Tag Archives: People
Healthy eating key ingredient to classroom success
From rickety school bus rides and homework assignments, to making new friends and meeting teachers; for students, there is a lot that comes with a new school year. Perhaps a bit lost in the shuffle ca...
Sep 01, 2019 (file photo/paNOW Staff)
Saskatchewan artist wins national award
Artist Kasia Leigh Leonard has a wide variety of styles; folk, country, blues and ragtime. She enjoys blending happy melodies with melancholy lyrics. Someone once told her, that unique style made her ...
Aug 31, 2019 A woman with ties to Prince Albert is shining on the national stage. (Submitted Photo/ Copperblue Photography and Design)
'He's earned this': Melfort Fire promotes Calow to Lieutenant
The Melfort Fire Department has promoted one of their own to the position of Lieutenant.Graham Calow will now be responsible for the 'D' Platoon with the department as he takes over the Company Office...
Aug 31, 2019 Calow has been very involved in the community, including leading school tours with the department. (Submitted photo/Jason Everitt)
Humboldt Golf Club celebrates 75th anniversary
A long and storied history of the Humboldt Golf Club was celebrated on Wednesday, Aug 28.The club held an event to celebrate 75 years in business and welcomed golfers from all walks of life to reminis...
Aug 30, 2019 The Humboldt Golf Club held a ceremonial tee-off ahead of their 75th anniversary celebrations.The HGC's youngest member, Jack Unrau (Left), and one of their oldest members Mike Sowtis (Right) were the participants. (Submitted photo/Golf Saskatchewan)
Melfort Library puts a wrap on summer reading program
Over 100 young readers were able to read over 4,500 books over the course of the summer reading program at the Melfort Public Library.A wrap-up party was held on Wednesday afternoon to celebrate those...
Aug 29, 2019 The Melfort Public Library hosted its summer reading program wrap-up party with Bingo games on Wednesday afternoon. (Facebook/Melfort Public LIbrary)
'He would be very honoured': Local sports legend inducted into Golf Saskatchewan Hall of Fame
A local sports legend is being inducted into the Golf Saskatchewan Hall of Fame as a Builder.Gary Brandon, who grew up in Prince Albert, was the pro at the Melfort Golf and Country Club for 18 years a...
Aug 28, 2019 Gary Brandon passed away in 2009 after a battle with cancer. (Submitted photo/Golf Saskatchewan)
Physical activity offers running start to a healthy school year
As the summer season winds down and the leaves begin to change, a new school year is on the horizon. Whether getting involved with an extracurricular sports team, or enjoying the refreshing fall breez...
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Plaque unveiled to commemorate Treaty 6 adhesion
The unveiling of the Treaty 6 Adhesion Commemorative Plaque will serve as a reminder of the special relationship between the Woodland Cree and the Crown. A ceremony was held Wednesday at the Molanosa ...
Aug 28, 2019 The plaque was unveiled at a ceremony at the Molanosa Cultural Grounds. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)
Provincial Archives offers glimpse into past with digitalization of historic newspapers online
This September will mark the 80th anniversary since the outbreak of the Second World War.To commemorate the occasion, the Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan are releasing digitized copies of communit...
Aug 26, 2019 Headlines from Thursday, Sept. 7, 1939 in the North Battleford News. (Supplied/Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan)
Scheer, Harper among politicians at memorial for Calgary MP Deepak Obhrai
CALGARY - Some prominent Conservative politicians are paying their respects at a memorial for former Calgary member of Parliament Deepak Obhrai. Obhrai, who was 69, died earlier this month&n...
Aug 26, 2019