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Local mayor creates youth competition to help pass time during school closures

A local mayor is trying to spark the creative juices and help pass the time during the COVID-19 pandemic by organizing a youth competition on his Facebook page.Battlefords Mayor Ames Leslie is challen...

Mar 25, 2020 Town of Battleford Mayor Ames Leslie creates youth contest. (File photo/battlefordsNOW staff)

Sask. woman living down under during COVID-19 crisis

A retired teacher from the Prince Albert area is hundreds of miles from home and her children during the COVID-19 crisis.Kathryn Hughes has dual Canadian - Australian citizenship, and after spending f...

Mar 25, 2020 A photo taken of Kathryn Hughes (middle) with her two oldest children before she left Canada last October. (Submitted photo/ Kathryn Hughes)

Liliidae Home and Design running back wall design contest

The public is being invited to get creative and help with designing the back wall of the Liliidae Home and Design building in Melfort.Owner Julie Schmale said the unsightly wall is next on their renov...

Mar 25, 2020 Liliidae Home and Design in Melfort is looking for design ideas for their back wall. (Facebook/Liliidae Home and Design)

No extension for ice fishers to remove shacks

As the weather warms and the ice thins, the COVID-19 outbreak is not going to be an excuse to leave your ice-fishing shack on the ice. A Prince Albert Conservation Officer is reminding everyone all fi...

Mar 24, 2020 Ice-fishing shacks north of Highway 16 must be removed from lakes by March 31. (Ronald Quaroni/paNOW Staff)

Humboldt family inviting public to hang Easter eggs on their fence

A family in Humboldt is putting their efforts into brightening up the community amidst the gloom the COVID-19 pandemic has presented.After just one day of inviting the public to post handmade Easter e...

Mar 24, 2020 Zoey Compagna poses with Easter egg fence. (submitted photo/Amanda Compagna)

Higher demand expected at Melfort Food Bank amid COVID-19 pandemic

Supplies could be short at the Melfort Food Bank as families in need cope with the growing concerns of the COVID-19 pandemic.The Food Bank will open to the public for the first time since the coronavi...

Mar 23, 2020 (Facebook/Melfort Food Bank Inc.)

Mustangs Assistant Coach reflects on first year behind the bench

Trevor Logan is a rookie in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) no more. The Melfort Mustangs Assistant Coach helped the Mustangs to a third place finish in the SJHL working under Head Coach ...

Lisa Brady Mar 21, 2020 Mustangs Assistant Coach Trevor Logan skates in on goal during the teams Calcutta Shootout earlier this season. (Facebook/Broad Leaf Media)

Battlefords residents advised to flush only toilet paper

The City of North Battleford released a statement to the public to remind residents not to flush anything down the toilet aside from toilet paper. The list, available on the city's website, includes c...

Goudy speaks on COVID-19, provincial government spending plans

Melfort's Member of the Legislative Assembly is now responding to some of the events during the COVID-19 pandemic.Toddy Goudy called it an "unprecedented time" in the province. He said that there are ...

Mar 21, 2020 (File Photo/northeastNOW Staff)

Gas gouge? Call for a review of pump prices

Despite the free-falling price of oil in recent weeks, some places are not seeing that translate into the decrease in pump prices that others have. In recent days Prince Albert, Melfort and North Batt...

Mar 20, 2020 (file photo/paNOW Staff)