Category Archives: Local News

A corporate partnership crossing provincial borders marks another step toward fulfilling the province's hope of deploying nuclear power in Saskatchewan. Saskatoon-based uranium producer Cameco has lon...

A busy election season is fast approaching. In a three-week period later this year, there will be a provincial election, a municipal election and a United States presidential election one after anothe...

Temperature records fell in eight communities Wednesday as a heat wave continues across Saskatchewan. According to Environment Canada meteorologist Mark Melsness, they included Broadview, Estevan, Ind...

The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) has confirmed that there's been a case of tuberculosis in Melfort. An email to northeastNOW from the SHA didn't say specifically where the case was in the city,...

Prairie Harm Reduction Executive Director Jason Mercredi says overdose deaths in Saskatchewan are "the epidemic within the pandemic." "We need real-time action, and we need it now," Mercredi told 650 ...

There won't be any high school sports in Saskatoon this fall because of the COVID-19 pandemic. On its webpage, the Saskatoon Secondary Schools Athletic Directorate (SSSAD) said: "The health and safety...

Following the province's Monday announcement of additional funding and an extra week for the return to school, Saskatoon's school divisions are preparing for the Sept. 8 start date. In an emailed stat...

After a search that began at 9 p.m. Tuesday, which included the activation of the Amber Alert system, a four-year-old girl was found safe this morning. In a press conference in front of Saskatoon Poli...

A Metis Nation-Saskatchewan (MN-S) leader is under fire for comments he made, calling eastern Metis derogatory names in a slur-filled speech. Derek Langan, regional representative for Eastern Region 2...

A 24-year-old woman was sent to hospital after being stabbed Monday night. In a release, police say members of the Community Mobilization Unit responded to a report of a robbery at about 8:20 p.m., in...