Community

Melfort Rotary Club reducing Carol Festival to just one show this year

Less entries this year has led to changes with the Melfort Rotary Carol Festival.There will be just the afternoon performance rather than the tradition of an evening and afternoon show on Sunday.Rotar...

Lisa Brady Dec 06, 2019 Gordon Liddle conducts choir at last years carol festival. (Angie Rolheiser/northeastNOW Staff)

Local areas to receive wireless improvements

An upgrade on bandwidth capacity is coming to a number of local communities.SaskTel announced today that 4G LTE improvements are coming to 19 towers in mainly rural areas of central and eastern Saskat...

Dec 06, 2019 (Angie Rolheiser/northeastNOW Staff)

Horsin' Around in Watson

The Wadena Arts Council encourages all music lovers to attend Horsin' Around CD Release and Concert at St. Bride's Anglican Church in Watson on Sunday, December 15.See the poster for details on a grea...

Dec 06, 2019

Sombre 30th anniversary for 'Montreal Massacre'

A mass shooting no one in Canada will forget.Thirty years ago today, a lone gunman entered cole Polytechnique, and shot and killed 14 women in what has been called the 'Montreal Massacre'.Fourteen oth...

Dec 06, 2019 (File photo/paNOW Staff)

Listen to Your Heart - Give a Little Life Day

Currently900CKBI (900 AM), Power 99 (99.1 FM) and XFM (101.5) FM are on location LIVE at the Victoria Hospital for the Give a Little Life Day Radiothon. Call right now with your donation 1-855-816-543...

Dec 06, 2019 Bring Your Donations in Person or see information below (photo credit XFM)

Over $300,000 raised for Give A Little Life Day

The community came, saw and contributed in another big way for health care services in Prince Albert and region for the Give A Little Life Day Radiothon for the Victoria Hospital Foundation.When all w...

Dec 06, 2019 Giving from and for the heart: former broadcaster Neil Headrick and his grandson Emmett are both heart patients at the Victoria Hospital and in so many ways epitomize how special Give A Little Life Day is as a multi-generational community builder with a strong radio component. (Teena Monteleone/paNOW Staff) .

First big payout in new Sask. lottery

The opening payout in the new Touchdown for Kids Millionaire Lottery has gone to a woman in Swift Current. Christine Newton won $500,000.The lottery is a partnership between the Saskatchewan Roughride...

Dec 05, 2019 Jim Pattison Children's Hospital Foundation along with the Saskatchewan Roughrider Foundation are partners in the new lottery. (File photo/paNOW Staff)

Watson Santa Claus Weekend back for 88th year

Watson is ready for a weekend full of Santa Claus.The Town of Watson is holding their 88th Annual Santa Claus Weekend starting on the evening Friday, with "Festive Friday" and ending on Saturday, Dec....

Dec 05, 2019 Horse drawn sleigh rides will be back for another year at Watson Santa Claus Weekend. (Facebook/Santa Claus Weekend in Watson (Aeran Schmid Photography))

Get set for Give A Little Life

Together in concert with the Jim Pattison Broadcast Group, the Victoria Hospital Foundation's Give A Little Life Day on Friday will aim to raise $385,000."It allows us to purchase vital equipment for ...

Dec 05, 2019 (File photo/paNOW Staff)

First all-female surgical team in Melfort hospital history delivers baby girl

History was made in the Melfort hospital operating room last month.The first all-female surgical team to operate at the hospital delivered a healthy baby girl on Nov. 10. Dr. Erin Beresh was the surge...

Dec 05, 2019 The first all-female surgical team at the Melfort hospital. (Facebook/Saskatchewan Health Authority)