Tag Archives: Events
Northern Connection Conference linking together missing person agencies and projects
The Northern Connections Conference in La Ronge this week is bringing together various agencies and missing and murdered Indigenous women (MMIW) projects across Saskatchewan."It's important to get a l...
Feb 11, 2020 The conference attracted about two dozen attendees. Here, Karen Sanderson speaks to the crowd. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)
Local teen sets $12,000 fundraising goal
Prince Albert's Jackson Lepage has set a lofty goal of raising $12,000 for a cause close to his heart.The 14-year-old has been raising money for the Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Society of Saskatchewan sin...
Feb 10, 2020 (Submitted photo/ Christina Lepage)
Hughes set to return to Riders
Saskatchewan Roughriders defensive lineman Charleston Hughes will return to the team for the 2020 season.Hughes made the announcement while he was on stage with Rod Pedersen at the Saskatoon Kinsmen C...
Feb 09, 2020 Riders defensive lineman Charleston Hughes enjoyed a strong 2020 season. (submitted photo/Saskatchewan Roughriders)
Legion holds special celebration for two veterans
The Prince Albert Legion was packed Friday evening when members and supporters gathered to celebrate two Second World War veterans. Ed Laird and Loyd Smith were recently announced as two of the 14 peo...
Feb 08, 2020 Loyd Smith and Ed Laird were recognized at the legion Friday evening. (Michael Joel-Hansen/paNOW Staff)
It's show time at the winter festival
The Prince Albert Winter Festival's Classic Rock Show kicked off Friday night.A healthy crowd came out to the P.A. Exhibition Centre to take in the event, which featured rock music from a number of di...
Feb 08, 2020 The Prince Albert Winter Festival's Classic Rock Show took place Friday evening. (Michael Joel-Hansen/paNOW Staff)
A toe tapping good time
A proud part of Mtis culture is now the focus of a new class being offered once a week at Prince Albert's Army and Navy building downtown.Close to a dozen children took part in the first jigging class...
Feb 07, 2020 The Métis Jigging class had a very enthusiastic response on its opening night. (Submitted photo/Cierra Alexandersen)
Colten Boushie documentary to screen at Dekker Centre Sunday
The award-winning documentary Nipawistamasowin: We Will Stand Up, which takes a deeper look at the death of Colten Boushie and Canada's judicial system, will have a free screening Feb. 9 at 6:30 p.m. ...
Feb 07, 2020 The Boushie family and legal counsel at a Parliamentary press conference. (supplied photo/George Hupka)
Fire keeping investigators away from train derailment in rural Saskatchewan
GUERNSEY, Sask. - The Transportation Safety Board says a fire continues to burn at the site of a train derailment in Saskatchewan and investigators can't access the site. It says one investigator...
Feb 07, 2020
Festival kicking into high gear this weekend
The Prince Albert Winter Festival will host some of its bigger events this weekend.Friday evening will see the festival's Rock Show Experience. A second show will take place Saturday at the Prince Alb...
Feb 06, 2020 The Classic Rock Show is happening Friday and Saturday at the Prince Albert Exhibition Centre. (Facebook/Prince Albert Winter Festival)
Construction industry reacts to resolution
The province's cities, town and villages are calling for the provincial government to make a change to the tax system. The Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities' Association (SUMA) passed a motion calling...
Feb 04, 2020 Delegates at SUMA's annual convention in Regina voted on 20 different resolutions Monday. (Twitter/SUMA)
