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Nominations for mayoral by-election in Tisdale closing on Wednesday
The Town of Tisdale's mayoral race should be clear later this week. Residents can still submit nomination forms at the Town Office at the RECplex through the end of the work day on Wednesday, Oct. 8. Those that have submitted nomination forms can still withdraw their nomination until 4 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 9. At leas...
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Auction halted
Pause extended indefinitely for Sask. Crown land sales
An auction of Crown land has been stopped in its tracks this month, after the premier announced an indefinite extension of the pause on Crown land sales.In 2023, the provincial government announced a pause to the sale of vacant Crown land while the government's policy on its duty to consult with Indigenous peoples was ...
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By-election nominations closing soon
Nominations for mayoral by-election in Tisdale closing on Wednesday
The Town of Tisdale's mayoral race should be clear later this week. Residents can still submit nomination forms at the Town Office at the RECplex through the end of the work day on Wednesday, Oct. 8. Those that have submitted nomination forms can still withdraw their nomination until 4 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 9. At leas...
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Open house
Residents brave cool weather, power outage to visit Melfort FD open house
The Melfort Fire Department didn't let a power outage deter them from hosting their annual open house on Sunday. Fire Chief Leonard Whitney told northeastNOW they were happy with the turnout at the event, considering the power outage and cool weather. "Got more people than we expected, really," Whitney said. ...
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Safe public spaces act
Melfort Council passes Safe Public Spaces Bylaw
The City of Melfort has adopted a Safe Public Spaces Bylaw. Council passed the bylaw at Monday night's meeting. Coincidentally, Melfort RCMP S/Sgt. Ryan Case was making a presentation at Monday's meeting to discuss the summer season at the detachment. Prior to the vote on the bylaw, Case was asked by Coun. Rick Fettis ...
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ER closure
Hudson Bay ER closed on Tuesday
An emergency room closure in the northeast today. The Saskatchewan Health Authority has announced that the ER at the hospital in Hudson Bay will be closed until midnight. Emergency services are available at hospitals in Tisdale and Porcupine Plain. For emergencies, call 9-1-1. - cam.lee@pattisonmedia.com
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Fatal rollover
Weekend rollover kills Porcupine Plain woman
An investigation is underway into a fatal single-vehicle rollover north of Porcupine Plain. RCMP were called about the rollover on Highway 678 Sunday afternoon. Fire and EMS also responded to the call, and the sole occupant of the vehicle, a 52-year-old woman from Porcupine Plain, was declared dead at the scene. A Sask...
Oct 06, 2025
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SJHL POTW
Kobelka, Roberts named SJHL Players of the Week
A pair of local goaltenders have been named to the SJHL Players of the Week list. The SGEU MVP of the Week is Kaden Kobelka of the Melfort Mustangs. The rookie backup helped Melfort earn two wins over the Battlefords North Stars this past week. He made 51 saves in the two wins, with a 0.96 goals-against-average, and .9...
Oct 06, 2025
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Saskatchewan
Court hears 'crucial' info about Megan Gallagher's death in video
More details have emerged during the jury trial of Roderick Sutherland in an interview with police, where he voluntarily shared information about Megan Gallagher's death.According to the agreed statement of facts, Gallagher was killed in a garage on Weldon Avenue, where Sutherland was living between Sept. 20 and Sept. ...
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Auction halted
Pause extended indefinitely for Sask. Crown land sales
An auction of Crown land has been stopped in its tracks this month, after the premier announced an indefinite extension of the pause on Crown land sales.In 2023, the provincial government announced a pause to the sale of vacant Crown land while the government's policy on its duty to consult with Indigenous peoples was ...
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More cuts
Sask Polytech to close bookstores on Prince Albert and Moose Jaw campuses
A sharp decline in international student enrolment continues to take its toll on Saskatchewan Polytechnic schools. Rosby James, president of the students' association said learners were recently informed that after Oct. 10, bookstores on the Prince Albert and Moose Jaw campuses will be shut down, leaving students to ma...
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Convoy leaders Lich, Barber given conditional sentences
"Freedom Convoy" leaders Tamara Lich and Chris Barber will receive conditional sentences after being convicted of mischief for their roles in the protest that blockaded downtown Ottawa for several weeks.Justice Heather Perkins-McVey handed down the sentences in an Ottawa courtroom this afternoon.Lich and Barb...
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Public safety
Bookings begin for fall flu and COVID vaccines
It's time once again to roll up your sleeves.Saskatchewan residents can start booking appointments to receive this year's respiratory illness vaccinations. Both influenza and COVID-19 vaccines will be available at public health clinics, participating local pharmacies and some physician and nurse practitioner offices. &...
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Trade concerns
Trump talks 'love' and 'conflict' with Carney during Canadian prime minister's visit
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump said there's "mutual love" but "natural conflict" between the United States and Canada as he sat down with Prime Minister Mark Carney on Tuesday in the Oval Office.Carney's second visit to the United States comes as one of the world's most durable and amicabl...
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Safe public spaces act
Melfort Council passes Safe Public Spaces Bylaw
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Nursing
Studying Nursing with the University of Saskatchewan
ER closure
Hudson Bay ER closed on Tuesday
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Culturama 2025
Melfort's Culturama brings big crowds at Kerry Vickar Centre
Oct 06, 2025

Rooted In Agriculture
Growing Community . . . One Acre at a Time
Power outage
Parts of Melfort hit by power outage Sunday
Oct 06, 2025
Fatal rollover
Yellow Quill F.N. man killed in rollover in RM of Kelvington
Oct 06, 2025

Local Sports
Riders look to clean up mistakes in clash with Argonauts
The Saskatchewan Roughriders know some hard conversations needed to be had after the win over the Ottawa Redblacks.While the Riders won the showdown 20-13, the CFL club felt like it was their own mistakes that allowed the game to be so close."Ottawa is a good team - they are a very physical bunch and make it diffi...
Oct 06, 2025
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SJHL POTW
Kobelka, Roberts named SJHL Players of the Week
A pair of local goaltenders have been named to the SJHL Players of the Week list. The SGEU MVP of the Week is Kaden Kobelka of the Melfort Mustangs. The rookie backup helped Melfort earn two wins over the Battlefords North Stars this past week. He made 51 saves in the two wins, with a 0.96 goals-against-average, and .9...
Oct 06, 2025
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Hawks in CJHL top 20
Nipawin Hawks in CJHL Top 20 rankings; Melfort Mustangs honourable mention
The Nipawin Hawks have entered the Canadian Junior Hockey League (CJHL) Top 20 rankings. The Hawks are now ranked number 16 in the nation, after a hot start to the season. Nipawin is 4-1 out of the gate, including a 3-1 victory at home against Estevan on Friday. They will host the La Ronge Ice Wolves at the Centennial ...
Oct 06, 2025
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Vanity Cup results
Senger, Stockdale win Vanity Cup
A duo from southern Saskatchewan have taken home the big prize in this year's Vanity Cup at Tobin Lake. Josh Senger of Regina Beach and Winston Stockdale of Regina hauled in 57.33 points of walleye over the two-day event. This year's champions with tournament director Jim Chute. (Vanity Cup/Facebook)The duo earned the ...
Oct 06, 2025
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Trojans sweep weekend
Trojans sweep weekend series against Hounds
The Tisdale Trojans earned a weekend sweep over the Notre Dame Hounds over the weekend. Tisdale started with a 5-1 victory in Wilcox on Saturday. Carter Hudyma scored a pair for the Trojans, with singles from Ethan Janzen, Preston Hoppe, and Camryn Aebig. Eleven Trojans had points in the game, and Jackson Dunn made 26 ...
Oct 06, 2025
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Weekend Sweep
Kobelka shutout, perfect penalty kill lead Mustangs over Stars
The Melfort Mustangs picked up the weekend sweep over the Battlefords North Stars on Saturday with a 2-0 shutout win.Kason Kobelka made 21 saves in the win, picking up his first career SJHL shutout in the process."It's tough for the team when we lose our starting goalie, but when we have a reliable backup, like Ka...
Oct 05, 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

Advisory committee to study Saskatchewan farm land ownership legislation
A Farm Land Ownership Advisory Committee has been established to provide feedback on legislation. Saskatchewan Agriculture Daryl Harrison said the com...
Oct 06, 2025
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Saskatchewan recognizes Agriculture Week
During the week of Oct. 5 to 11, Saskatchewan's agriculture and food sector is celebrated for its important role in the provincial economy. Agricultur...
Oct 06, 2025
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Poultry service expands into Manitoba
A company that provides poultry catching and handling services will expand into Manitoba. Under the agreement, Elite Services (Elite) will assume full...
Oct 03, 2025
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Canada

Hydro spying trial delayed as court weights utility's motion to shield information
LONGUEUIL - The trial of a former Hydro-Québec employee facing economic espionage charges remains on hold over arguments about the utility's commercial secrets. Hydro-Québec prompted the delay after introducing a motion to prevent some information in t...
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Former B.C. lawyer planned murder of his client, Crown tells court
VANCOUVER - The Crown attorney in the first-degree murder trial of a former Kamloops lawyer says the accused methodically planned the murder of his client for more than a week. Ann Katrine Saettler told a B.C. Supreme Court judge in Vancouver that Roge...
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Marineland says its belugas shouldn't go to Nova Scotia's Whale Sanctuary Project
HALIFAX - Marineland says it has more than a dozen reasons why none of its remaining 30 belugas should be sent to a proposed whale sanctuary in Nova Scotia. The shuttered Ontario theme park, which is trying to sell the whales to avoid bankruptcy, made ...
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'Love my job': Alberta teachers look to make ends meet in provincewide strike
EDMONTON - If Adrien Dominguez were teaching this week, he'd be introducing physics to a class of 38 high school students. Instead, the math and science teacher from High Prairie, northwest of Edmonton, is at home trying to figure out how he'll keep pa...
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Five premiers urge Carney to withdraw court submission on notwithstanding clause
OTTAWA - Five premiers say Ottawa must withdraw its recent call for limits on the notwithstanding clause because it amounts to a "complete disavowal" of the bargain that spawned the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The Constitution's notwithstanding cla...
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Abandoned baby: Montreal-area police release video of person with bundle in arms
MONTREAL - Police have released surveillance video in the hopes of tracking down the parents of a premature baby abandoned Sunday night outside a home on Montreal's South Shore. The video shows a person walking down a dark sidewalk holding a cloth-wrap...
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World

Trump-backed Van Epps and Democrat Behn win Tennessee primaries for US House special election
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Matt Van Epps, a former commissioner in Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee's administration, won a crowded Republican primary Tuesday in the special election to replace a GOP congressman who left office this summer. ...
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National Guard members from Texas are in Illinois in Trump's latest move to send troops to cities
ELWOOD, Ill. (AP) - National Guard members from Texas were at an Army Reserve center in Illinois on Tuesday, the most visible sign yet of the Trump administration's plan to send troops to the Chicago area despite a lawsuit and vigorous o...
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A newly elected mayor in Germany is found with serious stabbing wounds
BERLIN (AP) - The newly elected mayor of a town in western Germany was found with serious stabbing wounds on Tuesday, and Chancellor Friedrich Merz said she was the victim of "an abhorrent act." Iris Stalzer was elected as ...
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Pope Leo XIV to visit Turkey and Lebanon on first foreign trip, says he'll bring message of peace
CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (AP) - Pope Leo XIV said Tuesday his first foreign trip, to Turkey and Lebanon next month, would provide a historic opportunity to promote Christian unity while bringing a message of peace and hope to Lebanon's lon...
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Three scientists at US universities win Nobel Prize in physics for advancing quantum technology
STOCKHOLM (AP) - Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for research on the strange behavior of subatomic particles called quantum tunneling that enabled the ultra-sensitive measurements achieved by MRI machines and laid...
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Priscilla nears major hurricane status as new tropical storm forms in the Atlantic
MIAMI (AP) - Hurricane Priscilla neared Category 3 status on Tuesday in the Pacific as a new tropical storm formed in the Atlantic, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. Just off the west coast of Mexico, Priscilla was s...
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