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Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation takes govt to court over uranium project
The leadership of Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation (PBCN) alleges the provincial government failed to include them in an environmental assessment decision for a uranium project located within the Nation's...
Oct 31, 2025 Wheeler River is the largest undeveloped uranium project in the eastern portion of the Athabasca Basin region in northern Saskatchewan, Canada. The project hosts two high-grade uranium deposits: Phoenix and Gryphon. (denisonmines.com)
Pulp mill fire contained, estimated 100,000 cubic metres of logs lost, fire chief says
A large log pile fire at Meadow Lake Mechanical Pulp is expected to burn for a few more days, but officials say the situation has stabilized and there is no danger to the community. As of Tuesday morn...
Oct 28, 2025 An image of the fire at Meadow Lake Mechanical Pulp Inc. Monday afternoon, Oct. 27, 2025. (photo: Jeremy Kane Laird/Facebook)
Sprucelodge opens to offer support to First Nations in Prince Albert
by Logan Lehmann Residents travelling from the north to Prince Albert for medical needs and appointments now have a place to stay in a home away from home. Members from the Prince Albert Grand Council...
Oct 25, 2025 The newly opened Sprucelodge Medical Boarding Home in Prince Albert. (Logan Lehmann/paNOW)
Data from Farm Stress Line shows slightly less calls in 2025
Harvest has come and gone for the farmers of Saskatchewan and they can relax a little knowing they are no longer at the mercy of Mother Nature. However, the stress for producers doesn't end with harve...
Oct 21, 2025 Farmer advocacy groups like Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM) and the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan (APAS) have reported significant financial strain on producers in recent months, with full grain bins and limited market access, due to retaliatory tariffs imposed by China. (Dreamstime.com)
Whitecap Dakota First Nation receives pieces of long-lost history
By EFN Media/NC Raine Artifacts missing for more than a century have made their way home. What was returned to the Whitecap Dakota First Nation (WDFN) shocked even those who were working to repatriate...
Oct 18, 2025 Artifacts, some over 100 years old, have been returned to Whitecap Dakota First Nation. (Stephanie Danyliuk/Supplied to PANow)
Woman and eight children escape house fire at Sandy Bay
by Nigel Maxwell RCMP believe a house fire on Thursday in the Northern Village of Sandy Bay, that forced a woman and her eight children to flee, was deliberately set. The cause of the fire remains und...
Oct 17, 2025 RCMP believe a house fire on Thursday in the Northern Village of Sandy Bay, that forced a woman and her eight children to flee, was deliberately set. (Submitted to PA Now)
Affordable housing units open in Prince Albert's West Flat
by Nigel Maxwell Speaking to a crowd gathered outside two new affordable housing complexes on Oct. 10, Bill Powalinsky acknowledged there is a housing shortage in Prince Albert. The mayor was among a ...
Oct 13, 2025 People attend the opening of two new affordable housing complexes in Prince Albert on Oct. 10, 2025. (Nigel Maxwell/PANow)
Two of Saskatchewan's most wanted criminals in custody: RCMP
By Logan Lehmann Two men on the Saskatchewan RCMP's Most Wanted List are behind bars. Quinton Merasty, 31, and Eldon Cone, 57, are in police custody after an extended time on the run. Merasty had been...
Oct 11, 2025
Constant Reminder band members killed in crash near Melfort
by Nigel Maxwell Saskatchewan RCMP are confirming a two-vehicle crash just outside of Melfort that claimed three lives - two men from James Smith Cree Nation (JSCN) and another man from Kinistino. Eme...
Oct 10, 2025 Constant Reminder band members Rene Constant (middle right) and Seth Constant (far right) were killed in a car crash outside of Melfort yesterday evening. Here, the band is seen accepting their BOB award after being voted Best Band in 2020. (paNOW files)
Prince Albert overdose deaths double provincial average, mobile response planned
by Susan McNeil Twice as many people in Prince Albert die of drug overdoses as the provincial average, a concerning statistic that is leading to a new response. On Monday, city council will be present...
Oct 05, 2025 An ambulance at Prince Albert's bus transfer station called for a suspected overdose in 2024. (Nigel Maxwell/paNOW)
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