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PAWSitive Support helping inmates through dog therapy

Prison-based animal programs are becoming more popular in North America, providing benefits for both the animals and the inmates.At the Saskatchewan SPCA general meeting Tuesday, the founders of PAWSi...

Sep 25, 2019 Resting after an evening at the prison with PAWSitive Support. (Anna-Belle and Subie's Adventures/Facebook)

Star City before and After School Program

The Star City School has a Before and After School Program to provide school aged kids a safe environment and easy access to from from the classroom to the programSee the poster for details.

Sep 25, 2019

Melfort Special Olympics financially good to support its athletes

With a busy 2020 ahead of them, Melfort Special Olympics is feeling comfortable in terms of funding.The group held both its annual general meeting and regular board meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 24, where...

Lisa Brady Sep 25, 2019 Melfort Special Olympics is in a comfortable financial position to support their athletes in events such as the Melfort Multi-K (Melfort Special Olympics/Facebook).

Fundraising Night for Wounded Warriors

The Wounded Warriors Weekend Foundation is having a Fundraising Night in Meadow Lake at the Civic Centre on October 19th.Featured is a Prime Rib Supper followed by entertainment.There will also be a s...

Sep 25, 2019

Melfort Historic Post Office receives Lt-Gov. Heritage Award

Seven years of work on Melfort's Historic Post Office was recognized by Heritage Saskatchewan.The Historic Post Office received a Physical Heritage Conservation award for its near $200,000 window repl...

Lisa Brady Sep 24, 2019 (File photo/northeastNOW Staff).

Strike Like a 16-Year-Old

Strike Like a 16-Year-Old is a Solidarity Action with Global Climate Strikers will be hosted by the PA Chapter of Council of Canadians and will be Friday at noon at the PA City Hall Memorial Square.Se...

Sep 24, 2019

Trauma Informed Workshop

Trauma Informed Workshop (PD) will be held at the Generation Centre in Nipawin on Oct 17th, Thursday. 9am to 5pm at Generation Centre in Nipawin. Each full day session includes: Trauma basics Adverse ...

Sep 24, 2019

Fall Rummage Sale

Christ Lutheran Church in Tisdale is hosting a Fall Rummage Sale- Thursday Sept 26th 8:00am-6:00pm, Friday Sept 27th 9:00am-5:00pm, Saturday Sept28th 9:00am-12:00pm Don't miss it!

Sep 24, 2019 Boxes and bags of used and second-hand clothing, boots and jumble for sale outside a charity shop.

Tisdale receives grant from provincial government for regional landfill

Key funding towards a multimillion dollar project was officially presented to the Town of Tisdale.Carrot River Valley MLA Fred Bradshaw gave a $1.7 million grant on behalf of the provincial government...

Lisa Brady Sep 23, 2019 Carrot River Valley MLA Fred Bradshaw (centre) shakes hands with Tisdale Mayor Al Jellicoe. (Aaron Schulze/northeastNOW Staff)

R.M. of Birch Hills landfill report made public

The report into a proposed large scale regional waste landfill in the R.M. of Birch Hills has been made public and the reeve is welcoming further feedback.Independent third-party consultant Tetra Tech...

Sep 23, 2019 With ever-increasing pressures on landfill sites like the one at Prince Albert, the R.M. of Birch Hills is mulling a proposal for a large regional non-hazardous landfill cell south of Highway 3. (File photo/paNOW Staff)