Provincial Golf
Sask Amateur Championships reaching midway point as Day 2 fully underway
Every golfer at this year's Saskatchewan Amateur Championships has now at least teed off for Day 2 of the event at the Humboldt Golf Club.Round 2 began Wednesday morning as early as 7 a.m., with the final tee times scheduled for 3 p.m.Nearly 150 competitors are divided between the Men's and Women's Amateur and Mid-Amat...
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Carcasses found
Town of Choiceland cries fowl after chicken carcasses found in recycling
An unusual reminder from the Town of Choiceland after an unwanted discovery in a recent load of recycling. "MTN Disposal Ltd recovered two dead domestic chickens from the most recent load of [recycling] that was picked up in the Choiceland/Smeaton area," a social media post from the town stated. The town remi...
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Nipawin Airport to undergo runway rehabilitation project
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Plugging In
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Provincial Golf
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Northeast News
Carcasses found
Town of Choiceland cries fowl after chicken carcasses found in recycling
An unusual reminder from the Town of Choiceland after an unwanted discovery in a recent load of recycling. "MTN Disposal Ltd recovered two dead domestic chickens from the most recent load of [recycling] that was picked up in the Choiceland/Smeaton area," a social media post from the town stated. The town remi...
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Fatal crash
Prince Albert man killed after vehicle hits moose near Smeaton
A man from Prince Albert has died after his vehicle struck a moose. Nipawin RCMP were called to the scene on Highway 55 just west of Smeaton Monday night. A 50-year-old passenger in the vehicle was declared dead at the scene, and his family has been notified. The woman driving the vehicle was taken to hospital with non...
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New equipment
NCHCF purchases new monitors thanks to generous benefactor
Another vital piece of medical equipment is now in Melfort's hospital thanks to a generous donation. An anonymous donor paid for two critical monitors for use in the hospital. North Central Health Care Foundation (NCHCF) board chair Peggy George told northeastNOW they were thankful for the donation. "We're always ...
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Melfort parade
Annual parade returns to Melfort on Friday
The annual Melfort Exhibition returns next week, and so does its unofficial kickoff. The Melfort Trade Alliance Chamber of Commerce (MTACC) is hosting this year's parade on Friday, July 18. This year's theme is Back to the Future. "One of our board members came up with it," said MTACC Executive Director Loran...
Jul 16, 2025
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Radio Promotions
Melfort and District Museum named winner of second annual Community Airtime Award
The Melfort and District Museum will soon be the beneficiary of a ton of free advertising.The non-profit organization is the recipient of the second annual Community Airtime Award, which will grant them over $50,000 worth of radio airtime, courtesy of 105 CJVR and 750 Beach Radio."We are thrilled to be the recipie...
Jul 15, 2025
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Back Alley Tour
Artists to be highlighted at Back Alley Tour in Melfort
A yearly arts showcase in Melfort continues to grow. The Back Alley Tour will be held July 17 in the back alley behind Northern Lights Gallery, just east of the 200 block of Main Street. The show runs from 2 to 8 p.m.Organizer Sandra Dancey told northeastNOW the event is getting bigger and better each year. "We ha...
Jul 15, 2025
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Saskatchewan
Time to Act
Saskatchewan's debt rising at $3,200 a minute; debt clock highlights
A massive digital 'debt clock' rolled into North Battleford this week, bringing with it a bold message from the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF): Saskatchewan's provincial debt is growing fast, and now is the time to act. The debt clock, mounted on the side of a large moving truck, displays Saskatchewan's provincial...
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dry summer
Sask. Farmers, NDP push for drought relief as province outlines new supports
As severe drought grips parts of Saskatchewan for a ninth straight year, farmers say time is running out for meaningful help and warn some operations may not survive without immediate action."We're going to be losing anywhere from $50 an acre up to $100 an acre, and maybe even more," said Quinton Jacksteit, r...
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Public safety minister responds to Rhonda Blackmore's removal
Canada's Public Safety Minister is responding to concerns following the sudden removal of Rhonda Blackmore as assistant commissioner of the Saskatchewan RCMP.In an interview on Wednesday's Evan Bray Show, Gary Anandasangaree said he is closely monitoring the situation."First of all, I want to thank everyone who ha...
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Canada to target steel originating in China with new tariffs
Prime Minister Mark Carney says steel originating in China will be subjected to higher tariffs to try and prevent steel dumping amid U.S. President Donald Trump's ongoing global trade war.Carney is at a Hamilton steel manufacturing company today to announce measures to protect the Canadian steel industry.Those include ...
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WILDFIRE UPADTES
Firefighters from Australia, Mexico assist with merging fires in northern Sask.
Saskatchewan is getting some additional help from overseas to help tackle uncontrolled wildfires burning in the north.The Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency (SPSA) said 40 firefighters from Australia have arrived to assist with suppression efforts, and another 40 from Mexico are expected to join later this week. This is...
Jul 15, 2025
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Homicide
Death of woman in Beaver River was a homicide
RCMP have confirmed that the death of a 25-year-old woman from Big Island Lake Cree Nation several days ago was a homicide. Juanita Wahpistikwan's body was discovered when firefighters responded to a structure fire at a rural property in the R.M. of Beaver River on July 11 at 1:30 pm. They found Wahpistikwan's remains,...
Jul 15, 2025
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Local Sports
Provincial Golf
Sask Amateur Championships reaching midway point as Day 2 fully underway
Every golfer at this year's Saskatchewan Amateur Championships has now at least teed off for Day 2 of the event at the Humboldt Golf Club.Round 2 began Wednesday morning as early as 7 a.m., with the final tee times scheduled for 3 p.m.Nearly 150 competitors are divided between the Men's and Women's Amateur and Mid-Amat...
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Basketball and Beyond
Honouring Michael Linklater: Indigenous basketball icon and youth advocate
A standing ovation echoed through the SaskTel Centre on July 5 as the Province of Saskatchewan made a historic announcement, recognizing the day officially as Michael Linklater Day. The honour celebrates the extraordinary impact that Michael Linklater, a basketball legend, community leader, and proud member of Thunderc...
Jul 15, 2025
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2025 Saskatchewan Amateur Golf Championships
Local kid to compete as first-ever amateur on home course
The 2025 Saskatchewan Amateur Golf Championships began Tuesday morning at the Humboldt Golf Club (HGC), and a local teen is looking to make his mark.Humboldt's Tryce Wallin will be competing in the event, his first time ever in the Sask. Am tournament.At just 16 years old, Wallin will be one of the youngest members in ...
Jul 15, 2025
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Comeback Queens
U13 Melfort Spirit win provincial gold, earn spot in Westerns
A local softball team became provincial champions this past weekend and will head to Westerns at the beginning of August.The U13A Melfort Spirit were crowned in Saskatoon, defeating the hometown Hustlers in comeback fashion, 11-10 in seven."It's still kind of surreal at this moment, and it was definitely quite a d...
Jul 14, 2025
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From player to coach
Clarke Huxley hired as Mustangs' new assistant coach
The Melfort Mustangs have hired a new assistant coach, as yet another former player returned to be behind the bench.Clarke Huxley is the newest member of the Mustangs' coaching staff, replacing Tye Scherger's former role."It's special, just being a player there, it means a lot more. Wearing the jersey, you know wh...
Jul 14, 2025
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Riders
Riders can't keep up with Stamps at Mosaic Stadium
Despite their opponents having to change travel plans and stay an extra night, the Saskatchewan Roughriders didn't have much of an answer for the Calgary Stampeders.The game was originally set to be played on Friday night at Mosaic Stadium but air quality forced the game to be rescheduled after a nearly four-hour delay...
Jul 14, 2025
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Northeast Profiles
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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Rooted In Agriculture
Growing Community . . . One Acre at a Time
The Prairie North Co-operative of today has a rich history that is rooted in agriculture. It was originally established in 1914 as the Melfort Grain Growers Co-operative Trading Association. Hampered by a lack of access to markets, area farmers decided to experiment with a purchasing co-operative to buy basic supplies ...
Jun 10, 2025
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Propane For Pets - May 15th
Making a Difference for the NESPCA One Propane Fill at a Time
At Prairie North Co-op, we love when our team members come up with great ideas, especially when those ideas are about raising funds for local charities! Keith Mamer, our gas bar division manager, had seen a similar fundraising event in Alberta and took the initiative up with Federated Co-op Limited (FCL) to make things...
May 08, 2025
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farmnewsNOW
Innovation awards presented at Ag in Motion
Ag in Motion exhibitors gathered in Saskatoon, Sask. last night for the presentation of the Ag Innovation Awards for Western Canada's largest outdoor ...
Jul 15, 2025
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Wildfire smoke impact on crops, animals
Agricultural producers are dealing with smoky air that has become an all-too-common feature of Canadian summers. Environment Canada has issued air qua...
Jul 15, 2025
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Les Henry award presented to Manitoba soil and water researcher
The 2025 recipient of the Les Henry Award is a retired professor of the Department of Soil Science at the University of Manitoba. Over his career, Dr....
Jul 11, 2025
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Canada
In the news today: Defence spending won't slow recession, P.M. to meet First Nations
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Defence spending to boost Canada's economy: report Ottawa's ramped up defence-spending plans will give the economy a lift, but not enough to save it from a recession, a newly released report forecasts. The updated analysis from Ox...
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Defence spending will lift Canada's economy, but not out of a recession: report
OTTAWA - Ottawa's ramped up defence-spending plans will give the economy a lift, but not enough to save it from a recession, a newly released report forecasts. The updated analysis from Oxford Economics published Wednesday projects that Canada's defence spending commitments will raise the country's real gross domestic ...
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New rules allowing Quebec restaurants to charge for no-shows come into effect
MONTREAL - Quebec restaurant owners can now charge a fee to people who make a reservation but don't show up. Under new rules in effect today, restaurants can charge up to $10 for each no-show. An association representing Quebec restaurant owners has estimated that no-shows cost the average eatery about $49,000 per year...
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Carney to meet with First Nations today on major projects legislation
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney will meet today with First Nations leaders about his government's controversial major projects legislation. The closed-door meeting was promised by Carney in June after chiefs said their rights were not respected by the rush to push the Building Canada Act through Parliament in June....
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Slow and steady progress in decade-long project to save B.C.'s only native turtle
Menita Prasad knows that turtles don't rate the same kind of attention from the public as a "cute, fluffy mammal." The director of animal care at Greater Vancouver Zoo says that's one reason why British Columbia's endangered western painted turtles deserve special care. The zoo is part of a decade-long projec...
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Ex-pilot called himself messiah on climate-change mission, day before alleged hijack
The day before the suspected hijacking of a light aircraft triggered a security scare at Vancouver's airport this week, former commercial pilot Shaheer Cassim posted on social media that he was a "messenger of Allah" sent to save humanity from climate change. A 39-year-old man with the same name has now been ...
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World
Just 1 in 4 US adults say Trump's policies have helped them, a new AP-NORC poll finds
WASHINGTON (AP) - Only about one-quarter of U.S. adults say that President Donald Trump's policies have helped them since he took office, according to a new poll that finds underwhelming marks for him on key issues, including the economy, immigration, government spending and health care. In fact, the Republican preside...
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Zelenskyy shakes up Ukrainian Cabinet, appointing new prime minister to reinvigorate war effort
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Ukraine's economy minister and the key negotiator in the mineral deal with the U.S, Yuliia Svyrydenko, has been appointed as new prime minister, becoming its first new head of government since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022. Svyrydenko is one of a group of officials taking on new...
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A parish priest and several injured as airstrikes hit a Gaza church
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - Strikes hit the Holy Family Church in northern Gaza on Thursday morning, injuring several people including the parish priest, officials with the Catholic Church said. Parish priest Fr. Gabriel Romanelli was very close with the late Pope Francis and the two spoke often during the war in ...
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A fire at a mall in eastern Iraq kills 50 people
BAGHDAD (AP) - A fire at a mall in eastern Iraq's Wasit province killed 50 people, including women and children, the provincial governor said Thursday. Gov. Mohammed al-Mayyeh in a statement declared three day of mourning for the fire that began Wednesday. Few other details were available about the fire in the town of ...
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Justice Department fires Maurene Comey, prosecutor on Epstein case and daughter of ex-FBI director
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department has fired Maurene Comey, the daughter of former FBI director James Comey and a prosecutor in the federal cases against Sean "Diddy" Combs and Jeffrey Epstein, two people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Wednesday. There was no specific reason given...
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A tsunami warning is in effect along parts of Alaska's southern coast after 7.3 magnitude earthquake
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Communities along a 700-mile (1,127-km) stretch of Alaska's southern coast ordered their residents to higher ground Wednesday after a powerful earthquake prompted a tsunami warning. The 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck at 12:37 p.m. local time, just south of Sand Point, a community of about 580 ...
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