Another fire ban has been issued in a local rural municipality. The RM of Torch River No. 488 issued a fire ban on Friday due to what they called on social media "an extreme fire hazard condition." The ban states that "no person shall light, or start or allow or cause to be lighted, ignited or started a ...

Local communities are reminding residents to apply for fire pit permits before firing them up this spring. The Humboldt Fire Department (HFD) posted on their social media pages that residents must have a fire pit permit. They said the pits must be constructed from a "manufactured, non-combustible receptacle constr...

The Wadena Fire Department was called to a fire early Wednesday morning. A 24-foot camper trailer caught fire at about 5:30 am. The department said the fire was well underway by the time they arrived. They were able to put out the blaze with the help of the Fishing Lake Fire Department, and thankfully the fire did not ...

The Melfort Fire Department (MFD) has been busy the past few days. After a cooling unit fire at MUCC and a grass fire near Brockington, crews responded to a crash on Highway 41a just after noon on Thursday. The department's social media page said two vehicles collided and were found on the road.Crews established traffi...

A showcase in Melfort will highlight the best of Saskatchewan in a time of tariffs and uncertainty. The Saskatchewan Made Showcase is being held at the Melfort Legion this weekend. Legion President Constance Roussel told northeastNOW that Saskatchewan-based crafters and artisans will be there to sell goods and products...

The third annual Missing and Murdered Indigenous Walk in Melfort has been postponed. The event will be rescheduled for later this month, though no new date has been announced. That announcement is expected next week.A post on the Marguerite Riel Centre's social media page indicates that some staff will be attending a f...

This spring, as many as 30,000 eligible Métis voters will head to the polls for the Métis Nation-Saskatchewan (MN-S) general election, taking place on May 24.Citizens will vote on President, Vice-President, Treasurer, and Secretary roles, as well as regional representatives in 12 provincial regions.An onl...

Prime Minister Mark Carney says he won't enter a formal pact with the NDP to maintain his minority government.Carney says the Liberals received a strong mandate and he won't make a formal agreement with the NDP to avoid a snap election. His predecessor Justin Trudeau had a confidence-and-supply agreement with the NDP a...

The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations is warning Alberta Premier Danielle Smith that provinces have no legal right to surrender from Canada as they have never agreed to surrender their lands, only to share them.Smith has left open the door to separatism talk that is being pushed by some groups of disgruntled v...

Tourism Saskatchewan doesn't plan on making any major marketing shifts as the tourism season approaches, despite current Canada-US relations. American anglers and hunters represent the strongest international tourism market for the province - generating over $120M annually, but Saskatchewan Tourism CEO Jonathan Potts b...

With agile moves known as the horse kick serve, sunback spike, and roll spike, Sepak Takraw is certainly a sport that makes those passing by slow down to watch. It's not quite volleyball or badminton and not really like soccer, but it does include elements of all those games."It's still a pretty new sport to the a...

Métis Nation-Saskatchewan (MN-S) says it is moving forward with a long-standing land claim involving a large section of the province's northwest, marking what it calls a historical milestone for the Métis people.MN-S and the North West Saskatchewan Métis Council (NWSMC) filed formal notice on April...

The regular hockey season is over, but some athletes are still getting together competitively for a few tournaments in the spring. For the Prince Albert Junior Raiders U11 hockey team, their first of two spring tournaments ended with a huge celebration after a comeback overtime victory to take the gold medal.The Silver...

Winter is a memory, and golf season is now upon us. Several local courses are opening over the next two days, including the Golf Club which will open on Thursday at 9 am.Meanwhile, the Melfort Golf and Country Club will follow suit at noon. General Manager Kevin Ryhorchuk said it's exciting to see the course opening. &...

The Melfort Mustangs have announced another signing for next season. The team has inked 2007-born defenceman Jake DeMone. (Melfort Mustangs/Facebook)The Lethbridge native had two goals and an assist in 37 games with the U18 AAA Lethbridge Hurricanes this past season. - Cam.lee@pattisonmedia.com

The Saskatchewan Roughriders will need to be patient, but have selected quarterback Kurtis Rourke in the CFL Draft.The Oakville, Ont., product was selected in the third round (25th overall) by the Riders. He was also selected in the seventh round (227th overall) in the NFL Draft by the San Francisco 49ers, so he's not ...

The Tisdale Trojans have announced another pair of signings. Both players come to the team from the U18 AAA Notre Dame Hounds. The club inked defenseman Dryden Ekstrom. (Tisdale Trojans/Facebook)The 2008-born defenseman from Wadena had five assists in 43 games with the Hounds, and another assist in four games with the ...

We now know exactly when the driving range and full course will open in Melfort. The Melfort Golf & Country Club has announced they will open the range Tuesday, from 8:30 am to 6 pm. The golf course will be opening Thursday at noon.- cam.lee@pattisonmedia.com

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 ...

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It actually is, let's break it down. Co-op® Premium Diesel is a seasonally adjusted diesel fuel blend that's designed to perform well in cold weather. While other fuel providers have moved to a single diesel blend that's available year-round, Co-op is proud to continue offering winter and summer blends of Co-op®...

The 2025 edition of the RME Right by You Ag Society Grant community investment initiative is accepting applications. The Rocky Mountain Equipment (RME...

Manitoba Agriculture has released its first crop report for 2025. Spring planting is registered at three per cent complete just two points ahead of th...

The International Trade Commission has voted in favor of imposing final anti-dumping and countervailing duties on imports of 2,4-D from China and Indi...

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Justice says four Mexican nationals have been charged with allegedly running a human smuggling operation across the Canadian border. A news release says the four men charged thousands of dollars to bring people from Mexico to Canada, then across the international border into northern...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney laid out his priorities at his first postelection press conference on Friday, four days after his party won a minority mandate in the April 28 election. Here's a quick look at the items topping his agenda. - Building up Canadian resilience Carney said he will head into his first t&ec...

OTTAWA - Environment and Climate Change Canada has laid 200 charges against mining company ArcelorMittal Canada for alleged violations of the Fisheries Act. In a news release, the government says the charges stem from alleged illegal dumping by the company into fish-bearing waterways in Quebec between 2014 and 2022. Th...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney on Friday held his first news conference since his Liberals won a minority government mandate in Monday's election. He now has a long list of tasks to complete in the coming weeks. Here are some of the items he'll have to address: Meeting with Trump Carney confirmed Friday that he'll...

An international fugitive and one of Canada's most wanted is back behind bars following a Vancouver Police Department investigation that lasted three years, spanned 14 countries and ended in the Middle East. Cody Casey has been back in Canada since April 24 following his arrest by police in Oman on Oct. 5, 2024, and an...

MONTREAL - A Quebec legislature member who was kicked out of the Liberal caucus in 2022 has returned to the party and is supporting Pablo Rodriguez in the leadership race. Marie-Claude Nichols made the announcement today at the party's headquarters in Montreal alongside Rodriguez, a former federal cabinet minister unde...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Army on Friday confirmed there will be a military parade on President Donald Trump's birthday in June, as part of the celebration around the service's 250th birthday. Plans for the parade, as first detailed by The Associated Press on Thursday, call for about 6,600 soldiers to march from Arlington,...

WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge on Friday blocked a White House executive order targeting an elite law firm, dealing a setback to President Donald Trump's campaign of retribution against the legal profession. U.S. District Beryl Howell said the executive order against the law firm of Perkins Coie violated multiple pr...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan, disgraced by a corruption scandal that landed him in prison yet heralded by some for clearing the state's death row, has died. He was 91. Kankakee County Coroner Robert Gessner, a family friend, said Ryan died Friday afternoon at his home in Kankakee, where he ...

JOLIET, Ill. (AP) - An Illinois landlord who murdered a 6-year-old Muslim boy and severely injured the boy's mother in a vicious hate-crime attack days after the war in Gaza began was sentenced Friday to 53 years in prison. Joseph Czuba, 73, was found guilty in February of murder, attempted murder and hate-crime charge...

ISLAND PARK, Idaho (AP) - A pickup truck and tour van collision near Yellowstone National Park has killed seven people and injured eight others, Idaho State Police say. The crash happened just before 7:15 p.m. Thursday on a highway near Henry's Lake State Park in eastern Idaho, police said in a press release. The state...

BERLIN (AP) - The German domestic intelligence service said Friday it has classified the Alternative for Germany party, which placed second in national elections in February, as a "right-wing extremist effort" - making it subject to greater and broader surveillance of its activities. The Federal Office for th...