Ross named T-Birds MVP
by Phil Ambroziak
Canoe Lake’s Roddy Ross continues to bring pride to his community.Ross, a goalie with the Western Hockey League’s (WHL) Seattle Thunderbirds, was recently named the team’s Most Valuable Player for the 2019-20 season.
“To be named team MVP...
Regional centre established to address COVID-19
by Phil Ambroziak
COVID-19 knows no boundaries and neither do efforts to stop the coronavirus in its tracks.
Recently, leaders from municipalities throughout the Northwest as well as nearby First Nations and Métis communities bonded together to establish a Regional Incident...
Funeral services limited to immediate family
by Phil Ambroziak
Sombre times have grown even more so because of new laws in place to help address the COVID-19 crisis.
As per the provincial health order currently in effect because of the global pandemic, public and private gatherings of...
Chase the Ace winner crowned
by Phil Ambroziak
The chase is over.
A winner had to be determined last Thursday (March 26) during what was the final day of St. Pascal School in Green Lake’s weekly Chase the Ace fundraiser. And, after the names of numerous...
COVID-19 disrupts lives, livelihoods
by Phil Ambroziak
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has left many Canadians – including those in Saskatchewan’s North – wondering how they’ll be able to financially make ends meet.
One example is Meadow Lake area resident Melvin Alkestrup who recently found himself...
Positive COVID-19 result had contacts in Northwest
Saskatchewan Health Authority Public Health staff have begun contact tracing related to a positive result for COVID-19 that had contacts in the Buffalo Narrows and La Loche area.
Due to patient privacy concerns, Saskatchewan Health Authority is not able to...
RCMP make first COVID-19-related arrests
On March 27 at approximately 1:30 a.m., Loon Lake RCMP responded to the report of a suspicious person who was knocking on the door of a residence in Loon Lake.
At the residence, Loon Lake RCMP officers received a description...
Suspicious death in North
On March 22, police officers from the Buffalo Narrows RCMP and Dillon RCMP detachments responded to the report of a disturbance at a residence in Dillon. When police officers arrived at the residence, they located two adult males with...
COVID-19 testing station to open in M.L.
by Phil Ambroziak
Meadow Lake and area residents will soon have a satellite location away from the local hospital and clinic where they can be tested for coronavirus.
According to a source within the Saskatchewan Health Authority, the SHA plans to...
Museum gifted map from U.K.
by Phil Ambroziak
It’s amazing what one can find in a museum… or, in this case, in the mail.
Recently, Meadow Lake and District Museum members were surprised when a more than 100-year-old map of the region arrived from, of all...