Vidal named federal candidate

by Phil Ambroziak Gary Vidal is one step closer to occupying a seat on Parliament Hill. Following a week of voting at various locations throughout the Desnethé-Missinippi-Churchill River riding including...

Funds raised, faces shaved

by Phil Ambroziak There are several fresh new faces at Jonas Samson Junior High in Meadow Lake. Well, perhaps not so many new ones, but certainly freshly shaven faces as the result of a recent Movember fu...

Event supports cancer patient

by Phil Ambroziak Meadow Lake’s reputation as a community that cares continues to hold true. Hundreds gathered at Gateway Elementary School Tuesday evening (Dec. 4) for a special fundraising event in supp...

Taxes up 2.4 per cent

by Phil Ambroziak Taxes are going up. During the regular meeting of Meadow Lake city council Nov. 26, city officials adopted the 2019 municipal budget which includes a 2.4 per cent increase in tax revenue...

Festival of Trees nets $100K

by Phil Ambroziak It will indeed be a very Merry Christmas for the Meadow Lake Hospital. While an exact total was unavailable by this week’s news deadline, Meadow Lake Hospital Foundation board chair Don ...

Home invasion in M.L.

On Monday, Nov. 26 at 4:15 p.m., the Meadow Lake RCMP responded to a call of a home invasion involving a firearm on the 600 block of 7th Avenue East in Meadow Lake. Nobody was injured during the incident. Me...

Elks mark 80 years

by Phil Ambroziak Eighty years of giving back to the community is something the Meadow Lake Elks can certainly be proud of. That was the general consensus of the small crowd in attendance for a special di...

Drug bust in Meadow Lake

Over the past year, the Meadow Lake RCMP and P.A. Integrated Street Enforcement Team (PAISET) has been investigating and identifying suspects involved with the flow of drugs in and around the Meadow and Green L...

Students create mural for RCMP

by Phil Ambroziak The Meadow Lake RCMP is using art to build relationships. Recently, a group of students from Carpenter High School’s visual arts class began work on a mural at the local RCMP detachment....

Councillor eyes 30 years in office

by Phil Ambroziak Russ Jones must be doing something right. Following the recent RM elections held throughout the province, the Division II councillor for Meadow Lake once again went unopposed to retain h...