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Hawtin takes a look at the year that was and looks to what's next
One of the favourite moments this past year for the newly elected mayor stands out clearly: the official ceremonial unveiling of the little bronze girl statue in Central Park this past September. At j...
Dec 31, 2024

Top 10 provincial stories of 2024
This year was one with many triumphs and challenges, one in which concerns were heard via voting and protest. Saskatchewan residents also brought local talents and accomplishments to the national and ...
Dec 31, 2024

'It wasn't safe': Being trans in rural Saskatchewan
Quinn Loewen's classmates never knew him by his identity: it wasn't safe. He went to Medstead Central School, roughly an hour from the Battlefords and is situated in the conservative village of Medste...
Dec 30, 2024

Here are the top names for Saskatchewan babies in 2024
Although 2024 has ended, its new generation lives on. paNOW took a look at the most popular baby names in Saskatchewan over the last year. Popular classic names still top the list, with 49 baby boys n...
Dec 30, 2024

'We're all on the same team': Battlefords residents push for positive change in 2025
As residents in the Battlefords prepare to take on a new year, there is a sense of optimism and a desire to work together as a community in 2025. battlefordsNOW spoke with several residents who shared...
Dec 30, 2024
Bloodlines and Blows: The viral father/son Sask. Senior A hockey fight
A family battle royal on ice between 48-year-old Chris Ewen and his 27-year-old son Tyler Driedger during a Senior A hockey game is still buzzing about the internet, a week later.We have a Sasky Senio...
Dec 30, 2024

RCMP informant's decades of spying on social reformers are chronicled in new book
As a Communist Party member in Calgary in the early 1940s, Frank Hadesbeck performed clerical work at the party office, printed leaflets and sold books.But he also had tasks his party comrades could k...
Dec 30, 2024

2024 top stories in Meadow Lake and the Battlefords
It was a busy year in the Battlefords and Meadow Lake. As this year quickly gives way for the new, here are some of the news making moments of the as we bid farewell to 2024.Loon Lake residents frustr...
Dec 30, 2024

Raised in Sask. after his family fled Hungary, this man spent decades spying on communists for the RCMP
As a Communist Party member in Calgary in the early 1940s, Frank Hadesbeck performed clerical work at the party office, printed leaflets and sold books.But he also had tasks his party comrades could k...
Dec 29, 2024
Chief of Saskatchewan Marshals Service ‘excited’ for early launch
The head of Saskatchewan's newest police force credits good timing and good luck for its early launch.Chief Marshal Rob Cameron of the Saskatchewan Marshals Service (SMS) told CKOM News on Friday that...
Dec 29, 2024