Murray Wood: Of Easter bunny bells and Juicy Fruit gum
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RCMP Major Crimes investigating suspicious death in Meadow Lake
The Saskatchewan RCMP Major Crimes unit is in Meadow Lake this weekend, investigating a death they deem suspicious. Meadow Lake RCMP first received a report at around 8:50 a.m. on Nov. 28, explaining ...
Dec 01, 2025 Officers quickly located the person, who was declared dead at the scene. They have since been identified as a 29-year-old woman from Waterhen Lake First Nation. No further information was released about the victim’s identity. (paNOW file photo)
Historic St. Louis bridge restoration project reaches finish line
By Nigel Maxwell Referring to a plan and work that began seven years ago, Michel Dub said that a group of volunteers has been able to demonstrate what they can do with a lot of time and patience on th...
Nov 24, 2025
From a Saskatoon writer's workshop to millions of readers - and the big screen
-By Glynn Brothen It was easy for author Alan Bradley to accept an invitation few creators get - a chance to step into his mind's eye. From the Isle of Man, he travelled to the production set of a 195...
Nov 23, 2025 Author Alan Bradley. (Penguin Random House/Submitted)
Ahtahkakoop's Fred Sasakamoose to be honoured at Chicago Blackhawks game
Family of the late Fred Sasakamoose, and members of Ahtahkakoop First Nation, have been invited to Chicago for a special celebration Nov. 20. This Thursday marks the 72nd anniversary of when 'Chief Th...
Nov 20, 2025 A charter bus is en route to Chicago where the Blackhawks will honour the late Fred Sasakamoose prior to their game Thursday. (Leigh-Anne Isbister/submitted)
PBCN updates progress on new homes for Denare Beach evacuees
Construction of replacement homes for members of Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation (PBCN), who were displaced from Denare Beach, is moving ahead on schedule, with four units now complete or near completion...
Nov 19, 2025 PBCN Chief Peter Beatty, Vice-Chief Justin Halcrow, Councillor Clayton Sewap and Housing Director Gerald Hyman at the Prince Albert Co-op Home Centre (Tina Pelletier Photography)
Sask Métis leader and veteran now has memorial stone at Batoche
By Susan McNeil The Mtis grandfather of a Prince Albert man hated Nazism so fiercely that he not only signed up to fight in the Second World War, he also fought the government for the right to join in...
Nov 08, 2025 John Brady McDonald, wearing his firefighter uniform, stands at attention behind his grandfather Jim Brady's cenotaph at Batoche. (J. McDonald/Submitted to PANow)
Fishing Lake Saulteaux woman wins prestigious Nelson Mandela award
By Susan McNeil A Saskatchewan woman who has been a longtime advocate for Indigenous rights, mental health and trauma-informed care has won a prestigious award from the United Nations. Brenda Reynolds...
Nov 08, 2025 Brenda Reynolds at the United Nations General Assembly this summer when she was presented with the prize. (United National Assembly/Submitted)
Faculty associations say Sask. Polytech layoffs threaten key sectors in province
Saskatchewan's faculty associations are asking community members across the province to write to their local MLAs and the Minister of Advanced Education and ask them to ensure the next budget includes...
Nov 02, 2025 Amidst the layoffs, Saskatchewan Polytechnic held an open house across its campuses earlier this month to showcase the different programs it offers. (Saskatchewan Polytechnic/Facebook)
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)
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