Category Archives: Saskatchewan
APAS calls on governments for drought assistance
The drought conditions in Saskatchewan this spring have prompted the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan (APAS) to call for help.In a media release issued Wednesday, APAS revealed it ha...
Jun 12, 2019 Cracked Earth Drought The Dry Ground Dry Soil
Husky to pay $3.82M in penalties after guilty plea in 2016 oil spill
A judge has accepted a joint submission that will see Husky Oil Operations pay $3.82 million in fines for charges stemming from a 2016 oil spill near Maidstone.The company pleaded guilty to three envi...
Jun 12, 2019 Images submitted to court show an overhead view of the bridge over Highway 21 and oil slicks in the North Saskatchewan River. (submitted/Saskatchewan Courts)
Husky pleads guilty to three environmental charges for 2016 oil spill
Husky Energy has pleaded guilty to three environmental charges stemming from a 2016 oil spill near Maidstone. The company was facing ten charges, one provincially and nine federally. Seven were withdr...
Jun 12, 2019 Residents observed oily water along the North Saskatchewan River following an oil spill in 2016.(file photo/paNOW Staff)
City of Melfort decides allocation of Humboldt Strong donation
The City of Melfort has officially decided what it is going to do with the $100,000 donation they received from the Humboldt Strong Community Foundation.At its regular council meeting on Monday, June ...
Jun 11, 2019 Kent Flavel (centre), the director of the Humboldt Strong Community Foundation, presented the $100,000 cheque to the City of Melfort back in March. (Aaron Schulze/northeastNOW Staff)
Life saving technology; the advancement of paramedic care
Following Paramedic Service Week, paNOW spent a week with the men and women of Prince Albert's Parkland Ambulance learning about the ever-advancing technology used on a daily basis by paramedics acros...
Jun 10, 2019 The interior of an ambulance. These vehicles are filled with a variety of technology that allow paramedics across the country to save lives. (Brady Bateman/paNOW Staff)
Provincial green purveyors pleased with plastic ban, urge domino effect
Globally, one garbage truckload of plastic waste enters the ocean every minute.That comes from the federal government, which points to this, alongside plastic overflowing in landfills, as reaching a b...
Jun 10, 2019 Cutlery, straws and Styrofoam plates and cups could be banned in Canada by 2021. (Tyler Marr/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Garth Brooks to play second Regina show
Country music star Garth Brooks has announced a second show that he'll play in Regina, set for Friday, Aug. 9 at 7 p.m. at Mosaic Stadium.The news was announced on Twitter Monday morning by Evraz Plac...
Jun 10, 2019 Garth Brooks will play Regina's Mosaic Stadium on Aug. 10. (Garth Brooks Twitter page)
‘It’s not a fun day’: Watford, Butler among Roughrider cuts
The Saskatchewan Roughriders revealed their final cuts heading into the 2019 CFL regular season, with quarterback David Watford and defensive back Crezdon Butler among them.Teams across the league had...
Jun 09, 2019 (Jamie Nye/980 CJME)
Saskatchewan philanthropists honoured for a lifetime of giving
Gordon Rawlinson says he learned the importance of giving back to the community from his father.It was a good lesson, as the owner and CEO of Rawlco Radio and his wife, Jill, have become two of Saskat...
Jun 08, 2019 (Submitted photo/CJME News)
Sask. minimum wage to increase to $11.32 per hour
Saskatchewan's minimum wage will get a 26-cent-per-hour bump on Oct. 1; it's going up to $11.32 per hour.It's currently $11.06 per hour, one of the lowest-such figures in Canada.A media release Friday...
Jun 07, 2019 (file photo/CJME News Staff)