Tag Archives: People
Carlton High School basketball star nets scholarship
A Prince Albert Carlton Crusader senior will be heading to the Okanagan this fall after receiving a scholarship.Josh Guenther, has signed with the Okanagan College Coyotes of the Pacific Western Athle...
May 04, 2020 Josh Guenther. (photo/Louis Christ)
Police requesting help in locating missing P.A. man
UPDATE: Police have announced Durocher has been located safe and sound.The Prince Albert Police Service is asking for the public's assistance in locating a missing 24-year-old man.According to a media...
May 04, 2020 Keenen Durocher. (Submitted photo/Prince Albert Police service)
Three-legged SPCA rescue is adapting to her new life
The story of a 10-month-old retriever mix has captured the attention of many people on the Prince Albert SPCA's Facebook page.In January paNOW reported Stevie, formally known as Nova, was taken into t...
May 02, 2020 Stevie. (Prince Albert SPCA/ Facebook)
Pinehouse teen a whiz at solving Rubik's Cube
The Rubik's Cube has baffled and frustrated people for over 40 years, but a 13-year-old boy from the northern village of Pinehouse has mastered it. A recent video submitted for the 'Pinehouse Got Tale...
May 02, 2020 Andrew Netmaker makes impressive short work of his Rubik's Cubes. (Facebook/ Dustin Lariviere)
CPCA suspends 2020 season due to COVID-19 concerns
The Canadian Professional Chuckwagon Association (CPCA) officially suspended the 2020 racing season amid the COVID-19 pandemic.In a statement Friday, the CPCA outlined the decision made in order to pr...
May 01, 2020 The CPCA is suspending the entire 2020 season till 2021 to protect the health of drivers, horses and more. (Josh Ryan/battlefordsNOW)
'Seems surreal': Roughriders select Melfort's Mattland Riley in first round of CFL Draft
The Saskatchewan Roughriders decided to stay in Sask with their first-round pick in the Canadian Football League (CFL) Draft on Thursday, April 30. With the seventh overall pick in the draft, the Ride...
May 01, 2020 Riley (#55) in action with the University of Saskatchewan Huskies. (Facebook/Darren Steinke)
'We will always have questions that we may never get answered': P.A. family mourns loss
Two days have passed since police confirmed the body found on the shore of the North Saskatchewan River Monday morning was Donald Light, and the young man's family members have come together to grieve...
Apr 30, 2020 On Thursday, members of the Light family went down to the river and paid their respects. (Submitted photo/ David Light)
Staff at long term care facility in Melfort aim to lift spirits with treat cart
Restrictions at long term care facilities in Saskatchewan due to COVID-19 have led to staff members thinking outside of the box for the residents.Lori Hinz, the facility administrator at Parkland Plac...
Apr 30, 2020 Residents at Parkland Place in Melfort can select their favourite treat from the newly implemented treat cart. (Facebook/Saskatchewan Health Authority)
Saskatchewan Summer Games postponed to 2021
The 2020 Saskatchewan Summer Games have been postponed to next year, due to health and safety concerns surrounding COVID-19.Originally scheduled to take place in Lloydminster from July 26 to Aug. 1, t...
Apr 29, 2020 The medals will have to wait until next summer to be handed out, after it was announced the Saskatchewan Summer Games will be postponed to July 2021. (Facebook/Saskatchewan Summer Games)
P.A. residents aim to connect with scared and lonely seniors through 'The Letters Project'
At a time when seniors are at their most isolated, Prince Albert residents are stepping up to help connect them with the outside world.'The Letter's Project' is the brainchild of Prince Albert's Cheri...
Apr 29, 2020 (Ronald Quaroni/paNOW Staff)
