking for the public's opinion in a new survey in regard to the banning of single-use retail plastic bags.A short, three-question survey is now available on the city's we...

Jul 15, 2019 (File photo/paNOW Stuff)