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P.A.'s Flodell helps Canada capture gold at Deaf Hockey Series
By Nolan Kowal Prince Albert's Nathan Flodell is riding high after winning a gold medal with Team Canada at the 2024 Jeff Sauer International Deaf Hockey Series in Buffalo. Canada beat the United Stat...
Apr 18, 2024 (Nathan Flodell/Submitted)
P.A.'s Flodell ready to represent Canada at hearing impaired tournament
By Nolan Kowal Prince Albert will have some representation at the upcoming Jeff Sauer International Deaf Hockey Series in Buffalo, N.Y. P.A.-born Nathan Flodell is a member of Team Canada at the tourn...
Apr 10, 2024 Nathan Flodell with the MJHL's Portage Terriers. (Nathan Flodell/Submitted)
Weldon residents to build playground in honour of stabbing victim
By Nigel Maxwell Wiping away tears, Chelsey Erickson recalled how her friend Wes was all about the community and would have loved seeing the kids play on a new playground. Wes Petterson was among the ...
Apr 01, 2024 Members of the Weldon playground fundraising committee. (Chelsey Erickson/Submitted to paNOW)
JSCN looking for justice system changes following second stabbing inquest
By Susan McNeil The leadership of the James Smith Cree Nation is happy with how the RCMP handled the arrest of Myles Sanderson, the man who stabbed and killed 11 people and injured 17 more in a stabbi...
Mar 01, 2024 Chief Wally Burns at a ceremony on the James Smith Cree Nation in the days following the 2022 stabbings perpetrated by Myles Sanderson. (Susan McNeil/paNOW)
'Beautiful landscape': Waskesiu the site of two feature films
By Nolan Kowal It's not exactly Hollywood, but it's as close as Saskatchewan has to a perfect backdrop for a movie. The picturesque hamlet of Waskesiu will be the site of two movie sets in the coming ...
Feb 28, 2024 (Waskesiu/Submitted)
Family responds to verdict for former Sask. Mountie
By Nigel Maxwell The older brother of a man who was shot and killed by a former Saskatchewan Mountie says a verdict of manslaughter is quite unfair. Brett Herman was responding to Bernie Herman's conv...
Jan 26, 2024 A picture of Brett Herman in May of 2021 during a vigil at the spot where Braden Herman's body was found. (Nigel Maxwell/paNOW file photo)
James Smith Cree Nation leadership prepares for public inquest
By Nigel Maxwell Acknowledging the emotional impact that will come with revisiting the violent and horrific events that scarred the community, James Smith Cree Nation Chief Calvin Sanderson says leade...
Jan 10, 2024 Accompanied by James Smith Cree Nation leadership, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (right) visited the community in November of 2022. (Nigel Maxwell/paNOW file photo)
Several Sask. communities considering Citizens on Patrol to help deter crime
By Jaryn Vecchio It's no secret that crime rates continue to trend upwards across Saskatchewan. It has got to the point that some communities have started discussing whether or not to set up a Citizen...
Jan 08, 2024 With rural crime rates rising, some Saskatchewan communities are considering Citizens on Patrol. (paNOW file photo)
Verdict reserved for former Mountie accused of murdering lover in P.A.
By Nigel Maxwell It is now up to a judge to determine whether Bernie Herman used his RCMP-issued pistol to shoot his lover out of self-defence or as a planned killing. Those two scenarios were part of...
Dec 13, 2023 Bernie Herman outside Prince Albert Court of King's Bench. (Nigel Maxwell/paNOW)
Dates finalized for inquest into James Smith killings
By Susan McNeil The inquest into the deaths of 11 people on the James Smith Cree Nation and in Weldon have been finalized, according to the Saskatchewan coroner's website. Between Jan. 15 and Feb. 2 o...
Dec 08, 2023 The 10 victims of the mass killing on the James Smith Cree Nation and in Weldon in 2022. The RCMP later revealed that Damien Sanderson, originally a suspect, was also a victim. (RCMP/Submitted)
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