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 final review of Nipawin's Official Community Plan (OCP) has been reviewed by town council. They gave it first reading at their latest council meeting on April 28. "An Official Community Plan is a comprehensive policy document adopted by council that outlines the long-term vision, goals, and strategies for land...

A man charged following a report of a suspicious vehicle late last year has been sentenced on several charges. 44-year-old Cory Birtles of the Melfort/Naicam area was charged after a call from a resident of Star City Dec. 6, 2024. The resident called Melfort RCMP about an unknown vehicle parked in their driveway. Polic...

A few more details into the circumstances surrounding the death of a 29-year-old man on the James Smith Cree Nation have been shared by the Saskatchewan Serious Incident Response Team (SIRT). SIRT is investigating as the man was in the custody of Melfort RCMP members at the time. RCMP officers from the Melfort detachme...

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

Spring is here, and a couple of local communities have scheduled their spring clean-up weeks. In Melfort, the clean-up week will be held May 20-24. Director of Public Works Kalyna Cipywnyk told northeastNOW they've had many inquiries as to when the week would be scheduled. "During this week, landfill tipping fees ...

A 'pretty large' upper ridge that is currently over the Pacific is moving onshore and headed to Saskatchewan later this week. It will be centered over the province by Saturday and bring with it unseasonable warm temperatures."There's quite a warm air mass associated with that which is going to be felt throughout t...

The deadline to buy exclusive ticket packages for the upcoming Men's Softball World Cup in Prince Albert is Wednesday. Those packages are made up of four different deals, including: Two Out - 2 tournament passes, 4 beverage tickets, and 2 exclusive tournament hats ($325) Ball 4 - 4 tournament passes, 8 beverage tickets...

"It is clear that the North wants a new path." Those are the words of Liberal MP-elect Buckley Belanger, who easily won over voters in the 2025 federal election earlier this week. In the Desnethé-Missinippi-Churchill River riding, which encompasses Saskatchewan's Northern Administration District, he wo...

People in the vicinity of Waskesiu are being advised of a prescribed fire that will be lit on Wednesday, April 30. Parks Canada issued the alert the same morning, saying the fire will happen in the Waskesiu Community Fuel Break, south of the townsite. Smoke will be visible in and around the community and an area closur...

With the snow finally melting and spring officially arriving, wildfire season is underway in the province. The past week has seen large wildfires outside of town and smaller fires within city limits, and it's made for a busy start to the season for firefighters.Right now the conditions outside of the city are pretty co...

The mother of a Prince Albert paramedic, one of two struck by a vehicle in Las Vegas, is happy to have her daughter recovering back in Saskatchewan, but the pressure of American medical bills is mounting.Katrine Sinclair and Charlie Lastowsky were celebrating Katrine's 21st birthday with another friend when they were s...

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

A dynasty is in the making as the Melfort Mustangs are back-to-back Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League Champions. Melfort defeated the Weyburn Red Wings in five games to claim the Canterra Seeds Cup, culminating with a 3-0 win Sunday night at the Northern Lights Palace. "It's not easy to win back-to-back, and I don...

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 ...

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...

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®...

BASF Agricultural Solutions Canada (BASF) will distribute $160,000 between 12 organizations in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Ontario that provid...

A Nova Scotia MP, who was named the country's agriculture minister in March, has be re-elected. Kody Blois won his Kings-Hants riding in yesterday's e...

As seeding gets underway across Saskatchewan, SaskPower reminds farmers to make safety their top priority. It continues to be a concern as last year S...

OTTAWA - Bruce Fanjoy says he achieved something unexpected in Monday's election - the defeat of a high-profile Conservative leader in his own riding - simply by showing up on doorsteps and paying attention to what voters in Carleton were telling him. Sitting outside at a café in Manotick, Ont., on Wednesday, Fa...

OTTAWA - Some Conservative MPs are expressing support for party leader Pierre Poilievre after he lost both the federal election and his own seat on Monday. Veteran MP Mark Strahl says Poilievre has his full support and will win the next election. MP Arpan Khanna says Poilievre will "continue to lead the Conservati...

OTTAWA - A group trying to make a case for electoral reform by creating very long ballots is declaring victory in this week's election - even as critics accuse it of indulging in stunts that undermine democracy. "It's been a success," said Mark Moutter, one of dozens of protest candidates who ran in the Ottaw...

Filipino-Canadian nurse Glesy Banton-Victoria says she had planned to attend the Lapu Lapu Day street festival in Vancouver on Saturday but took a nap instead, exhausted by a funeral earlier in the day. When she learned that a vehicle sped into a crowd of festivalgoers at the Filipino community event, she says she was ...

WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump says he will meet with Prime Minister Mark Carney at the White House "within the next week." Trump says he spoke with Carney on the phone Tuesday and he expects to have a "great relationship" with Canada. More to come. Kelly Geraldine Malone, The Canadian Pre...

TORONTO - Canada's highest court is set to decide whether it will hear arguments in a trailblazing climate change lawsuit that could clarify whether governments are constitutionally required to tackle planet-warming emissions. Thursday's decision could set the stage before the Supreme Court of Canada in a case where se...

WESTVILLE, N.J. (AP) - The family called him John. It wasn't until John Gaudreau played for Boston College that he picked up the "Johnny Hockey" nickname that followed him through 11 seasons in the NHL. His mother, Jane, gleefully recalled the "Johnny Hockey" T-shirts and sing-song chants BC fans be...

YORK, Pa. (AP) - An officer killed while responding to a Pennsylvania hospital siege was struck by a shotgun blast fired by police that also killed an armed man holding hostages, a prosecutor disclosed at a news conference Wednesday. West York Patrolman Andrew W. Duarte was killed in the gunfire in York on Feb. 22, whi...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Kuwait has released an additional 10 American detainees, bringing to nearly two dozen the total number freed by the country in the past two months, U.S. officials told The Associated Press on Wednesday. Taken together, Kuwait's pardons of 23 Americans since March - done as a goodwill gesture by the U....

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) - A judge on Wednesday ordered the release of a Palestinian man who led protests against the war in Gaza as a student at Columbia University and was arrested by immigration officials during an interview about finalizing his U.S. citizenship. U.S. District Judge Geoffrey Crawford in Burlington, Verm...

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - Israel said Wednesday that it carried out an attack in Syria on a group targeting members of a minority sect as a new round of clashes left at least 11 people dead, most of them members of the country's security forces. The clashes on the edge of the town of Sahnaya, south of the capital Damascus...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. government has begun shedding new light on a crackdown on international students, spelling out how it targeted thousands of people and laying out the grounds for terminating their legal status. The new details emerged in lawsuits filed by some of the students who suddenly had their status can...