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'A whole new world': Organ recipient on the mend after kidney transplant

Organ recipient Monica Goulet is looking forward to living a normal life after her nephew, Jim Searson, donated a kidney to her last week. "I feel like I have so much energy," she said. "I'm walking a...

Apr 02, 2019 Organ donor Jim Searson with his aunt Monica Goulet. (submitted photo/Jim Searson)

Artist selected to have painting series exhibited throughout Saskatchewan for three years

Air Ronge artist Donna Langhorne's latest painting series The Common Truths will tour the province for three years through the Organization of Saskatchewan Arts Councils. "I applied with them twice an...

Apr 01, 2019 Donna Langhorne recently finished her latest series of paintings. (submitted photo/Donna Langhorne)

Memorial service to honour Humboldt Broncos on anniversary of bus crash

Next Saturday will mark one year since devastation struck the city of Humboldt following the Broncos bus crash.A memorial service is planned to take place at 4:30 p.m. at the Elgar Petersen Arena to p...

Mar 29, 2019 (Angie Rolheiser/northeastNOW Staff)

Wilkie looking for final push in Kraft Hockeyville 2019

It's been a long road for the town of Wilkie's rink.The town of 1,300, which is just under 60 kilometers southwest of the Battlefords was devastated by a fire to their rink in 2015, when an electrical...

Mar 28, 2019 Helen Urlacher holds the sign and hopes Hockeyville is awarded to Wilkie in 2019 (submitted/Helen Urlacher)

'A big night for Canada:' Iron reflects on first NHL broadcast in Cree

Clarence Iron believes he woke up a nation after he called an NHL game in the Plains Cree language Sunday on the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN). "We still speak Cree out here in Canoe La...

Mar 26, 2019 Clarence Iron appeared on APTN where he announced the first NHL game in Cree. (APTN/Facebook)

‘Lucky’ impaired driver reflects on crime

A person convicted of driving impaired has shared the consequences of their actions, and the decisions that led to them driving impaired, in an exclusive interview with paNOW.Through an arrangement wi...

Mar 22, 2019 (File photo/paNOW)

'She hurts when they hurt': Kelvington girl helping out various animal organizations

Raising $5,500 for various animal resuce organizations is amazing, but how about a 12-year-old doing it?That's the case case for 12-year-old Zoey Sauer of Kelvington, who began fundraising for various...

Mar 22, 2019 Zoey Sauer, left, gives a cheque to Pat Shiels, right, the Chair of the Northeast SPCA after almost $2,000 was raised for the SPCA. (Facebook/Northeast SPCA)

Judge to sentence driver who caused Humboldt Broncos crash today

It's been nearly one year since the fatal Humboldt Broncos crash, and today semi-truck driver Jaskirat Singh Sidhu is expected to learn his fate. Judge Inez Cardinal is set to deliver her sentencing a...

Mar 22, 2019 Jaskirat Singh Sidhu is expected to be sentenced Friday morning in Melfort. (file photo/Canadian Press)

Prince Albert to get special addictions clinic

The province's substantial financial commitment to mental health and addiction services, as presented in Wednesday's budget, includes new specialized clinics it expects will provide help to addicts fa...

Mar 21, 2019 (File photo/The Canadian Press)

Exceptional businesses and people in the spotlight at annual awards

The 20th Annual Mark of Excellence Awards have wrapped up in Humboldt.The Humboldt and District Chamber of Commerce handed out their awards on Wednesday evening at Jubilee Hall. One of the first award...

Mar 21, 2019 (Mat Barrett/northeastNOW Staff)