Events

Melfort to host 2020 Provincial Snowmobile Festival

The Melfort and District Trail Riders (MDTR) will stage the 2020 Provincial Snowmobile Festival in Melfort in the new year.The event will host riders from all over the province on Feb. 28 and 29.MDTR ...

Dec 29, 2019 (File photo/northeastNOW Staff)

Sports Year in Review: Kelly Chase brings Stanley Cup home to Porcupine Plain

northeastNOW is taking a look back at the biggest and most interesting sports stories of 2019, as selected by our sports reporters Mat Barrett and Aaron Schulze:-The National Hockey League's (NHL) big...

Dec 29, 2019 Kelly Chase kisses the Stanley Cup after bringing it inside the Community Hall in Porcupine Plain back in October. (Mat Barrett/northeastNOW Staff)

LeRoy Memorial Rink commemorates fundraising goal with mortgage burning ceremony

Six years after the devastating fire that completely destroyed the LeRoy rink, the current facility is officially paid for in full.The community gathered over the weekend for a mortgage burning ceremo...

Dec 19, 2019 A red-carpet mortgage burning ceremony was held at the LeRoy Arena. (Facebook/Terri Ann Hamilton)

Melfort Amateur Dramatics holding auditions ahead of provincial drama competition

Melfort Amateur Dramatics has issued a call for actors and stage hands for its upcoming spring production. MAD has selected the play, Jupiter in July by Norm Foster as their spring production. The pla...

Dec 17, 2019 Melfort Amateur Dramatics had its rendition of Gibson and Sons in November. (Facebook/Melfort Amateur Dramatics Inc.)

Weekend toy run helps Children's Hospital

A special convoy has delivered hundreds of toys for children at the Jim Pattison Children's hospital in Saskatoon.Saturday night's event was organized by Jeep Saskatchewan, which raised over $2,000 th...

Dec 16, 2019 (Submitted photo/Kara Thorpe)

P.A. hosts NSTA Fur Table

Trappers from all over the North were in Prince Albert on Saturday for the Northern Saskatchewan Trappers Association (NSTA) Fur Table.Five buyers were on location looking to make purchases and organi...

Dec 14, 2019 A potential buyer takes a look at a few skins at the NSTA Fur Table in Prince Albert. (Ian Gustafson/paNOW Staff)

Santa's Workshop taking place at Northern Lights Palace Pool on Saturday

The Northern Lights Palace Pool will be the site of some Christmas Cheer on Saturday.The City of Melfort and the pool has decided to host a 'Santa's Workshop' that will include ornament decorating, co...

Dec 13, 2019 (Mat Barrett/northeastNOW Staff)

Melfort's Christmas Castle returning for a second year

For the second Christmas season in a row, Melfort's Christmas Castle is set to open tonight.The community project was a vision of a local doctor who felt there should be more activity on Main Street o...

Dec 09, 2019 Melfort's Christmas Castle will open to the public tonight. (Angie Rolheiser/northeastNOW Staff)

Second annual Children's Toy Bingo taking place in Melfort on Saturday

The Melfort Elks second annual Children's Toy Bingo is this Saturday.After great success in their first year in 2018, the Elks decided they wanted to bring it back again, according to John Barks with ...

Dec 06, 2019 Last year's Children's Toy Bingo was the first put on by the Elks, and they hope to do it every year. (submitted photo/Kathryn Carswell)

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)