Saskatchewan

Sask. NDP leader tours La Ronge, meets with local councils

NDP Leader Carla Beck is in La Ronge until Wednesday touring the community and meeting with different groups. Beck arrived in La Ronge on Monday night after spending most of the day in Cumberland Hous...

Sep 19, 2023

Court hears arguments over injunction for Saskatchewan's school pronoun policy

An injunction application hearing has begun over Saskatchewan's policy that affects children who want to use different pronouns or names at school.The new policy requires students under 16 to receive ...

Sep 19, 2023

Union president says Saskatchewan teachers want a deal, not a strike

Contract negotiations between the provincial government and the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation (STF) are ongoing, and the union's president says the goal is to reach a negotiated deal with the gove...

Sep 19, 2023

Sask. residents leave province for MRIs due to cost, wait times

Jon Struthers suspected he had a torn ACL after a hockey injury last March, but his doctor disagreed and sent him for an X-ray instead."An X-ray isn't going to do a lot for ligaments and tendons, so i...

Sep 19, 2023

Nipawin Mayor Candidate profile – Laura Nycholat

northeastNOW will be publishing profiles of all three candidates for Mayor of Nipawin in advance of the forum chaired by the Nipawin & District Chamber of Commerce on Oct 11 from 6 to 8 p.m. at th...

Sep 18, 2023

P.A. police investigating two armed robberies that happened hours apart

Prince Albert Police are investigating two armed robberies last weekend that happened roughly two hours apart from each other.The first occurred Saturday night around 11:00. with officers called to a ...

Sep 18, 2023

Mediator appointed as P.A. inside workers strike enters second week

Update: The Ministry of Labour Relations and Workplace Safety contacted paNOW to issue a clarification: CUPE 882 requested the appointment of a special mediator under section 6-28 of the Saskatchewan ...

Sep 18, 2023

Grocery CEOs meet with federal ministers, agree to work to stabilize food prices

Top executives from Canada's major grocery chains have agreed to work with the federal government on stabilizing prices, Industry Minister Franois-Philippe Champagne said on Monday, but few details ha...

Sep 18, 2023

Advocates praise GST removal for new apartment builds but want provinces and cities to follow suit

Editor's Note: This story has been updated to include comments from the Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association (SUMA)--The federal government's news on removing the GST for new apartment builds...

Sep 18, 2023

Car ends up 100 feet in bush after highway crash near P.A.

It wasn't a typical scene for Prince Albert emergency crews when responding to a single-vehicle crash northeast of the city Saturday evening.RCMP and Parkland Ambulance were called shortly before 7:30...

Sep 18, 2023