School Area designation
Area around Northeast Christian Academy designated a 'School Area', rather than a school zone
An area around the Northeast Christian Academy private school on Main St. In Melfort has been designated a 'School Area'. Director of Public Works Kalyna Cipywnyk told northeastNOW the review of the roadways around the academy happened when the City received a letter from the school this year with a request to designat...
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Emergency response
Nipawin Fire Department responds to two vehicle collisions, called about plane crash
It was a busy few days for the Nipawin Fire Department (NFD). They were called to a collision between a semi and a pickup truck Friday morning near the Rolling Pines Golf Course. (Nipawin Fire Department/Facebook)They also responded to another two-vehicle collision in town during the long weekend. (Nipawin Fire Departm...
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School Area designation
Area around Northeast Christian Academy designated a 'School Area', rather than a school zone
An area around the Northeast Christian Academy private school on Main St. In Melfort has been designated a 'School Area'. Director of Public Works Kalyna Cipywnyk told northeastNOW the review of the roadways around the academy happened when the City received a letter from the school this year with a request to designat...
32m ago
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Emergency response
Nipawin Fire Department responds to two vehicle collisions, called about plane crash
It was a busy few days for the Nipawin Fire Department (NFD). They were called to a collision between a semi and a pickup truck Friday morning near the Rolling Pines Golf Course. (Nipawin Fire Department/Facebook)They also responded to another two-vehicle collision in town during the long weekend. (Nipawin Fire Departm...
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Suspect sought
Suspect sought after assault of youth in Creighton
Creighton RCMP are looking for a 21-year-old man in connection to an assault in the community on Monday. Police were called about a disturbance at a business at around midnight. The investigation determined a man and a female youth entered the business and assaulted another female youth, who was taken to hospital with ...
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Activity Expo
Activity Expo in Melfort on Wednesday replacing City Wide Registration
The City of Melfort is hosting an event to help residents learn more about the activities and groups available to them. Formerly known as City Wide Registration Night, this year the event is called the Activity Expo. Recreation and Aquatics Manager Shannon Marshall told northeastNOW they decided to improve the evening,...
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School zone safety
School zone safety reminder as school year gets underway
The school year is underway, and motorists need to be aware of school zone safety. Melfort RCMP Staff Sgt. Ryan Case told northeastNOW it's important to remember that school zone speed limits differ based on the community in which they are established. He added the hours that they are in effect could differ as well, wi...
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Busy week
Local fire departments respond to various calls during busy week
Fire departments in the area have been kept busy over the past week or so. The Wadena Volunteer Fire Department was called to a sewer trench collapse Friday afternoon. The department said a worker was trapped, and they responded with a technical rescue. The worker was recovered by the contractors and was then moved to ...
Sep 02, 2025
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Saskatchewan
financial impact
Sask. outfitters lose millions in revenues due to wildfires
Wildfires in Northern Saskatchewan have cost outfitters more than $2 million so far in 2025. That's according to Saskatchewan Commission of Professional Outfitters (SCPO) Acting-CEO Roy Anderson, who said the organization is currently finalizing an impact assessment for the sector. The $2 million is based on feedback f...
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no risk to public
SaskEnergy line hit causes unplanned release near St. Louis
Residents in the St. Louis area, about half an hour south of Prince Albert, may have heard a loud noise this afternoon, followed by a large cloud of dust.SaskEnergy has confirmed a line hit causing a natural gas release at a worksite located half a kilometre north of the community of St. Louis at approximately 12 p.m. ...
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Fire update
SPSA: Summer may be ending, but wildfire season is not
The Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency (SPSA) said wildfire season does not have a fixed or direct end. It is a fluid situation that can change suddenly due to shifting weather conditions, regardless of the time frame of the season. While improved weather has helped to reduce the threat of wildfires, warmer temperatures...
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Harvest 2025
Rain, wildfires cause slow beginning to harvest 2025
It is likely to be a long autumn for Saskatchewan farmers, as harvest is off to a sluggish start. This year's harvest is progressing slower than both the five and ten-year averages for the province. According to the province's weekly crop report, only 12 per cent of crops in Saskatchewan have been harvested as of right...
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premiere race
Canadian Challenge prize money shrinks due to drop in sponsorships, wildfire damage
With registration now open for the Canadian Challenge Sled Dog Race, organizers are offering a substantially smaller prize purse in comparison to just a couple of years ago. "It's certainly not what we were hoping for, but unfortunately, the race has to maintain a strong financial position and, unfortunately, we c...
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Climate Change
Scientists call for Sask. to reverse decision to extend coal-fired power plants
A group of atmospheric scientists say they're concerned about the Government of Saskatchewan's decision to extend the life of SaskPower's coal-fire power plants instead of abiding by federal regulations and shutting them down in a few years.The group wrote a position statement and is strongly urging the provincial gove...
Sep 02, 2025
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Local Sports
Career Year
Hudson Bay chuckwagon racer finishes season penalty-free, fourth in the world
A local chuckwagon driver had a career year this season, doing something he had never done before.In his fifteenth season on the World Professional Chuckwagon Association (WPCA) Tour, Evan Salmond had a penalty-free year."We just stayed consistent and stayed clean the whole year. We never took a single driving pen...
Sep 02, 2025
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Rider Nation
Riders survive Bombers comeback, earn 34-30 win in Labour Day Classic
Tevaughn Campbell put an end to a thrilling 60th Labour Day Classic and ended a Winnipeg Blue Bombers comeback.With just 30 seconds left, Winnipeg Blue Bombers quarterback Zach Collaros connected with Dalton Schoen to pull within two points.But on the ensuing try, Campbell picked off Collaros and ran it all the way bac...
Sep 01, 2025
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Countdown to the big game
Riders, Bombers clash in 60th edition of the Labour Day Classic
The 60th chapter of the historic Labour Day Classic rivalry between the Saskatchewan Roughriders and Winnipeg Blue Bombers is set to be written.The historic CFL rivalry showdown will get underway at Mosaic Stadium with kickoff set for 5 p.m. on Sunday. The Green Zone pregame show begins at 3 p.m.Saskatchewan does hold ...
Aug 31, 2025
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Riders Gameday
Mario Alford set to return, Ajou Ajou added to Riders' roster for Labour Day Classic
Mario Alford is back to provide a spark for the Saskatchewan Roughriders.The dynamic kick returner has been out since July 7 with a hip injury. Prior to his injury, Alford was averaging 30.9 yards per kick return - that's currently the second-highest average in the league (Hamilton Tiger-Cats returner Isaiah Wooden has...
Aug 31, 2025
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Riderville
'I'm coming home': Ajou Ajou back in Saskatchewan Roughriders' green
Ajou Ajou is back in Saskatchewan Roughriders green."It's a great day to be alive," said the 23-year-old pass-catcher. "It's bittersweet but I'm coming home to some fans and people who love me so I'm all for it. I'm happy."Ajou was taken in the seventh round (59th overall) of the 2024 CFL Draft by t...
Aug 30, 2025
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Annual General Meeeting
Mustangs host AGM, appoint new president and vice-president
The Melfort Mustangs hosted their Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Wednesday evening, during which the club reviewed its financials from the 2024/25 season.With another deep playoff run and a trip to the Centennial Cup, expenses were high, but the team did get ahead of them. In total, expenses were $1,129,486. Total rev...
Aug 29, 2025
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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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farmnewsNOW
Frost warning in effect for northeastern grainbelt
From temperatures reaching 30 C to frost warnings in a matter of days - talk about a fluctuation in temperatures.Environment Canada issued a frost war...
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Rain, wildfires cause slow beginning to harvest 2025
It is likely to be a long autumn for Saskatchewan farmers, as harvest is off to a sluggish start. This year's harvest is progressing slower than both ...
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'Mercy of politics': Canadian farmers weigh plans as Chinese tariff hits canola price
As Chinese tariffs on Canadian canola products continue to hamper the cash price of one of the country's most valuable crops, farming experts say prod...
Sep 01, 2025
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Canada
Integrity commissioner's office struggling to keep up with complaints, disclosures
OTTAWA - The office of the public sector integrity commissioner says it's being overwhelmed by its workload and that eliminating the backlog of files would require more analysts and lawyers. Commissioner Harriet Solloway says the office has received 380 submissions so far this year, including 78 reprisal complaints and...
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Five things to know about public service job action in British Columbia
VICTORIA - Job action affecting public service workers in British Columbia got underway this week, after a strike notice issued by the B.C. General Employees' Union expired on Tuesday. Here are five things you need to know about the dispute. WHAT'S BEHIND THE JOB ACTION? The union says talks over a new contract broke d...
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Quebec wants court to declare branch of Swedish battery developer Northvolt insolvent
MONTREAL - The Quebec government wants a judge to declare insolvent the North American branch of Swedish battery manufacturer Northvolt. Quebec filed the court application in an attempt to recoup some of the province's losses on a failed electric-vehicle battery project. The province says Northvolt Batteries North Amer...
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They had to navigate the health-care system growing up. Now they're students at Canada's newest med school
TORONTO - Toronto Metropolitan University opened Canada's newest medical school this week, with 94 students who administrators believe reflect the diversity needed among this country's future doctors. "It's very intentional for us to be locating the school in Brampton - a diverse community, underserved from a medi...
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Train cars leave the tracks in B.C.'s Kootenay region near Alberta's boundary
CALGARY - Federal investigators are looking into a train derailment in British Columbia's Kootenay region near the Alberta boundary. The Transportation Safety Board says in a statement that a team is being deployed to the site near Elko, B.C., where investigators will gather information and begin to assess what caused ...
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Montreal transit constables should be better armed, says workplace safety board
MONTREAL - Quebec's workplace safety board says Montreal's transit constables fear for their security and should be better armed. Its recommendation is included in a report the board produced for the public transit agency in response to two complaints about constables' safety in the network. The report, however, does n...
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World
Florida will work to eliminate all childhood vaccine mandates in the state, officials say
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - Florida will work to phase out all childhood vaccine mandates in the state, building on the effort by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis to curb vaccine requirements and other health mandates during the COVID-19 pandemic. DeSantis also announced on Wednesday the creation of a state-level "Mak...
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Spanish Vuelta stage cut short because of disruption by pro-Palestinian protesters near finish line
BILBAO, Spain (AP) - The 11th stage of the Spanish Vuelta was cut short and finished without a winner because of a disruption by pro-Palestinian protesters near the finish line in the Basque Country city of Bilbao on Wednesday. Police had to be called in to contain the protesters, many of them carrying Palestine flags ...
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Iran increased stockpile of near weapons-grade uranium before Israeli attack, UN agency says
VIENNA (AP) - Iran further increased its stockpile of uranium enriched to near weapons-grade levels before Israel launched its military attack on June 13, a confidential report by the United Nations' nuclear watchdog seen by The Associated Press said Wednesday. The report by the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy...
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Lorena becomes a hurricane off the western coast of Mexico, U.S. forecaster says
MIAMI (AP) - Hurricane Lorena formed off the coast of Mexico's Baja California peninsula and a tropical storm warning has been issued for parts for of the area, forecasters said. The storm is expected to strengthen in the next 24 hours and heavy rain up to 15 inches (38 centimeters) was forecast for portions of the pen...
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Putin meets North Korea's Kim in Beijing
BEIJING (AP) - Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un have met to begin bilateral talks in Beijing. The two leaders met formally at the Diaoyutai state guest house after attending a major military parade in the heart of the Chinese capital marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World W...
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A suicide bombing near a political rally in southwestern Pakistan kills 13 and wounds 30
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) - A suicide bomber blew himself up outside a stadium Tuesday night as supporters of a nationalist party were leaving a rally in insurgency-hit southwest Pakistan, killing at least 13 people and wounding 30 others, police and hospital officials said Wednesday. Local police chief Majeed Qaisrani sai...
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