Professional bull riding is coming to Melfort. Ripley Ford has announced they will hold the inaugural "Ripley Rumble" on Saturday, May 31. The event will be held in the lot directly south of Ripley Ford on Sask. Dr. S. Owner Mark Ripley told northeastNOW that after first purchasing the dealership in Melfort h...

Some TLC is coming to an iconic building in downtown Melfort. Three flat roofs on the Historic Post Office will be repaired this year. Council approved the issuing of the tender for the roof replacement project at a special meeting late last week. Director of Community Services Rob Lok told northeastNOW the tender shou...

A local rural municipality (RM) has issued a fire ban. The RM of Kinistino No. 459 posted on their social media page that a fire ban is now in effect for the area north of Coxby Rd. to the river. The RM stated the ban will be reviewed weekly. - Cam.lee@pattisonmedia.com

The Melfort Mustangs have announced a commitment for the upcoming season. The team has announced that defenseman Carter Bilous has committed to the Mustangs for 2025/26. (Melfort Mustangs/Facebook)The 2007-born blueliner from Winnipeg had nine goals and 30 assists in 48 games for the U18 AAA Winnipeg Wild. Bilous was a...

The Town of Creighton and the RCMP are looking for information on the destruction of a fence. Early last Friday morning, witnesses reported a lifted truck crashed into the fencing at Red Mountain.The fence was extensively damaged, and the truck also likely received damage in the collision. Anyone with information on th...

A man accused of murdering his mother, appeared by video but said nothing when his case took its next step towards trial.Preliminary inquiry hearing dates for Everett Constant have been set for Oct 27 to 31, 2025 at provincial court. The case that dates back to May 4, 2024, was spoken to Tuesday morning.On the day of t...

None of the first class of 10 graduates for the Saskatchewan Marshal Service is new to graduation and none are new to policing. As the Marshal Service - newly formed and almost ready to put boots on the ground - prepares to start the work of actual policing, Chief Rob Cameron said it was a historic moment as 10 veteran...

Spring cleaning could come with a deadly health risk.The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) is warning about hantavirus, a rare but potentially fatal illness spread by infected deer mice. "Anyone cleaning storage sheds or recreational vehicles that have been sitting all winter should be aware and take precautions...

The warmer weather is a welcome sight, but there is an unwelcome aspect to spring. Tick checks have become the norm again after the snow melt. Saskatchewan Health Authority Medical Health Officer Dr. Mohammad Khan told northeastNOW that ticks are already out despite the weather just recently becoming warmer. "If y...

The Government of Saskatchewan has passed new regulations in an effort to help police enforce trespassing laws in businesses and public spaces like parks or libraries.Under the new regulations, anyone engaged in certain activities - including public intoxication, using a controlled substance, threatening to cause harm ...

Marty Schira, the man charged in the Saskatoon police GPS tracker investigation, is facing a new wave of charges as the case against him continues to grow.According to Crown prosecutor Christy Pannell, the 46-year-old is now facing over 100 charges that include mischief, intimidation, harassment, fraudulent use of a co...

Without a contract in over two years, members of Saskatchewan's largest health care union are raising their voices and calling for fairer compensation.A large rally was held on Wednesday outside the Saskatchewan Legislature. Members of CUPE 5430 wanted to show strength in numbers and deliver a message to both the provi...

Professional bull riding is coming to Melfort. Ripley Ford has announced they will hold the inaugural "Ripley Rumble" on Saturday, May 31. The event will be held in the lot directly south of Ripley Ford on Sask. Dr. S. Owner Mark Ripley told northeastNOW that after first purchasing the dealership in Melfort h...

For the second straight game, Melfort Mustangs' netminder Kristian Coombs was mobbed by his teammates following a shutout victory over the Weyburn Red Wings in the SJHL Finals.After a 3-0 win at home in Game 2, Melfort shifted its efforts towards the road, as the Mustangs took down the Red Wings 1-0 in Weyburn for Game...

For the first time in this year's SJHL Finals, the Melfort Mustangs will be playing in enemy territory.After splitting Games 1 and 2 at home against the Weyburn Red Wings, Melfort has now gone on the road to Weyburn for Games 3 and 4.Tonight's contest is a swing game in the series, as the Mustangs could earn home-ice a...

The Nipawin Hawks are continuing to bolster their roster for the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) season that starts in September.The team announced this week that Airdrie, Alta. product Kaden Skrenek has signed a Letter of Intent to join the club for 2025 - 2026 and beyond. Associate General Manager Dana Dirks...

The Melfort Mustangs have announced a commitment for the upcoming season. The team has announced that defenseman Carter Bilous has committed to the Mustangs for 2025/26. (Melfort Mustangs/Facebook)The 2007-born blueliner from Winnipeg had nine goals and 30 assists in 48 games for the U18 AAA Winnipeg Wild. Bilous was a...

The Tisdale Trojans have announced the signing of a trio of defensemen. They have inked blueliner Easton Bley, a 2009-born defenseman from Saskatoon who played with his hometown Riverkings last season. (Tisdale Trojans/Facebook)Bley had 18 points and 34 penalty minutes in 33 games last season. "Easton is a big, so...

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With the completion of planting, optimizing seed investment is top of mind for farmers. But how do we know that the decisions made on the farm are making a difference to the bottom line? It all starts with data, and with digital agriculture technology, farmers are now able to make better, more informed decisions when f...

Spring cleaning could come with a deadly health risk.The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) is warning about hantavirus, a rare but potentially fatal...

Parts of Saskatchewan experienced another blast of snow this week and that delay will mean more time for producers to get reading to plant the 2025 cr...

Farmers need to feed the plants that are the foundation of the food supply. Nitrogen fertilizer gives crops key nutrients, but the century-old process...

SURREY - British Columbia has opened the first of the government's promised secure units to provide involuntary treatment for people with brain injuries and overlapping mental-health and addiction concerns. Standing outside the Surrey Pretrial Centre, Premier David Eby says the 10-bed unit will provide involuntary care...

NEW YORK - Members of the Tsilhqot'in Nation in British Columbia are at the United Nations headquarters in New York City calling for the provincial and Canadian governments to fund recovery beds and other supports in the battle against the toxic drug crisis. Chief Roger William with the Tsilhqot'in National Government ...

SEATTLE - The U.S. District Attorney's office in Seattle says a 27-year-old man has been sentenced to five months in jail for helping smuggle eight Indian nationals across the border between British Columbia and Washington state. It says Rajat Rajat, an Indian citizen who lives in California, was indicted alongside thr...

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to examine the constitutionality of a mandatory minimum sentence for purchasing sexual services from someone under age 18. The decision comes in a case involving police publishing fictitious online escort service ads. An undercover police officer told a man at least four ...

MONTREAL - A Quebec Superior Court judge has invalidated the provincial government's tuition hike for out-of-province students. The ruling also overturns a new requirement that 80 per cent of out-of-province undergraduate students at English-language universities reach an intermediate level of proficiency in French by ...

The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to weigh in on a dispute between First Nations that have overlapping land title claims in British Columbia. The overlapping claims involve the Gitanyow Nation, the Nisga'a Nation and the Tsetsaut Skii km Lax Ha Nation, and Canada's high court on Thursday agreed to hear appeals of ...

ATMORE, Ala. (AP) - An Alabama man who dropped his appeals and said he deserved to die for the rape and murder of a woman in 2010 was put to death Thursday evening. James Osgood, 55, was pronounced dead at 6:35 p.m. CDT following a lethal injection at a south Alabama prison, authorities said. A jury in 2014 convicted O...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) - A judge ruled Thursday that prosecutors can pursue the death penalty against Bryan Kohberger if he is convicted of murdering four University of Idaho students in 2022, despite the defendant's recent autism diagnosis. Kohberger, 30, is charged in the stabbing deaths of Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle, Ma...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Texas lawmakers on Thursday passed a $1 billion education bill that allows families to use public money to pay for private school tuition, a major victory for school voucher proponents nationwide that was cheered on by President Donald Trump. The measure won final approval from the state Senate and...

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) - The Palestine Liberation Organization on Thursday announced the creation of a vice presidency under 89-year-old leader Mahmoud Abbas, who has not specified a successor. The PLO Central Council's decision, after a two-day meeting, came as Abbas seeks greater relevance and a role in postwar pla...

NEW YORK (AP) - A federal judge on Thursday blocked the Trump administration from immediately enacting certain changes to how federal elections are run, including adding a proof-of-citizenship requirement to the federal voter registration form. President Donald Trump had called for that and other sweeping changes to U....

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked the Trump administration's guidance forbidding diversity, equity and inclusion efforts in K-12 public schools. The ruling came in a lawsuit brought by the National Education Association and the American Civil Liberties Union, which accused the Republi...