Magical Milestone
Radloff reaches 200 game milestone with hometown Hawks
This past Saturday, Nipawin Hawks captain Finley Radloff suited up for his hometown team for the 200th time in the regular season.Radloff, 20, becomes just the 12th player in the team's Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) history to adorn the Hawks jersey for that many games. He said he's proud of the accomplishme...
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Overtime thriller
North East AA Wolfpack wins to close out season
The North East AA Wolfpack season has wrapped up with a victory. They defeated the Humboldt Broncos 7-6 in an overtime thriller at the Northern Lights Palace in Melfort. Humboldt led 2-0 after one period, but Ethan Janzen and Hayle Dennis scored to tie the game. The Broncos closed out the second period with a 4-2 lead ...
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Overtime thriller
North East AA Wolfpack wins to close out season
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Gradual warming trend next week
Snow squall watch in effect; March not coming in like a lion this year
Brief but intense bands of snow are expected this evening over west central Saskatchewan. Snow squall bands will develop later this evening and track southeastward over Lloydminster, Kindersley, Battlefords, Meadow Lake, Prince Albert and Saskatoon, but La Ronge and Melfort both fall just out of the snow squall watch a...
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Overtime thriller
North East AA Wolfpack wins to close out season
The North East AA Wolfpack season has wrapped up with a victory. They defeated the Humboldt Broncos 7-6 in an overtime thriller at the Northern Lights Palace in Melfort. Humboldt led 2-0 after one period, but Ethan Janzen and Hayle Dennis scored to tie the game. The Broncos closed out the second period with a 4-2 lead ...
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RCMP looking for input
Policing discussed at Nipawin Council meeting
Council in Nipawin discussed the RCMP Annual Performance Plan and Local Policing Priorities at their meeting this week. Nipawin Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) Michele Sorensen told northeastNOW the plan is a partnership between the public and local law enforcement. The letter from Nipawin Staff Sgt. Kyle Wyonzek sa...
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Crime
Professional wrestling items stolen during early break-in outside Lloydminster hotel
UPDATE: The CWE tag team championship belt and the Hart Foundation leather vest have both been located and returned to CWEA brazen theft occurred in Lloydminster Thursday morning.A trailer, owned by the Canadian Wrestling's Elite (CWE) wrestling company, was broken into. While the performers slept at the Central Suites...
Feb 25, 2026
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Whitney woes extended
Slow start grounds Hawks in Flin Flon
The Hawks pushed the pace against the Bombers over two periods Tuesday, unfortunately for Nipawin they spotted Flin Flon a 3-0 lead and never recovered falling for the 14th straight game at the Whitney Forum.Hunting their first win in Manitoba since Feb. 15, 2022, the Hawks gave up three first period goals and headed t...
Feb 25, 2026
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Need to find a way
Hawks head to Flin Flon seeking fourth straight win
The Hawks are riding a three game winning streak into Flin Flon Tuesday, where the Bombers haven't lost all season.Nipawin won all three games the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) club played last week on home ice to stay knotted with the Yorkton Terriers at third overall in the SJHL standings. Head Coach Tad K...
Feb 25, 2026
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Saskatchewan
'Turn pain into purpose'
Parenting in the Storm: couple turns addiction and loss into province-wide parenting workshop
Families can recover. That's the message Daniel Hearn and Donna Gilchrist spread during their province-wide Parenting in the Storm workshop that helps to improve communication between co-parents. The workshop combines hands-on activities where participants learn the importance of communication, and teachings from the ...
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Gradual warming trend next week
Snow squall watch in effect; March not coming in like a lion this year
Brief but intense bands of snow are expected this evening over west central Saskatchewan. Snow squall bands will develop later this evening and track southeastward over Lloydminster, Kindersley, Battlefords, Meadow Lake, Prince Albert and Saskatoon, but La Ronge and Melfort both fall just out of the snow squall watch a...
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On the docket
Saskatoon teen to be sentenced for setting fellow student on fire at Evan Hardy Collegiate
Sentencing submissions will be heard at Saskatoon's Court of King's Bench on Thursday in the case of a 16-year-old girl who admitted to attempted murder after she lit a fellow student on fire in September of 2024.In December, the teen also pleaded guilty to unlawfully causing bodily harm to a teacher who tried to help ...
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Advancing trade volumes
Sask. looking to bolster and expand trade on mission to India
Premier Scott Moe is keeping his eyes locked on trade as he prepares to head to India on a week-long mission. He'll leave on Saturday and return the following Friday.To mark this trip as a success, Moe said he would like to advance the trade volumes Saskatchewan does with India when it comes to the three biggest catego...
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Well below Canadian average
More than 30 per cent of children in Prince Albert live in poverty, rates double for Northern Sask.
Critics are calling out the provincial government for alarming child poverty rates, particularly in northern communities.According to the study from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA), 35.4 per cent of children in Prince Albert live in poverty. That number jumps to more than six in 10 - or 62 per cent -...
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Goal to eliminate by 2040
Doctors, health groups call for action as Canada lags on cervical cancer prevention
OTTAWA - Cervical cancer is both the fastest-growing type of cancer in Canada and one that is almost completely preventable - and advocates are gathering in Ottawa on Wednesday to call on the federal government to step up screening, prevention and vaccination.The Society of Gynecologic Oncology of Canada, the Women's H...
Feb 25, 2026
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Magical Milestone
Radloff reaches 200 game milestone with hometown Hawks
This past Saturday, Nipawin Hawks captain Finley Radloff suited up for his hometown team for the 200th time in the regular season.Radloff, 20, becomes just the 12th player in the team's Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) history to adorn the Hawks jersey for that many games. He said he's proud of the accomplishme...
1h ago
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Overtime thriller
North East AA Wolfpack wins to close out season
The North East AA Wolfpack season has wrapped up with a victory. They defeated the Humboldt Broncos 7-6 in an overtime thriller at the Northern Lights Palace in Melfort. Humboldt led 2-0 after one period, but Ethan Janzen and Hayle Dennis scored to tie the game. The Broncos closed out the second period with a 4-2 lead ...
4h ago
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Whitney woes extended
Slow start grounds Hawks in Flin Flon
The Hawks pushed the pace against the Bombers over two periods Tuesday, unfortunately for Nipawin they spotted Flin Flon a 3-0 lead and never recovered falling for the 14th straight game at the Whitney Forum.Hunting their first win in Manitoba since Feb. 15, 2022, the Hawks gave up three first period goals and headed t...
Feb 25, 2026
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Need to find a way
Hawks head to Flin Flon seeking fourth straight win
The Hawks are riding a three game winning streak into Flin Flon Tuesday, where the Bombers haven't lost all season.Nipawin won all three games the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) club played last week on home ice to stay knotted with the Yorkton Terriers at third overall in the SJHL standings. Head Coach Tad K...
Feb 25, 2026
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Winning ways continue
Mustangs' winning streak hits nine after 4-2 win over Weyburn
The Melfort Mustangs continue to roll. The Mustangs bumped their winning streak to nine games with a 4-2 victory over the Weyburn Red Wings at the Northern Lights Palace Tuesday night. Tristin Ziola opened the scoring for the Mustangs just under five minutes into the first period before Weyburn responded to tie the gam...
Feb 25, 2026
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Mustangs have won eight straight games
Melfort Mustangs look to stay hot as they host Weyburn
The Melfort Mustangs look to make it nine wins in a row tonight as they host the Weyburn Red Wings at the Northern Lights Palace. The Mustangs are now 24-20-2-2, and have stormed back into sixth place in the SJHL. Melfort is coming off a weekend sweep of the La Ronge Ice Wolves, winning 6-1 at home on Friday and a 5-3 ...
Feb 24, 2026
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Northeast Profiles
It’s a Co-op Thing
Building, Feeding, Fuelling, Growing and Helping Keep Our Communities Safe
At Prairie North Co-op (PNC) we often say that we are proud to serve our members with products and services that help build, feed, fuel and grow the communities in which we live and do business. Now we can add "help keep our members and communities safe' through our commitment to a strong safety culture to that li...
Aug 26, 2025
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Guide dogs
CNIB in need of volunteers to foster future service dogs across Canada
It's a rewarding experience filled with unconditional love and the opportunity to change the life of someone who is blind. Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) Guide Dogs is urgently looking for volunteers to raise future guide dogs for people who are blind, Deafblind, or have low vision."There's a hug...
Jul 23, 2025
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Innovation at Work
Prairie North Co-op Retrofit Serves Rural Members
At Prairie North Co-operative, the vision is to be the trusted first choice in the community. Sometimes achieving that vision requires thinking outside the box and taking an innovative approach to problem solving. In 2019, the Prairie North Co-op Agro Fuel team began to offer a number of bulk oil products to its rural ...
Jul 10, 2025
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Pasture related feed costs to be included in AgriStability support program
AgriStability is being expanded to include pasture-related feed costs as an eligible expense for livestock producers. Agriculture and Agri-Food Minist...
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Additional investment being made at the Port of Churchill
Federal and Provincial Governments will provide $262.5 million for improvements to a northern port. The federal government will contribute $180 millio...
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Sask. premier to be part of a trade mission to India
Premier Scott Moe will leave for India later today to join a Canadian delegation led by Prime Minister Mark Carney. The federal government wants to re...
Feb 25, 2026
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Canada
Coalition says Vancouver's World Cup rights plan not to tackle 'FIFA-related harms'
VANCOUVER - A coalition of about 20 organizations working in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside and Chinatown say they're worried the city isn't adequately addressing human rights implications and "FIFA-related harms" of the upcoming soccer World Cup. The g...
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LeBlanc sets up talks with U.S. trade rep next week in Washington
OTTAWA - Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc says he will meet with U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer late next week in Washington, D.C. The discussions comes as both countries are preparing for the mandatory review of the Canada-U.S.-Mex...
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Feds earmark $1.55 billion to ensure equal services for First Nations kids
OTTAWA - Indigenous Services Minister Mandy Gull-Masty is expected to announce $1.55 billion in federal funding Thursday to support Jordan's Principle, a legal principle that states First Nations children must have equal access to social and health ser...
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Myles Gray had injected testosterone, doctor tells hearing into police-involved death
VANCOUVER - Myles Gray's family doctor has told a public hearing into his patient's 2015 police-involved death that Gray told him he had been injecting unprescribed testosterone, an anabolic steroid. But Dr. Christoffel Mentz-Serfontein says Gray never...
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Sens captain Brady Tkachuk unhappy with White House AI video that insulted Canadians
OTTAWA - Brady Tkachuk said he did not appreciate an AI-doctored video shared by the White House that made it appear he was disparaging Canadians, calling it fake and not something he would ever say. The Ottawa Senators captain spoke Thursday after the...
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Chief justice says institutions are strong after Smith targets court appointments
OTTAWA - Chief Justice Richard Wagner called on Canadian lawyers and judges to step up their efforts to defend the independence of the country's courts on Thursday, noting while Canadians maintain a strong trust in their institutions, the system is sti...
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World
171 bodies found in mass graves in eastern Congo, an official says
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - Congolese authorities and a civil society group said Thursday that mass graves were found in part of eastern Congo that the M23 rebel group has recently withdrawn from, as fighting in the region escalates despite a U.S.-mediated ...
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Judge rejects request to block Trump White House from building its $400 million ballroom project
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge on Thursday rejected a preservationist group's request to block the Trump administration from continuing construction of a $400 million ballroom where it demolished the East Wing of the White House. U.S. ...
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Judge rejects request to block Trump White House from building its $400 million ballroom project
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge on Thursday rejected a preservationist group's request to block the Trump administration from continuing construction of a $400 million ballroom where it demolished the East Wing of the White House. U.S. ...
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Afghanistan launches military strikes on Pakistan in retaliation for earlier airstrikes
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghanistan's military launched an attack on Pakistan Thursday to retaliate for Pakistani airstrikes on Afghan border areas earlier in the week, claiming to have captured more than a dozen Pakistani army posts in the latest es...
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Hillary Clinton testifies she has no information on Epstein's crimes and doesn't recall meeting him
WASHINGTON (AP) - Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told U.S. House lawmakers in New York on Thursday that she had no knowledge of Jeffrey Epstein's or Ghislaine Maxwell's crimes, starting off two days of depositions that will also include form...
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South Africa says 2 of its nationals died fighting for Russia in Ukraine after recruitment scheme
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) - At least two South Africans have died fighting for Russia in the war in Ukraine after being tricked into traveling there by a recruitment scheme, South Africa's foreign minister said Thursday. It was the fir...
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