Tag Archives: Community

Cyclist arrives in La Ronge to boost residential school awareness
A 20-year-old cyclist from Saskatoon rolled into La Ronge this afternoon on a mission to visit every federally-recognized residential school site in Saskatchewan.B'yauling Toni was greeted by supporte...
Aug 13, 2021

From Pelican Narrows to Ottawa: Residents embark on five week awareness journey
Motivated by the discovery of unmarked graves at former residential schools, a group of 12 from Pelican Narrows are biking all the way to Ottawa. The group left the northern community on Aug. 2 and ha...
Aug 13, 2021

Federal-provincial child care announcement receives mixed reactions from families and workers impacted
Prince Albert's Summer Hayward has a four year old son and pays over $500 a month for day care. That will change following Friday's joint announcement from the federal and provincial governments, that...
Aug 13, 2021

Randy Hoback hosting community barbecues in the northeast
Prince Albert Conservative MP Randy Hoback is visiting several northeast communities in the coming weeks.Hoback's barbecue circuit got underway earlier this week in Nipawin where he told northeastNOW ...
Aug 13, 2021

Another 125 new cases of COVID-19 in province, 893 cases currently active
The province is reporting a second day of triple digit new COVID-19 cases in the province. There are 125 new cases confirmed today, bringing the total to 51,034 reported cases; 893 cases considered ac...
Aug 13, 2021

Sask. Chainsaw Carving Festival at Manitou Beach kicked off Thursday, continues through weekend
Saskatchewan's only chainsaw carving festival has the resort Village of Manitou Beach buzzing this weekend.Ten artists from around Canada are showcasing their carving skills over four days where they ...
Aug 13, 2021

Brewers win Highway 3 Championship
In a game that was neck-and-neck down the stretch, and would eventually be decided by a late home run, the Birch Hills Brewers emerged victorious Thursday night to win the Labatts Cup in front of a ho...
Aug 13, 2021

Monitoring Lake Trout in Kingsmere Lake
Parks Canada takes its mandate to protect the health of the environment seriously. An agency-wide monitoring and reporting program, consisting of independent scientific measures that help assess the h...
Aug 13, 2021

Will climate change spark interest as an election issue?
Precipice, tipping point, code red for humanity: just some of the descriptions being made following the stark and dire United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report since it w...
Aug 12, 2021

Members of Bruno council putting in time for fire hall restoration
Some good people are going behind bars for a good cause.The Bruno Jail and Bail saw members of the Bruno town council spend some time in the old Bruno jail to raise money to restore the historical fir...
Aug 12, 2021