Thunderchild First Nation is gearing up for its 1st Annual Thunder Classic sports tournament, coming up May 31 to June 2, marking the first big event in a soft opening for the new Thunderchild Wellness Centre. The Thunder Classic will include a 16-team All-Native Senior Hockey Invitational and a coinciding Play-For-You...

Two northerners have been declared winners at the Saskatchewan Book Awards. Miriam Körner won in the Children's Literature category for Fox and Bear (Red Deer Press/Fitzhenry & Whiteside), while Solomon Ratt's book kâ-pî-isi-kiskisiyân ᑳ ᐲ ᐃᓯ ᑭᐢᑭᓯᔮᐣ The Way I Remember (University of R...

As minor ball season in Meadow Lake swings into action for another year, the local diamonds have been a busy destination with excitement palpable for the spring 2024 season. President of Meadow Lake Minor Ball, Regan Beck said they've seen a great turnout again this year, only continuing to build on a milestone year fo...

Update on May 10: Total raised in North Battleford was $30,000---------Sitting quietly at a table with her mom and munching away on fries and playing with a ballon, four-year-old Jade Rafuse knows what it means to be a McHappy kid. Surrounded by laughter, red and gold streamers and balloons, the young girl - tall for h...

A young woman from Red Pheasant Cree Nation is among the contestants in the upcoming Miss Indigenous Canada Pageant.Khoniss Wuttunee, 25, said she is thrilled about taking part in the event."It was really exciting and kind of unexpected," she said of being selected. "For me, I did it [applied] not really...

After some much-needed precipitation, the province will see a stretch of warm, dry weather. The month of May brought cool, wet, windy conditions to Saskatchewan, but Environment and Climate Change Canada's Terri Lang told northeastNOW a large ridge of high pressure is moving in to take its place. "We're looking fo...

It was a trip to remember for members of the Piwapan Wellness Centre's Iskwesis (Girls) and Napesis (Boys) Clubs. A group of 32 participants and 12 chaperones left La Ronge on Friday at 5 p.m. for a weekend of fun in Saskatoon. They spent the night in Prince Albert before arriving at Pop Con YXE in Saskatoon on Saturda...

The recent rainfall across north-central Saskatchewan should help farmers with seeding, according to one agronomist.Elliott Hildebrand, who covers the area around Saskatoon, said this spring's precipitation could create better conditions for farmers after dry conditions in recent years."We've been in a moisture de...

Wordsmiths in Meadow Lake are getting another chance to dig out their pens, paper, quills and typewriters as a new writer's group is about to host its inaugural meeting at the library. "I felt that it did help myself as a writer," said Organizer Donovan Thiesson of his time in other groups in Saskatoon. "...

People in the North as well as across Saskatchewan will now have access to new spaces for detox treatment at Onion Lake Cree Nation, located 30 minutes north of Lloydminster. The province announced 15 detox addictions treatment beds would open to adults at Ekweskeet Healing Lodge to serve the area and anyone in the pro...