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Few can say they're 100-per-cent Indigenous but Lillian Lerat is close
Cowessess elder Lillian Lerat made a surprising discovery while researching her family tree - she is 99.6 per-cent Indigenous.Born Lillian Assiniboine in 1945 on the Ochapowace First Nation, to Frank Assinboine and Alice Louison. She has lived through and experienced many changes in the province.Her great-grandfather P...
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Look up: Tsuchinshan-ATLAS Comet passes earth every 80,000 years
The northern lights have been very active this month, and just this weekend, there was a comet cutting across the sky.The Tsuchinshan-ATLAS Comet only passes by our planet once every 80,000 years.Jeff Swick is with the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, and he got to witness this weekend's comet."Well, I knew i...
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Northeast News
Mustangs CJHL ranked
Mustangs remain in CJHL Top 20; SJHL POTW update
The Melfort Mustangs remain in the Canadian Junior Hockey League's Top 20 rankings. The Mustangs fell six spots to be ranked number 16 in the nation. Melfort is coming off a weekend home-and-home split with the Flin Flon Bombers, winning at home on Saturday after dropping the first game in Manitoba on Friday. The Musta...
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Trojans
Tisdale Trojans lose two games by shootout over the weekend
The Tisdale Trojans dropped a couple of nail-biters over the weekend to the Regina Pat Canadians. Tisdale stormed out to a 3-0 lead in the first period of Saturday's game but fell 4-3 in a shootout. Eric Han, Jacob Tait, and Justin Whitrow scored for the Trojans. It was the same outcome on Sunday, with the Trojans fall...
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More nominations
No municipal elections needed in Kelvington, Naicam as candidates acclaimed
Residents in two local communities will not have to go to the polls for the municipal election Nov. 13. The Town of Kelvington's incumbent mayor will return to council after running unopposed. Greg Standish will be joined in the council chambers by incumbent councillors Janice Housden, Kim Nicholls, Faye Patrick, and G...
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MFD open house
Melfort Fire Department open house highlights new equipment, history
Hundreds of people filed through the Melfort Fire Department (MFD) Thursday night for their open house. The event saw the young, and young-at-heart, learning more about the department, their equipment, and how it's used. Fire chief Leonard Whitney told northeastNOW that the open houses are fun for the department as wel...
Oct 11, 2024
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Municipal election officials
Municipal election employees needed in Melfort, Nipawin
Melfort and Nipawin are both looking for election employees for the upcoming municipal election. Director of Corporate Services in Melfort Lydia Steffen told northeastNOW they are looking to fill several positions, including deputy returning officers and poll clerks, along with staff to manage the recreation and inform...
Oct 11, 2024
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Lottery win
Tisdale woman wins 100k on EXTRA draw
A big lottery win for a woman from Tisdale. Elaine Lumberjack won a $100,000 EXTRA prize in the Sept. 7 draw, but she didn't know it at first. Lumberjack said she was having coffee with her niece who told her someone in Saskatchewan had won the $100,000. Elaine checked her ticket shortly after. "I checked this one...
Oct 11, 2024
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ELDER PROFILE
Few can say they're 100-per-cent Indigenous but Lillian Lerat is close
Cowessess elder Lillian Lerat made a surprising discovery while researching her family tree - she is 99.6 per-cent Indigenous.Born Lillian Assiniboine in 1945 on the Ochapowace First Nation, to Frank Assinboine and Alice Louison. She has lived through and experienced many changes in the province.Her great-grandfather P...
20m ago
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Look up: Tsuchinshan-ATLAS Comet passes earth every 80,000 years
The northern lights have been very active this month, and just this weekend, there was a comet cutting across the sky.The Tsuchinshan-ATLAS Comet only passes by our planet once every 80,000 years.Jeff Swick is with the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, and he got to witness this weekend's comet."Well, I knew i...
32m ago
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Annual inflation falls to 1.6% in Sept., smallest yearly increase since 2021
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says the annual inflation rate continued to slow in September as drivers paid lower prices for gasoline than they did last year.The agency said Tuesday its consumer price index for September was up 1.6 per cent from a year ago compared with a year-over-year increase of two per cent in August....
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Sask Votes 2024
Sask. NDP calls out Sask. Party's tax credits
The Saskatchewan NDP is calling out Saskatchewan Party Leader Scott Moe and the fine print of his tax credits.Trent Wotherspoon, NDP candidate for Regina Rosemont, said people are breaking the bank just to provide basics for their families.Moe is promising tax credits for first-time homeowners and renovations. Wothersp...
Oct 14, 2024
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History of Prince Albert
Local historians connect the past with the present
In the basement of the Prince Albert Historical Museum, there's a small room off to the side where the history of the city isn't just being preserved, it's also being discovered.Ken Guedo and Fred Payton are the two longest-serving volunteers who spend a few hours, several days a week, sorting historical photos and oth...
Oct 14, 2024
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Sounding the alarm
Sask. NDP highlights red flags on Sask. Party platform
The Saskatchewan NDP is sounding the alarm over the Saskatchewan Party's platform. Joined by local frontline workers in health care and education, Saskatchewan NDP candidate for Regina-Elphinstone-Centre Meara Conway voiced their concerns over Scott Moe's plans for the province, saying it signals more cuts and disrespe...
Oct 13, 2024
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Local Sports
Mustangs CJHL ranked
Mustangs remain in CJHL Top 20; SJHL POTW update
The Melfort Mustangs remain in the Canadian Junior Hockey League's Top 20 rankings. The Mustangs fell six spots to be ranked number 16 in the nation. Melfort is coming off a weekend home-and-home split with the Flin Flon Bombers, winning at home on Saturday after dropping the first game in Manitoba on Friday. The Musta...
2h ago
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Trojans
Tisdale Trojans lose two games by shootout over the weekend
The Tisdale Trojans dropped a couple of nail-biters over the weekend to the Regina Pat Canadians. Tisdale stormed out to a 3-0 lead in the first period of Saturday's game but fell 4-3 in a shootout. Eric Han, Jacob Tait, and Justin Whitrow scored for the Trojans. It was the same outcome on Sunday, with the Trojans fall...
5h ago
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Another Weekend Split
Mustangs use big second period to bounce back against Bombers
Following a 6-3 loss in Flon Flon on Friday, the Melfort Mustangs responded in a big way a day later.The Mustangs welcomed the Bombers to town Saturday night for the second game of a back-to-back, home-and-home set.Just like they did on Friday, the Stangs opened the scoring in the first period, this time courtesy of Re...
Oct 13, 2024
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Riders win
Saskatchewan clinch home playoff game, dismantle Lions
The Saskatchewan Roughriders feasted on Thanksgiving Saturday at Mosaic Stadium.The Riders were in control from the very start and never looked back as the team clinched a home playoff game for the first time since 2021."Selfishly, we just know we're going to be able to conduct business as is and it's going to fee...
Oct 13, 2024
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Close but not close enough
Hawks fall short in Yorkton
The Nipawin Hawks put up a valiant fight in Yorkton Friday in Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) action but came up short falling, 3-1.Facing a team suiting up eight 20 year-olds and sporting just one loss, the youthful Hawks competed until the final minute when Yorkton salted the game away with a late empty net ...
Oct 12, 2024
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6-3 Loss
Bombers exact revenge on Mustangs
The Melfort Mustangs travelled to Flin Flon Friday night for the first time since last season's SJHL Finals.Melfort scored the first goal of the game less than two minutes in, however, it was mostly downhill after that, as they fell by a score of 6-3."We started good, but after that, there was an all-around lack o...
Oct 12, 2024
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Northeast Profiles
Digital Farming
Managing resources and visualizing ROI with data and digital farming
With the completion of planting, optimizing seed investment is top of mind for farmers. But how do we know that the decisions made on the farm are making a difference to the bottom line? It all starts with data, and with digital agriculture technology, farmers are now able to make better, more informed decisions when f...
Aug 07, 2024
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Nursing
Studying Nursing with the University of Saskatchewan
"Staying in my home community of Prince Albert and studying at the beautiful new University of Saskatchewan (USask) Prince Albert Campus were two reasons I chose USask in PA," said Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) student Justine Capilitan.Since 2012, USask College of Nursing has been offering the BSN pro...
May 08, 2024
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Time to vote
PBCN prepares for election
Members of Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation head to the polls next month.The election for chief and council has been scheduled for April 9 and a list of candidates was released Monday by the electoral officer. They have however indicated the list is still subject to change and may have to do in part with a requirement all ...
Mar 27, 2024
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farmnewsNOW
APAS outlines priorities for agriculture in Saskatchewan election campaign
The provincial election presents a unique opportunity to address the pressures and challenges in the agriculture sector. The Agricultural Producers As...
1h ago
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Maple Leaf Foods unveils name of its pork business
Maple Leaf Foods is looking to the past in naming its new, independent pork company. The history behind Canada Packers goes back nearly a century. Thr...
Oct 11, 2024
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Saskatchewan farmers nearing the end of harvest
Many producers will be able to celebrate Thanksgiving with a meal at the kitchen table and not in the field. Farmers were able to make good progress o...
Oct 11, 2024
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Canada
Trudeau appoints Daniel Rogers new head of Canada's spy agency
OTTAWA - A veteran of Canada's national security systems has been named the new head of the national spy agency. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has appointed Daniel Rogers as the new director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service. He will take over the role on Oct. 28. Rogers replaces David Vigneault, who retire...
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Bilingual Quebec communities lose bid to suspend application of language law rules
MONTREAL - Bilingual Quebec municipalities have lost their bid to have several parts of the government's French-language reform suspended while their case makes its way through the courts. The communities asked the Quebec Superior Court last month to suspend the application of parts of Bill 96 - as the language reform ...
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Founders of Vancouver club that sold tested illicit drugs file Charter challenge
VANCOUVER - The founders of a Vancouver "compassion club" that sold heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine bought on the dark web and tested for contaminants, have filed a court challenge arguing their Charter rights and the rights of users were violated when the club was shut and they were arrested. Eris Nyx an...
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Quebec government imposes measures to address 'toxic climate' at Montreal school
MONTREAL - Corrective measures are underway to address a "toxic climate" of fear and intimidation at a French-language Montreal primary school. Quebec's Education Department has appointed two monitors who started working today at Bedford school in the city's multicultural Côte-des-Neiges district, who h...
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Canada and U.S. list Samidoun as terrorist group, U.S. adds Canadian to terror list
OTTAWA - Canada is listing the pro-Palestinian group Samidoun as a terrorist group, while the U.S. has added a Canadian citizen affiliated with the organization to its counter-terrorism list. Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc says Samidoun will now be listed under Criminal Code offences that ban people from donati...
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Listeria outbreak linked to plant-based milk seems to be over: PHAC
The Public Health Agency of Canada says a Listeria outbreak linked to several plant-based milks appears to be over with no additional cases reported since August. The federal agency says its investigation is now complete and Listeria was found within the production environment of Silk and Great Value plant-based refrig...
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World
Idaho revamps execution chamber so docs can access deep veins after failed lethal injection attempt
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Idaho will begin using central veins deep in the groin, neck, chest or arm to execute prisoners by lethal injection if attempts to insert standard IV lines fail, the Idaho Department of Correction announced Tuesday. Injecting a central venous line has long been a backup plan under the state's offici...
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Breanna Stewart and her wife Marta Xargay receive homophobic threats after Game 1 of WNBA Finals
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - New York Liberty star Breanna Stewart and her wife Marta Xargay received threatening homophobic anonymous emails after Game 1 of the WNBA Finals. The emails went directly to Xargay's account, which was a bit unnerving for the couple, Stewart said at practice on Tuesday. "The fact it came to Mart...
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US warns Israel to boost humanitarian aid into Gaza or risk losing weapons funding
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Biden administration has warned Israel that it must increase the amount of humanitarian aid it is allowing into Gaza within the next 30 days or it could risk losing access to U.S. weapons funding. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin warned their Israeli counterpart...
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US warns Israel to boost humanitarian aid into Gaza or risk weapons funding
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Biden administration has warned Israel that it must increase the amount of humanitarian aid it is allowing into Gaza within the next 30 days or it could risk losing access to U.S. weapons funding. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin warned their Israeli counterpart...
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Israel assures US it won't strike Iranian nuclear or oil sites, US officials say
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Biden administration believes it has won assurances from Israel that it will not hit Iranian nuclear or oil sites as it looks to strike back following Iran's missile barrage earlier this month, two U.S. officials said Tuesday. The administration also believes that sending a U.S. Terminal High Alti...
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North Carolina governor candidate Mark Robinson sues CNN over report about posts on porn site
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, a Republican, sued CNN on Tuesday over its recent report that he made explicit racial and sexual posts on a pornography website's message board, calling the reporting reckless and defamatory. The lawsuit, filed in Wake County Superior Court, comes less than fo...
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