Dim the Stars
Hawks look to snap road skid before 10-day break
The Nipawin Hawks will travel to the Battlefords Tuesday to take on the North Stars before the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) club gets a 10-day hiatus.Nipawin was last in action on Saturday, the team suffered a 5-1 loss in Flin Flon, the fourth consecutive road loss after the Hawks started with four straight...
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Hit and run
Humboldt hit-and-run suspect vehicle sought
Humboldt RCMP want your help to find the person responsible for a pedestrian/vehicle collision. The incident happened back on June 3. A minivan hit a pedestrian at the intersection of Seventh Avenue and 9th Street and the vehicle left the scene. The pedestrian received non-life-threatening injuries. The vehicle is desc...
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Hit and run
Humboldt hit-and-run suspect vehicle sought
Humboldt RCMP want your help to find the person responsible for a pedestrian/vehicle collision. The incident happened back on June 3. A minivan hit a pedestrian at the intersection of Seventh Avenue and 9th Street and the vehicle left the scene. The pedestrian received non-life-threatening injuries. The vehicle is desc...
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Lanigan School
Lanigan School hosts grand opening
A huge milestone for the Town of Lanigan. The grand opening of the new Lanigan School was held today. Representatives from the provincial government and Horizon School Division were on hand to celebrate the event, along with students and local community leaders. The Government of Saskatchewan invested $28.26 million in...
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Humboldt water tower
Humboldt Council gives green light to pursue Provincial Heritage Property designation for water tower
An iconic structure in Humboldt could soon receive even more prestige. City council has approved a recommendation by the Municipal Heritage Advisory Committee to nominate the Humboldt Water Tower for designation as a Provincial Heritage Property. Director of Cultural Services Jennifer Fitzpatrick told northeastNOW that...
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SJHL POTW
Ziola, Tritt earn SJHL Player of the Week honours
A couple of local players are on the SJHL Players of the Week list. Tristin Ziola of the Melfort Mustangs is the Bourgault Forward of the Week. Ziola, who is going to the Western All-Star Challenge this week, had two goals and two assists in just two games last week. Goaltender Charlie Tritt of the Humboldt Broncos was...
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Town office demolition
Saying goodbye: Town Office and Civic Centre in Tisdale being demolished
Demolition of the Tisdale Town Office and Civic Centre is well underway. The facility has been a fixture on 100 Avenue since 1959. "For more than 60 years, this building has been more than just offices and meeting rooms. It has been a gathering place where decisions were made, celebrations were held, and ideas wer...
Nov 03, 2025
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Hockey wrapup
Busy weekend for Trojans, Outback Thunder, Wolfpack
The Tisdale Trojans split a pair of games against the Saskatoon Blazers on the weekend. They dropped the first game 4-3 on Saturday. Carter Hudyma, Jacob Tait, and Camryn Aebig scored the Trojans' goals. Tisdale earned a 3-2 victory at home the following day. Jacob Tait scored twice, and Carter Hudyma netted the winner...
Nov 03, 2025
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Saskatchewan
Helping hand
New easy access corridor highlights Sask. Crown sector Northern wildfire response
A new high clearance corridor being built in Northern Saskatchewan is just one of the many ways in how the province's Crown corporations are helping wildfire-stricken communities. According to a media release, Crown Investments Corporation Minister Jeremy Harrison said Crown crews were working around the clock to keep ...
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Sask. post-secondary education gets $250 million funding boost from province
The Government of Saskatchewan announced extra financial support for post-secondary education on Monday.Advanced Education Minister Ken Cheveldayoff announced that the province was providing $250 million in additional funding to post-secondary institutions over the next four years. The new agreement will increase the a...
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Sask. Premier Scott Moe expects 'significant' deficit in federal budget
Given the uncertain and tumultuous time Canada has recently experienced with trade, Premier Scott Moe said he expects a "significant" deficit to be unveiled in the Government of Canada's 2025-26 budget."There's been some significant deficit-fuelled expenses or investments over the last number of years th...
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Dick Cheney, one of the most powerful and polarizing vice presidents in US history, dies at 84
WASHINGTON (AP) - Dick Cheney, the hard-charging conservative who became one of the most powerful and polarizing vice presidents in U.S. history and a leading advocate for the invasion of Iraq, has died at age 84.Cheney died Monday night due to complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease, his family sai...
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Federal Budget
Champagne's biggest test yet - selling a 'generational' budget to anxious Canadians
OTTAWA - As Prime Minister Mark Carney looks to sell Canadians on his first-ever budget - one that he's billed as containing both once-in-a generation capital spending projects and austerity measures - Liberals say he picked the right salesperson for the job.Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne takes the...
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Take a step back in time
Local resident brings historic Prince Albert to life using AI
About 25 years ago, Neil Headrick bought some CDs featuring digitized photos from the Prince Albert Historical Society for about $8. He spent some time adding colour to the old black and whites that captured moments of Prince Albert's past. Recently, he started adding animation to the photos with the help of artificial...
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Local Sports
Dim the Stars
Hawks look to snap road skid before 10-day break
The Nipawin Hawks will travel to the Battlefords Tuesday to take on the North Stars before the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) club gets a 10-day hiatus.Nipawin was last in action on Saturday, the team suffered a 5-1 loss in Flin Flon, the fourth consecutive road loss after the Hawks started with four straight...
1h ago
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SJHL POTW
Ziola, Tritt earn SJHL Player of the Week honours
A couple of local players are on the SJHL Players of the Week list. Tristin Ziola of the Melfort Mustangs is the Bourgault Forward of the Week. Ziola, who is going to the Western All-Star Challenge this week, had two goals and two assists in just two games last week. Goaltender Charlie Tritt of the Humboldt Broncos was...
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Manitoba misery
Hawks problems in Flin Flon continue
The Hawks' struggles in Flin Flon continued Saturday with a 5-1 loss to the Bombers.With just two wins in northern Manitoba in the last half decade, Nipawin got down early in their first trip to the Whitney Forum this Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) season and were never really in the game.The Bombers scored 9...
Nov 03, 2025
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Hockey wrapup
Busy weekend for Trojans, Outback Thunder, Wolfpack
The Tisdale Trojans split a pair of games against the Saskatoon Blazers on the weekend. They dropped the first game 4-3 on Saturday. Carter Hudyma, Jacob Tait, and Camryn Aebig scored the Trojans' goals. Tisdale earned a 3-2 victory at home the following day. Jacob Tait scored twice, and Carter Hudyma netted the winner...
Nov 03, 2025
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High school football playoffs
Humboldt advances to provincial high school football final
There will be a new provincial champion in nine-aside football. The Humboldt Mohawks scored a 42-16 victory over the defending champion Melfort Comets in Humboldt on Saturday. The Mohawks will host Lumsden in the provincial final next Saturday at 1 p.m. The Devils scored a 54-6 win over Melville in the other 4A semi-fi...
Nov 03, 2025
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Weekend Split
Mustangs respond against Warman with home victory
The Melfort Mustangs responded to their poor road performance on Friday night with a home win on Saturday.The Mustangs were playing the Warman Wolverines for the first time in team history over the weekend, as the two clubs faced each other in a home-and-home set.Melfort returned to the Northern Lights Palace on Saturd...
Nov 03, 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
Bold action needed for agricultural growth
CropLife Canada is calling on the federal government to prioritize agriculture by making changes that can help unlock over $100B in GDP growth over th...
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Gift will support a new Veterinary Technology Simulation Lab in Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan Polytechnic received a $1-million gift to support a simulation lab for the Veterinary Technology program at the new Joseph A. Remai Saska...
Oct 31, 2025
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APAS responds to India's 30 per cent duty on yellow pea imports
Disappointment was how the President of the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan (APAS) described his reaction to India placing a 30 per...
Oct 31, 2025
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Canada
Quebec government wants to restart talks with doctors over payment reform
QUÉBEC - The Quebec government is extending an olive branch to the province's doctors amid a fight over a new law that changes how physicians are paid. Treasury Board president France-Élaine Duranceau says Premier François Legault wants to restart talk...
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Fraser dismisses using notwithstanding clause to overturn ruling on child pornography
OTTAWA - Justice Minister Sean Fraser has rejected calls to use the Constitution's notwithstanding clause to overturn a Supreme Court of Canada ruling that said one-year mandatory minimum jail sentences for accessing or possessing child pornography vio...
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Police say nothing suspicious after man dies at B.C. ostrich farm protest camp
EDGEWOOD, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - RCMP say a man has died at a British Columbia ostrich farm where protesters have been opposing a proposed cull for months, although there is nothing to suggest the death is suspicious. A police liaison team discover...
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Ex-Hydro-Québec researcher Yuesheng Wang takes stand at his Chinese spying trial
LONGUEUIL - A former researcher with Quebec's hydro utility has taken the stand in his trial for allegedly spying on behalf of China. The Crown accuses Yuesheng Wang of sharing confidential research from Hydro-Québec with Chinese entities in commercial...
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In the news today: Liberals to deliver federal budget today
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Liberals set to deliver highly anticipated federal budget today The federal government is set to unveil its budget today - the Liberals' first fiscal update in al...
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Montreal transit strike could be first test of new Quebec labour law
MONTREAL - A strike that is upending public transit in Montreal could be the first test of a new law that gives the Quebec government broad power to end labour disputes. The Montreal transit agency's 2,400 maintenance workers launched a strike last we...
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World
2 French nationals freed from Iranian prison after more than 3 years in detention
PARIS (AP) - French President Emmanuel Macron said Tuesday that two French nationals have been released from an Iranian prison after more than 3 years in detention on spying charges which Paris said were unfounded. Macron e...
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Israel says the remains of a hostage have been turned over to the Red Cross in Gaza
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel's military says the remains of a deceased hostage have been turned over to the Red Cross in Gaza. Ahead of Tuesday's announcement, Hamas had returned the remains of 20 hostages to Israel since the cu...
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2 Massachusetts men are arrested in the weekend explosion at Harvard Medical School
BOSTON (AP) - Two Massachusetts men were arrested Tuesday in connection with a weekend explosion at Harvard Medical School, authorities said. Logan David Patterson and Dominick Frank Cardoza face charges of conspiracy to da...
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At least 7 dead after passenger train collides with cargo train in central India
NEW DELHI (AP) - A passenger train crashed into a cargo train in central India Tuesday, killing at least seven people and injuring several others, a senior government official said. The incident happened near Bilaspur, abou...
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Dick Cheney, one of the most powerful and polarizing vice presidents in US history, dies at 84
WASHINGTON (AP) - Dick Cheney, the hard-charging conservative who became one of the most powerful and polarizing vice presidents in U.S. history and a leading advocate for the invasion of Iraq, has died at age 84. Cheney di...
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Philippine air force helicopter carrying 5 crashes while en route to help in typhoon response
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - A Philippine air force helicopter with five personnel on board crashed Monday in the country's south while flying to help respond to the devastation wrought by Typhoon Kalmaegi, which has already left at least ...
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