Meadow Lake

The Pinehouse Lake RCMP is asking for the public's assistance in locating three inmates who escaped lawful custody of the Besnard Lake Correctional Camp between Monday, Nov. 4 and Tuesday, Nov. 5. Jesse Chanalquay, 30, Brent Mosquito, 21, and Clifford...

The plume of flames spotted about eight kilometres south of Meadow Lake along Highway 4 Monday morning (Nov. 4) is nothing to be concerned about. This is according to Dave Burdeniuk, director of government and media relations with SaskEnergy, who...

On Friday, Nov. 1 a vehicle crashed into the Dollar Store at the Meadow Lake Mall damaging the door and counter area. Store workers said no one was injured, but did indicate the driver was shaken. The incident...

The adult sentence handed down to the La Loche school shooter has been upheld by the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal. The shooter – who last May was sentenced as an adult and given life in prison with no chance for...

by Phil Ambroziak Tragedy struck Meadow Lake and Saskatchewan’s northwest last weekend when three people – including a local EMS worker and two children – were killed in a motor vehicle collision south of Beauval. On Oct. 25 around 5 p.m.,...

by Phil Ambroziak As far as they’re concerned, the Bernard family has made history. Jerry Bernard, the husband of Waterhen Lake First Nation chief Carol Bernard, was recently elected chief of his home community, English River First Nation, following the band...

by Phil Ambroziak The King family of Meadow Lake has long been associated with the sport of hockey. However, this past weekend, Canadian Professional Chuckwagon Association (CPCA) driver DJ King, along with Chantal, and their children, Jacob and Drew, were...

by Phil Ambroziak Monday (Oct. 21) was a bittersweet night for Conservatives in Desnethé-Missinippi-Churchill River. While, as of press time, it was reported Justin Trudeau's Liberals will form a minority government after winning 156 seats to the Conservatives' 122 , this...

by Phil Ambroziak “I’ll break your bike in half!” That’s the warning Cole Bay resident Annie Bouvier has given her brother, Kenneth, if he insists on continuing to cycle to the community from his cabin located about two kilometres west. Recently,...

by Phil Ambroziak At 96 years of age, Meadow Lake’s Wilf Morgenstern has never lost his love for music. In fact, Morgenstern still regularly performs not only in his home community, but at other venues throughout the Northwest. “Without music it would...