Off the air
TV station in Lloydminster shuts down permanently
Stingray media's only conventional television properties, CITL/CKSA TV were officially shut down Tuesday.In a press release on the company's website, Stingray said the Lloydminster, Alta based TV media outlet has operated under 'increasingly challenging economic conditions, which have greatly deteriorated over the last...
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Council update
Melfort Kinsmen requests larger footprint, ice resurfacer for Dale Frier Memorial outdoor rink
Council in Melfort heard from the Kinsmen Club of Melfort about their desire to refurbish and replace the current Dale Frier Memorial outdoor rink. Delegate Trevis McConaghy addressed council about the Kinsmen Club's plans for the new outdoor facility. McConaghy said at Monday's council meeting that the current rink is...
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Council update
Melfort Kinsmen requests larger footprint, ice resurfacer for Dale Frier Memorial outdoor rink
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Plugging In
EV charging now offered at three SIGA casinos
Retirement
Melfort Building Official Herb Marshall retiring after 33 years
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Fire calls
Kinistino, Melfort fire departments respond to collision, fires
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Northeast News
Council update
Melfort Kinsmen requests larger footprint, ice resurfacer for Dale Frier Memorial outdoor rink
Council in Melfort heard from the Kinsmen Club of Melfort about their desire to refurbish and replace the current Dale Frier Memorial outdoor rink. Delegate Trevis McConaghy addressed council about the Kinsmen Club's plans for the new outdoor facility. McConaghy said at Monday's council meeting that the current rink is...
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Retirement
Melfort Building Official Herb Marshall retiring after 33 years
A long-time City of Melfort employee is retiring after over three decades in his position. Herb Marshall has been Melfort's Building Official for the past 33 years. "This is a really noteworthy accomplishment," Director of Community Services Rob Lok told northeastNOW. "For 33 years, Herb has done the sam...
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Fire calls
Kinistino, Melfort fire departments respond to collision, fires
A busy time for local fire departments. Kinistino Fire Department crews were sent to a collision involving a grader on Coxby Road Monday morning.Two vehicles had run into a grader that was performing road maintenance. (Kinistino Fire Department/Facebook)Seven occupants of the two vehicles fled the scene before crews ar...
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White Star Road shooting
RCMP still search for shooting suspect last seen near Thunder Rapids six months later
Almost seven months have passed since a car jacking north of Prince Albert resulted in a man being sent to hospital with a gunshot wound.One of the people alleged responsible remains unaccounted for and the RCMP are still hoping to find 28-year-old Dallas Fulton, who last seen in the Thunder Rapids area north of Carrot...
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Nipawin Heliport
Nipawin Heliport now in operation
After years of planning, discussion, and hard work, the Nipawin Heliport is now fully operational. The Twin Lakes District Planning Commission (TLDPC) has issued a news release, stating the heliport will "enhance emergency response capabilities and provide faster access to life-saving care for residents across nor...
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Rain coming?
Rain possible this week as temperatures moderate
The hot, dry, windy weather will be giving way to more seasonable conditions - and a possibility of some precipitation. The wildfire conditions may get a bit of a break over the coming days. Danielle Desjardins of Environment and Climate Change Canada told northeastNOW there could be a chance of some showers today, wit...
May 12, 2025
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Saskatchewan
Off the air
TV station in Lloydminster shuts down permanently
Stingray media's only conventional television properties, CITL/CKSA TV were officially shut down Tuesday.In a press release on the company's website, Stingray said the Lloydminster, Alta based TV media outlet has operated under 'increasingly challenging economic conditions, which have greatly deteriorated over the last...
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Crime trends
Deputy Chief calls on family, community to improve reporting in wake of teen with gun
Family and community have an opportunity to do more to help prevent incidents like a 14-year-old boy running from officers while carrying a sawed-off shotgun as the outcome could have been much different, according to Deputy Chief of Police, Farica Prince. Prince was at the Public Board of Police Commissioners (PBOPC) ...
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The Latest: Prime Minister Mark Carney unveils his new cabinet at Rideau Hall
Prime Minister Mark Carney's new cabinet is being sworn in at Rideau Hall in Ottawa.Here's the latest on the events at Rideau Hall. All times Eastern.---11:57 a.m.Eleanor Olszewski is sworn in as the minister of emergency management and community resilience, and minister responsible for Prairies Economic Development Ca...
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Seeking public information
Île-à-la-Crosse RCMP investigating suspicious animal death
A deceased animal, believed to be a dog, was discovered in a metal kennel within the site of a grass fire north of Île-à-la-Crosse. Now, RCMP are asking for the public's help in determining who left it there.On May 7, fire investigators with the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency were investigating the caus...
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Battlefords Agency Tribal Chiefs
Nikihk becomes official partner of the Saskatchewan Roughriders
In a landmark collaboration that shows a powerful step toward Indigenous economic empowerment and development, Nikihk Enviroway Ventures LP has announced a partnership with the Saskatchewan Roughriders, uniting their shared values of sustainability, local impact, and reconciliation. Nikihk, a joint venture between Envi...
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Sask. NDP outspent Sask. Party by 2 per cent in fall 2024 election
Months after the provincial election ended with a Sask. Party win, but a significant gain in Sask. NDP seats, the returns are published, showing how much each party spent and what they spent it on.Sask. NDP Leader Carla Beck was hoping for a win in the fall provincial election, and the party's spending could show it.Th...
May 12, 2025
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Local Sports
Ice issues lead to delay
Mustangs game paused, will resume as soon as possible
In the midst of their third game at the Centennial Cup in Calgary against the Rockland Nationals of the CCHL Tuesday afternoon, the Melfort Mustang's game was postponed.With just 1:42 left to go in the first period, the game was paused with a 0-0 score due to an ice issue.Fortunately, there is a second ice surface at t...
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Main camp
Ali Saad ready to compete for job with Sask. Roughriders
It's been a whirlwind last week for Saskatchewan Roughriders defensive lineman Ali Saad.After completing rookie camp with the San Francisco 49ers, the Riders first-round draft pick in the 2025 CFL Draft went home to Michigan, grabbed his gear and headed north to Saskatoon for the club's main camp."It's been hectic...
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Battling the top team
Mustangs to face Rockland following two-day break
The Melfort Mustangs are set to be in tough on Tuesday morning when they face off against the Rockland Nationals.Rockland currently holds the top spot in Group B, having not yet lost in regulation."We're feeling awesome, Blevs has us going, and we have our game plan, so we just have to take it from there," ex...
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Mental and Physical break
Mustangs spend off day in Banff, hosted for dinner by alumn
The Melfort Mustangs had two days in between their second and third round-robin games at the Centennial Cup this past weekend, and they made the most of it.Needing some time away from the rink during the busiest and most important time of the year, the Mustangs got to have a barbecue supper at the house of an alumn Sat...
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redemption against Ontario
Team Sask. wins men's and women's bronze at National Aboriginal Hockey Championships
For the past 22 years, the Aboriginal Sport Circle has been hosting the National Aboriginal Hockey Championships involving six different teams from around the country, inviting U18 hockey players to compete against each other. This year Team Saskatchewan went to Kamloops, B.C. where they met Team Ontario in the bronze ...
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Huge Response
Somers' hat trick leads Mustangs over Blizzard
The Melfort Mustangs picked up their first win at this year's Centennial Cup on Saturday.Melfort native Zac Somers had a hat trick to lift the Mustangs over the Edmundston Blizzard by a score of 5-3."Gotta give credit to Edmundston, they played with a lot of pace and jam, and we didn't have a good first period. In...
May 11, 2025
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Northeast Profiles
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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Every Business Needs a Rudy
Living the Corporate Brand
The United Nations has declared 2025 the International Year of Co-operatives, the theme for the year is 'Co-operatives Build a Better World'. If that seems a little too 'rose coloured glasses' on a global scale, one has to only take a look at how one local co-operative operates to understand how the co-operative model ...
Apr 29, 2025
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Fill Your Tanks
Farming Waits for No One: be ready when the ground is with Co-op® Premium Diesel
Diesel technology is constantly evolving, and to ensure our members and customers continue experiencing industry leading performance, protection, and power, we closely monitor our Co-op® Premium Diesel formulation and adjust when necessary. Due to a powerful package of additives that was added in 2021, Co-op® P...
Mar 14, 2025
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Improving living and working conditions for Ontario's seasonal and temporary farm workers
As spring arrives, Ontario's fruit and vegetable farms are once again welcoming seasonal and temporary farm workers from other countries. After the ch...
May 09, 2025
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Listen: Choosing the right inputs for your farm
Seeding is underway across Saskatchewan. Riley Rude, Crop Extension Specialist with the Ministry of Agriculture, says whether you're already putting i...
May 09, 2025
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Alberta join group that monitors apiaries near crop fields
A non-profit company that promotes communication and stewardship among crop producers, beekeepers and pesticide applicators has welcomed Alberta as th...
May 09, 2025
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Canada
Here are the newcomers, familiar faces in Prime Minister Mark Carney's inner circle
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced his new cabinet. Here is the list of all 28 Liberal cabinet members, as well as 10 secretaries of state. Returning members of cabinet: Anita Anand, minister of foreign affairs The MP for Oakville East in Ontario has been a mainstay of the Liberal cabinet, holding seven ...
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Erskine-Smith says he feels 'disrespected' after being dropped from cabinet
OTTAWA - Former housing minister Nate Erskine-Smith says it's "impossible not to feel disrespected" after being dropped from cabinet. In a series of social media posts Tuesday, the member of Parliament for Beaches-East York said he ran in the recent election for the opportunity to make "an even bigger di...
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Mark Carney's cabinet has taken shape. Here are some of the highlights
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney has unveiled his 28-member cabinet and it's a mix of familiar and new faces from across Canada. Carney's cabinet is smaller than that of his predecessor - former prime minister Justin Trudeau's government had 35 ministers by the end - and adds 10 secretaries of state, who are essenti...
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CP NewsAlert: Court dismisses application to stop B.C. ostrich cull over avian flu
VANCOUVER - A Federal Court judge has tossed out a challenge that would have stopped the killing of about 400 ostriches on a British Columbia farm that suffered an outbreak of avian flu. More coming. The Canadian Press
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Second dead grey whale washes ashore in B.C. in less than a week
A second dead grey whale has washed ashore in British Columbia in less than a week. Fisheries and Oceans Canada has confirmed that the latest dead whale was reported on May 11 in Haida Gwaii near the community of Skidegate, and a marine mammal response team is working with local First Nations to co-ordinate a necropsy....
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Carney touts housing credentials of Vancouver ex-mayor Robertson as he joins cabinet
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney says Gregor Robertson brings "the type of experience" needed to help tackle Canada's housing crisis after a decade as the mayor of Vancouver - a period that coincided with sharp increases in the city's home prices. The new housing and infrastructure minister - who co-founde...
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World
MLB reinstates Pete Rose and Shoeless Joe Jackson, making them Hall of Fame eligible
NEW YORK (AP) - Pete Rose and Shoeless Joe Jackson were reinstated by baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred on Tuesday, making both eligible for the sport's Hall of Fame after their careers were tarnished by sports gambling scandals. Rose's permanent ban was lifted eight months after his death and came a day before the Cin...
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José Mujica, Uruguay's humble president who changed his country and charmed the world, dies at 89
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) - Former Uruguayan President José Mujica, a onetime Marxist guerilla and flower farmer whose radical brand of democracy, plain-spoken philosophy and simple lifestyle fascinated people around the world, has died. He was 89. His death was announced by Uruguayan President Yamandú Ors...
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LA judge to decide whether the Menendez brothers should be freed
LOS ANGELES (AP) - After months of delays, a hearing started Tuesday to decide whether Erik and Lyle Menendez should get a chance at freedom after serving nearly 30 years in prison for the double murder of their parents. A Los Angeles judge is presiding over the resentencing hearing that is expected to last two days. I...
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Trump to meet with Syria's al-Sharaa as he weighs easing sanctions after Assad's overthrow
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) - President Donald Trump will meet Wednesday in Saudi Arabia with Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa, the onetime insurgent who last year led the overthrow of former leader Bashar Assad. "The President agreed to say hello to the Syrian President while in Saudi Arabia tomorrow," the Whi...
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Ukraine's Zelenskyy says he will be waiting for Russian leader Putin in Ankara on Thursday for talks
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday that he will be waiting for Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Turkish capital this week to conduct face-to-face talks about the more than three-year war. Putin hasn't yet said whether he will be at the talks, which U.S. President Donald Tru...
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Albanian preliminary polls results show a clear win for the ruling Socialists
TIRANA, Albania (AP) - Preliminary results in Albania's parliamentary election on Tuesday give a clear victory to the ruling Socialist Party which attracted voters supporting the country's uphill effort to join the European Union and Prime Minister Edi Rama's bid for a fourth term. With about 96% of the votes counted, ...
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