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Gallery of Trailblazers
'Gallery of Trailblazers' Black History Month exhibition coming up in Melfort
An exhibition honouring the contribution of the Black community in Saskatchewan will be held in Melfort on Wednesday. The Black History Month exhibition "Gallery of Trailblazers" is opening at the Kerry Vickar Centre, starting at 3 p.m. Melfort Museum Curator Brenda Mellon told northeastNOW that while Saskatc...
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Mustangs hold steady
Melfort Mustangs maintain their sixth place ranking in CJHL Top 20
The Melfort Mustangs are holding steady in the Canadian Junior Hockey League (CJHL) Top 20 rankings. The Mustangs are ranked number six in the nation for the third straight week. Melfort won 4-3 over Weyburn at the Palace on Thursday and edged La Ronge 3-2 on the road Saturday night. The Mustangs are now 38-7 on the se...
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Lottery win
Galen Harriman is Lightning Lotto winner from St. Brieux
The winner of the Lightning Lotto jackpot in St. Brieux has been revealed. The Western Canada Lottery Corporation (WCLC) has revealed that Galen Harriman is the winner of the Lightning Lotto's Jan. 22 draw, taking home $754,435.430. Harriman said in the WCLC news release that he was shocked with the win, and figured he...
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Trojans in action
Trojans visit Regina tonight after splitting games on weekend
The Tisdale Trojans are entering the final week of the regular season on a winning note. The team split a pair of games in Saskatoon against the Blazers on the weekend. The Blazers downed the Trojans 5-3 in the opener on Saturday. Justin Whitrow, William Brewer, and Blake Girard scored for Tisdale, while Jackson Dunn m...
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Winter Activities
International exchange students learn Canadian sport through Rotary Melfort
Rotary Melfort recently welcomed international exchange students from across Canada to experience local sports.Over an entire weekend, 10 students got to go skiing and snowboarding, snowmobiling, curling, and more."On Saturday we went to Wapiti and it was very interesting because not everyone had gone skiing befor...
Feb 18, 2025
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Three arrested
Three arrested after police pursuit near Tisdale
Three people were arrested after a report of an intoxicated driver in Tisdale. RCMP were called about the driver around suppertime. The suspect vehicle was found by RCMP leaving a parking lot. They initiated a traffic stop but the vehicle sped away, with officers quickly following. The suspect vehicle then turned down ...
Feb 14, 2025
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Saskatchewan

Provincial politics
Spring session of legislative assembly to commence March 19
The spring sitting of the Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly will begin on March 19 with the tabling of the 2025-26 Provincial Budget.According to a statement released by Premier Scott Moe on Tuesday, the session and the budget will focus on delivering for Saskatchewan people."We will continue to deliver on our ele...
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Gallery of Trailblazers
'Gallery of Trailblazers' Black History Month exhibition coming up in Melfort
An exhibition honouring the contribution of the Black community in Saskatchewan will be held in Melfort on Wednesday. The Black History Month exhibition "Gallery of Trailblazers" is opening at the Kerry Vickar Centre, starting at 3 p.m. Melfort Museum Curator Brenda Mellon told northeastNOW that while Saskatc...
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Crimewatch
Three people in custody after shots fired in North Battleford and police chase
Three men are facing multiple charges after a police pursuit involving a stolen vehicle and a firearm incident that began in North Battleford and ended on Red Pheasant First Nation.Last Friday, around 10:45 p.m., Battlefords RCMP responded to a report of shots fired from a vehicle in the city. No one was hurt. Officers...
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competition
Canadian Challenge begins with premiere 10-dog race
It was a freezing start in La Ronge on Tuesday for the mushers and their teams competing in the Canadian Challenge Sled Dog Race. Eight mushers competing in the 10-dog, 322-kilometer (200 miles) race are now on the trail after leaving Riese Park beginning at 10 a.m. and departing in two-minute intervals. According to E...
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Crime and Court
Large scale RCMP investigation leads to multiple charges in bank robbery, ATM thefts
A whopping 64 charges have been laid against three people in connection to a bank robbery that occurred in Landis, about an hour south of North Battleford, on November 22 of last year.The RCMP's Provincial General Investigation Section (GIS) said the charges also pertain to a string of ATM thefts, and attempted thefts ...
Feb 17, 2025
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Black History Month
'No man's land': Descendants of Sask.'s first Black community proud of history
The one-room Shiloh Baptist Church, constructed from hand-hewn poplar logs nestled in a small grove near a cemetery with 37 white crosses, is a poignant reminder of Saskatchewan's first Black settlement.There are still descendants of the Shiloh people, who moved to 29 kilometres north of Maidstone from Oklahoma in the ...
Feb 17, 2025
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Local Sports

Final Meeting
Mustangs seeking redemption in Battlefords
The Melfort Mustangs travel to North Battleford on Tuesday, as they'll take on the North Stars for the final time this season.Once again, Melfort will enter the game on a solid win streak, but this time around they hope it won't be ended.When these two teams last met in Battlefords, back on Jan. 7, the Mustangs were on...
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WBSC Men's Softball World Cup Finals
Japan and Dominican Republic to open Softball World Cup tournament in Prince Albert
The stage has been set for the most prestigious tournament in men's softball.The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) has announced the groups and schedule for the WBSC Men's Softball World Cup Finals, set to take place at Prime Ministers' Ballpark in Prince Albert July 8 - 13. Japan and the Dominican Republic ...
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Mustangs hold steady
Melfort Mustangs maintain their sixth place ranking in CJHL Top 20
The Melfort Mustangs are holding steady in the Canadian Junior Hockey League (CJHL) Top 20 rankings. The Mustangs are ranked number six in the nation for the third straight week. Melfort won 4-3 over Weyburn at the Palace on Thursday and edged La Ronge 3-2 on the road Saturday night. The Mustangs are now 38-7 on the se...
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Trojans in action
Trojans visit Regina tonight after splitting games on weekend
The Tisdale Trojans are entering the final week of the regular season on a winning note. The team split a pair of games in Saskatoon against the Blazers on the weekend. The Blazers downed the Trojans 5-3 in the opener on Saturday. Justin Whitrow, William Brewer, and Blake Girard scored for Tisdale, while Jackson Dunn m...
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League shakeup
SJHL: Notre Dame conditionally approves move to Warman
The Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League's (SJHL) 2025-2026 season is getting a bit of a shake-up with the relocation of a team that's been developing players for 38 years.On Tuesday it was announced that the SJHL's Board of Governors has "conditionally approved the location of the Notre Dame Hounds to the community ...
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Winter Activities
International exchange students learn Canadian sport through Rotary Melfort
Rotary Melfort recently welcomed international exchange students from across Canada to experience local sports.Over an entire weekend, 10 students got to go skiing and snowboarding, snowmobiling, curling, and more."On Saturday we went to Wapiti and it was very interesting because not everyone had gone skiing befor...
Feb 18, 2025
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Canada

Leak of containment pond at site of Yukon mine disaster impacting creek: officials
Officials in Yukon say they believe about 19 million litres of cyanide-contaminated water leaked from a containment pond at the site of a mining disaster last year before the problem was spotted and the water diluted. Erin Dowd, director of technical services for the Mines Ministry, says the cyanide-contaminated water ...
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Toronto plane crash adds to recent accidents that may rattle travellers: psychologist
With a plane sitting upside-down on the tarmac at the Toronto airport, Anne Robinson remained pragmatic about the slim chance she could end up in a similar crash. "Deep down, it does (scare me), but it's not going to stop me," Robinson said Tuesday after her flight out of Toronto Pearson International Airport...
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Analyst: Gusts, landing apparatus may have contributed to Pearson plane crash
A veteran aviator and flight instructor of commercial passenger jets says the "variable" gusty winds in Toronto as well as possible mechanical issues with the landing gear may have contributed to the Delta Air Lines crash at Pearson Airport Monday. Kit Darby, a U.S.-based consultant with more than 20,000 hour...
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Judge rules RCMP remarks racist, but B.C. pipeline protesters' convictions will stand
A B.C. Supreme Court judge says members of the RCMP made "grossly offensive, racist and dehumanizing" remarks about Indigenous women who were arrested in 2021 during a blockade of Coastal GasLink pipeline construction. Justice Michael Tammen says the state misconduct findings don't warrant a stay of proceedin...
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Judge rejects sexsomnia defence, finds Manitoba man guilty of child sex assault
WINNIPEG - A judge has rejected the defence of a Manitoba man who claimed he was suffering from sexsomnia, a rare sleep disorder, when he sexually assaulted an 11-year-old boy. Provincial court Judge Mary Kate Harvie found Clinton Muskego guilty of sexual assault and sexual interference for touching the boy at a Winnip...
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Inuit call on PM to step in as child funding program approaches March end date
OTTAWA - The head of Canada's national Inuit organization is calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to step in to save a program that helps fund services for Inuit kids. In a letter sent to Trudeau last week, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami President Natan Obed called on the prime minister to "clearly signal" his &...
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World

Man who attacked Japan's ex-Prime Minister Kishida convicted and sentenced to 10 years, reports say
TOKYO (AP) - A Japanese court on Wednesday convicted a man who threw a homemade pipe bomb at Japan's former Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at a 2023 campaign event, sentencing him to 10 years in prison, according to local media reports. Ryuji Kimura, 25, was charged with attempted murder for the April 15, 2023 attack on ...
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Incumbent Democratic-backed Wisconsin education chief Underly advances in primary
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Wisconsin's Democratic-backed incumbent state schools leader advanced in Tuesday's three-person primary, overcoming challenges from a union-backed superintendent and an advocate for private schools supported by Republicans. The position leading Wisconsin's Department of Public Instruction guides ed...
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2 people killed in Oregon avalanche near a snowmobile trail, authorities say
BEND, Ore. (AP) - Two people were killed in an avalanche in Oregon's Cascade Mountains, authorities said Tuesday. The Deschutes County Sheriff's Office said that its search and rescue unit had recovered two bodies from near a snowmobile trail in Happy Valley. Earlier Tuesday, the sheriff's office said it had responded ...
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US GM Guerin would welcome Trump for 4 Nations Face-Off title game
BOSTON (AP) - The general manager of the United States team in the 4 Nations Face-Off tournament said he would welcome a visit from President Donald Trump to the championship game between the U.S. and Canada on Thursday night. Bill Guerin, who played 18 years in the NHL for eight teams, said on Fox News that Trump's pr...
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Brazil's prosecutor-general files charges against ex-President Bolsonaro over alleged coup plan
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Brazil's prosecutor-general on Tuesday filed charges against former President Jair Bolsonaro for attempting a coup to stay in office after his 2022 election defeat. Prosecutor-General Paulo Gonet alleges that Bolsonaro and 33 others participated in plan to remain in power despite losing to current...
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US GM Bill Guerin says he would welcome Trump when Americans play Canada for 4 Nations title
BOSTON (AP) - The general manager of the U.S. team in the 4 Nations Face-Off hockey tournament said he would welcome a visit from President Donald Trump to the championship game between the United States and Canada on Thursday night. Bill Guerin, who played 18 years in the NHL for eight teams, said on Fox News that Tru...
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