Radio Promotions
Melfort and District Museum named winner of second annual Community Airtime Award
The Melfort and District Museum will soon be the beneficiary of a ton of free advertising.The non-profit organization is the recipient of the second annual Community Airtime Award, which will grant them over $50,000 worth of radio airtime, courtesy of 105 CJVR and 750 Beach Radio."We are thrilled to be the recipie...
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WILDFIRE UPADTES
Firefighters from Australia, Mexico assist with merging fires in northern Sask.
Saskatchewan is getting some additional help from overseas to help tackle uncontrolled wildfires burning in the north.The Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency (SPSA) said 40 firefighters from Australia have arrived to assist with suppression efforts, and another 40 from Mexico are expected to join later this week. This is...
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Radio Promotions
Melfort and District Museum named winner of second annual Community Airtime Award
The Melfort and District Museum will soon be the beneficiary of a ton of free advertising.The non-profit organization is the recipient of the second annual Community Airtime Award, which will grant them over $50,000 worth of radio airtime, courtesy of 105 CJVR and 750 Beach Radio."We are thrilled to be the recipie...
10h ago
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Back Alley Tour
Artists to be highlighted at Back Alley Tour in Melfort
A yearly arts showcase in Melfort continues to grow. The Back Alley Tour will be held July 17 in the back alley behind Northern Lights Gallery, just east of the 200 block of Main Street. The show runs from 2 to 8 p.m.Organizer Sandra Dancey told northeastNOW the event is getting bigger and better each year. "We ha...
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Fatal crash in Humboldt
Crash in Humboldt kills one, injures another
An investigation is underway into a fatal crash in Humboldt. RCMP were called about a two-vehicle collision at the intersection of 11th Avenue and Main Street Friday morning at 11. Investigators determined a car and SUV collided, and both drivers were taken to hospital by EMS. The driver of the car, a 35-year-old man f...
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Crash near Melfort
Update: Serious crash on Highway 41 near Melfort
A section of Hwy 41, just west of Melfort, has reopened to traffic after a serious crash.The collision happened just before noon.Melfort RCMP Staff Sgt. Ryan Case told northeastNOW officers were on scene and had a detour in place for several hours.No other details have been released. - cam.lee@pattisonmedia.com
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Council update
Food waste management company addresses Melfort council
City council in Melfort heard from a company looking to reduce food waste in municipalities across the country. A virtual delegation from FoodCycle Science addressed council on food waste management in Melfort. Spokesperson Maddy From told council members the challenges and problems that food waste can cause for munici...
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Forensic audit
Chief of James Smith Cree Nation renews call for FSIN transparency
Months after first speaking up, James Smith Cree Nation Chief Kirby Constant has once again issued a call for increased transparency in how the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) spends its money. Constant's main complaint stemmed from information that during the COVID-19 pandemic, FSIN took in $6.5 mill...
Jul 14, 2025
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Saskatchewan
WILDFIRE UPADTES
Firefighters from Australia, Mexico assist with merging fires in northern Sask.
Saskatchewan is getting some additional help from overseas to help tackle uncontrolled wildfires burning in the north.The Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency (SPSA) said 40 firefighters from Australia have arrived to assist with suppression efforts, and another 40 from Mexico are expected to join later this week. This is...
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Homicide
Death of woman in Beaver River was a homicide
RCMP have confirmed that the death of a 25-year-old woman from Big Island Lake Cree Nation several days ago was a homicide. Juanita Wahpistikwan's body was discovered when firefighters responded to a structure fire at a rural property in the R.M. of Beaver River on July 11 at 1:30 pm. They found Wahpistikwan's remains,...
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Basketball and Beyond
Honouring Michael Linklater: Indigenous basketball icon and youth advocate
A standing ovation echoed through the SaskTel Centre on July 5 as the Province of Saskatchewan made a historic announcement, recognizing the day officially as Michael Linklater Day. The honour celebrates the extraordinary impact that Michael Linklater, a basketball legend, community leader, and proud member of Thunderc...
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Little evidence to suggest a U.S. trade deal can be reached without tariffs: Carney
A trade deal with the United States will likely include some tariffs, Prime Minister Mark Carney indicated on Tuesday ahead of a meeting with his cabinet.Carney told reporters he expects the trade talks with the U.S. to "intensify" ahead of the Aug. 1 deadline to secure a new agreement, but then in French he ...
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Fatal crash in Humboldt
Crash in Humboldt kills one, injures another
An investigation is underway into a fatal crash in Humboldt. RCMP were called about a two-vehicle collision at the intersection of 11th Avenue and Main Street Friday morning at 11. Investigators determined a car and SUV collided, and both drivers were taken to hospital by EMS. The driver of the car, a 35-year-old man f...
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Exceeding expectations
World Cup lead organizer deems event a huge success
The 18th WBSC Men's Softball World Cup in Prince Albert has come and gone, with Venezuela leaving as the new World Champions for the first time in the nation's history. The event attracted thousands of people from around the province, country and world to the Gateway to the North, with some travelling more than 16 hour...
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Basketball and Beyond
Honouring Michael Linklater: Indigenous basketball icon and youth advocate
A standing ovation echoed through the SaskTel Centre on July 5 as the Province of Saskatchewan made a historic announcement, recognizing the day officially as Michael Linklater Day. The honour celebrates the extraordinary impact that Michael Linklater, a basketball legend, community leader, and proud member of Thunderc...
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2025 Saskatchewan Amateur Golf Championships
Local kid to compete as first-ever amateur on home course
The 2025 Saskatchewan Amateur Golf Championships began Tuesday morning at the Humboldt Golf Club (HGC), and a local teen is looking to make his mark.Humboldt's Tryce Wallin will be competing in the event, his first time ever in the Sask. Am tournament.At just 16 years old, Wallin will be one of the youngest members in ...
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Comeback Queens
U13 Melfort Spirit win provincial gold, earn spot in Westerns
A local softball team became provincial champions this past weekend and will head to Westerns at the beginning of August.The U13A Melfort Spirit were crowned in Saskatoon, defeating the hometown Hustlers in comeback fashion, 11-10 in seven."It's still kind of surreal at this moment, and it was definitely quite a d...
Jul 14, 2025
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From player to coach
Clarke Huxley hired as Mustangs' new assistant coach
The Melfort Mustangs have hired a new assistant coach, as yet another former player returned to be behind the bench.Clarke Huxley is the newest member of the Mustangs' coaching staff, replacing Tye Scherger's former role."It's special, just being a player there, it means a lot more. Wearing the jersey, you know wh...
Jul 14, 2025
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Riders
Riders can't keep up with Stamps at Mosaic Stadium
Despite their opponents having to change travel plans and stay an extra night, the Saskatchewan Roughriders didn't have much of an answer for the Calgary Stampeders.The game was originally set to be played on Friday night at Mosaic Stadium but air quality forced the game to be rescheduled after a nearly four-hour delay...
Jul 14, 2025
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Sask. Junior Golf Championships
Local players finish just behind the leaders at Junior Golf Championships
The final round of the 2025 Saskatchewan Junior Golf Championships is complete, as the three-day tournament wrapped up on Thursday at the Lloydminster Golf and Curling Centre.While no local golfers finished top three in either the junior men's or women's overall group, some were quite close to the top and in some cases...
Jul 11, 2025
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Northeast Profiles
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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Rooted In Agriculture
Growing Community . . . One Acre at a Time
The Prairie North Co-operative of today has a rich history that is rooted in agriculture. It was originally established in 1914 as the Melfort Grain Growers Co-operative Trading Association. Hampered by a lack of access to markets, area farmers decided to experiment with a purchasing co-operative to buy basic supplies ...
Jun 10, 2025
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Propane For Pets - May 15th
Making a Difference for the NESPCA One Propane Fill at a Time
At Prairie North Co-op, we love when our team members come up with great ideas, especially when those ideas are about raising funds for local charities! Keith Mamer, our gas bar division manager, had seen a similar fundraising event in Alberta and took the initiative up with Federated Co-op Limited (FCL) to make things...
May 08, 2025
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Innovation awards presented at Ag in Motion
Ag in Motion exhibitors gathered in Saskatoon, Sask. last night for the presentation of the Ag Innovation Awards for Western Canada's largest outdoor ...
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Wildfire smoke impact on crops, animals
Agricultural producers are dealing with smoky air that has become an all-too-common feature of Canadian summers. Environment Canada has issued air qua...
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Les Henry award presented to Manitoba soil and water researcher
The 2025 recipient of the Les Henry Award is a retired professor of the Department of Soil Science at the University of Manitoba. Over his career, Dr....
Jul 11, 2025
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Canada
In the news today: PM meeting steelworkers, Ontario chiefs cry foul, Alberta next?
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Carney heads to Hamilton to meet steelworkers Prime Minister Mark Carney is scheduled to be in Hamilton today to make an announcement related to the steel industry. It has been more than a month since U.S. President Donald Trump d...
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Carney heads to Hamilton to meet steelworkers as U.S. trade talks continue
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney is scheduled to be in Hamilton today to make an announcement related to the steel industry. It has been more than a month since U.S. President Donald Trump doubled tariffs on steel and aluminum from 25 to 50 per cent, adding further economic insult to the two industries in Canada. Ca...
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Chiefs of Ontario say Ottawa acting unfairly in major projects meeting Thursday
OTTAWA - The Chiefs of Ontario say Ottawa is levelling an unfair playing field for chiefs in a meeting planned with Prime Minister Mark Carney on Thursday to discuss the government's controversial major projects legislation. Carney promised in June that he would meet with First Nations after chiefs said their rights we...
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U.S. Coast Guard tall ship once part of Hitler's navy sails into Victoria for visit
VICTORIA - When Deleon Guerrero last visited Victoria in 2023, he arrived by car as part of a family road trip from Oregon. On Tuesday, he sailed into Victoria as a Cadet on board the U.S. Coast Guard Barque Eagle as a Canadian navy vessel saluted America's only active square-rig tall ship with an arch of water streami...
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Pilot detained at Vancouver airport after airspace security incident halted landings
RICHMOND - Vancouver International Airport says a person has been taken into custody after a "security incident" involving a small private aircraft shut down arrivals for more than half an hour. The airport says in a statement that the incident occurred in airspace above the airport around 1:30 p.m., and that...
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CP NewsAlert: Calgary police officer charged with two counts of second-degree murder
CALGARY - The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team says a Calgary police officer has been charged with two counts of second-degree murder after the occupants of a van were shot dead following a slow speed pursuit in 2023. More coming. The Canadian Press
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World
Israel-backed aid organization in Gaza says 20 killed at distribution site, mostly in stampede
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - An Israeli-backed American organization that runs an aid program in the Gaza Strip said Wednesday 20 Palestinians were killed near a distribution site. This comes as Israeli strikes killed 41 others, including 11 children, according to hospital officials. The Gaza Humanitarian Fund said 19 peopl...
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Schwarber's 3 homers in All-Star Game's first swing-off lifts NL over AL
ATLANTA (AP) - Kyle Schwarber of the Philadelphia Phillies went 3-for-3 to put the National League ahead as they won the first All-Star Game home run swing-off 4-3 following a 6-6 tie in which the American League rallied from a six-run deficit on Tuesday night. In baseball's equivalent of soccer's penalty-kicks shootou...
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Kyle Schwarber's 3 homers in All-Star Game's first tiebreaking swing-off lift NL over AL
ATLANTA (AP) - Kyle Schwarber went 3 for 3 in the first All-Star Game home run swing-off to put the National League ahead 4-3 following a 6-6 tie in which the American League rallied from a six-run deficit on Tuesday night. In baseball's equivalent of soccer's penalty-kicks shootout, the game was decided by having thre...
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Adelita Grijalva wins the Democratic primary for Southern Arizona's special election
PHOENIX (AP) - Voters in southern Arizona selected Adelita Grijalva in the Democratic primary for the 7th Congressional District election Tuesday to succeed her father, the late U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva, who was one of the most senior and progressive power brokers on Capitol Hill. THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. ...
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World's oldest marathon runner, Fauja Singh, dies at 114 after being hit by a car
LONDON (AP) - Fauja Singh, an Indian-born runner nicknamed the Turbaned Torpedo who was believed to be the world's oldest marathon runner, has died after being hit by a car. He was 114. Local media in India reported that Singh sustained severe head injuries in a hit-and-run accident on Monday while he was crossing the ...
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Despite scandal and a looming corruption trial, Trayon White wins vote to return to the DC Council
WASHINGTON (AP) - A former D.C. Council member is returning to his seat, five months after he was kicked out for his involvement in a federal bribery investigation. Trayon White defeated three challengers in a special election Tuesday to fill the Ward 8 council seat that has been vacant since his expulsion in February....
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