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Sleep impaired drivers a danger on the road
Sleep is an important part of human health, but SGI is advising drivers not to catch up on it while behind the wheel of vehicle.SGI is warning motorists of the dangers related to driving tired."Drivin...
Jul 31, 2019 SGI wants drivers to stop counting sheep while operating a vehicle. (71983988 © Anyaberkut dreamstime.com)
MN-S mourns passing of northern educator
Leadership with Metis Nation - Saskatchewan are extending their heartfelt prayers to the family and friends of La Ronge's Ray Smith, who recently passed away after a courageous battle with cancer. "A ...
Jul 31, 2019 Ray Smith and his daughters Leila Morin and Jarica Smith. (submitted photo/Roland Corrigal)
Archivist protecting northern history for all to see
"The past is the basis of the future."Those are the words of Pahkisimon Nuyeh Library System (PNLS) Archivist Graham Guest, who has been with the organization since he joined in 2003. It's his job to ...
Jul 30, 2019 Graham Guest has been an archivist at PNLS since 2003. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)
LLRIB honours Chief James Roberts by erecting headstone at gravesite
The chief of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band (LLRIB) who signed Treaty 6 was honoured Monday during a special ceremony where his gravesite was marked with a headstone. "There was a lot of children presen...
Jul 30, 2019 Little Hills was the site of a ceremony to place a headstone at the gravesite of Chief James Roberts. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)
Large population of canids infected with tapeworm capable of causing "tumour-like" disease
A small tapeworm capable of causing a "tumour-like disease" in humans is becoming more common in carnivorous animals with up to 70 per cent of coyotes tested near the P.A. area to be infected.Echinoco...
Jul 26, 2019 (Submitted photo/Frank Crockett)
SaskTel expanding high-speed internet services in Saskatchewan
Dial-up internet and farmer vision television service could soon be a thing of the past.SaskTel announced yesterday communities from the Village of Paradise Hill across to the Town of Preeceville are ...
Jul 26, 2019 Internet service expansion in Saskatchewan (file photo/CJME Staff)
Air Ronge resident using plastic waste to create new products
Terri-Ann Weinberger of Air Ronge is hoping a home-based business she launched will help divert recyclable plastics away from the local landfill.At a regular Air Ronge council meeting this week, Weinb...
Jul 26, 2019 Terri-Ann Weinberger is using Number 2 and 5 plastics to create new items. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)
MLA Nadine Wilson charged with common assault
Long-serving Saskatchewan Rivers MLA Nadine Wilson has been charged with common assault in relation to an alleged incident involving family members in Saskatoon earlier this year.The office of Premier...
Jul 26, 2019 MLA Nadine Wilson has been charged with common assault and has resigned her position as provincial secretary. She will make an appearance in court in September. (File photo/paNOW Staff)
B.C. murder suspect not a neo-Nazi, is more fascinated by Russia, dad says
PORT ALBERNI, B.C. - A murder suspect who allegedly sent photographs of a swastika armband and a Hitler Youth knife to an online friend was not a Nazi sympathizer, but he did think the memorabilia was...
Jul 26, 2019 Alan Schmegelsky, father of Bryer Schmegelsky, poses for a photo during an interview with The Canadian Press in Mill Bay B.C. on Wednesday, July 24, 2019. The father of a suspect in the deaths of three people in northern British Columbia says his son is in "very serious pain" and he expects a nationwide manhunt will end in the young man's death. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Laura Kane
Advisory issued for blue-green algae in Saskatchewan
Make sure to check the water before swimming for the next few weeks around Saskatchewan.The Water Security Agency and the Saskatchewan Ministry of Health have issued a blue-green algae advisory for th...
Jul 25, 2019 Blue-green algae build up. (submitted photo/The Water Security Agency)