NWRC receives millions in funding for student housing    
Posted 6 days ago
A major student housing project for the North West School Division can now go ahead, as federal and provincial funding was announced this past week. [more]

Newcomers receive warm welcome     
Posted 6 days ago
Some of Meadow Lake's new faces gathered at the Meadow Lake Royal Canadian Legion Branch on March 1 for a meet and greet with public officials. [more]

Lessons learned from a world away     
Posted 6 days ago
They went there to volunteer, and they came back with life-altering memories. Fourteen Carpenter High School students and five adult chaperones travelled halfway around the world last month, not for a vacation, but to volunteer and work in orphanages. [more]

Saskatchewan Farmer's Market convenes in Meadow Lake    
Posted 6 days ago
Horticulturists, food growers, craftspeople and artisans descended on Meadow Lake's Catholic Hall for the Saskatchewan Farmer's Market (SFM)'s Annual Meeting and Seminar on February 26 and 27. [more]

Bantam Stamps keep winning    
Posted 6 days ago
The Bantam Stampeders have been Meadow Lake's most successful minor hockey team this season. They won all 18 of their regular season matches, and have looked strong in the playoffs so far. The team picked up series wins over Bonnyville in their NEAHL playoff bracket, and Delisle at provincials. [more]

Volunteer shortage puts soccer season in jeopardy    
Updated 6 days ago
The President of the Meadow Lake and Area Youth Soccer Association is worried that Meadow Lake's 400 or so youth soccer players may be without a league to play in this year. Leslie Rolfe said that the association's board of directors currently has some distressing vacancies. [more]

CHS Spartans split pair of tune-up games    
Posted 6 days ago
Coming off of two weeks of inactivity, the Carpenter boys basketball team played two matches with their strongest rivals on February 26 and 27. Game one, played on Friday night was against Prince Albert St. [more]

Jonas bball teams end season with more wins   
Posted 6 days ago
Both Jonas Samson Junior High senior basketball teams played at districts in late February, where they continued to blow away the competition. The senior boys Stingers were at Bishop Lloyd in Lloydminster on Thursday, February 25 for their tournament. [more]

AA Stamps look to recoup for league playoffs   
Posted 6 days ago
On the heels of their elimination from the provincials, Meadow Lake's Midget AA Stampeders headed out on a northeast road trip to finish their regular season. The trip didn't go quite as they might have hoped. [more]

NWSD well-represented at high school curling provincials   
Posted 6 days ago
Meadow Lake and area will be well represented at this year's high school provincial curling championship. The district playoffs were held in Lloydminster on February 23-24, and Carpenter's boys team skipped by Cody Briscoe, and its mixed team, skipped by Jennifer Heddon both qualified. [more]

Area siblings take to the road for summer hockey    
Posted 6 days ago
Delaney and Roddy Ross will continue playing hockey this summer, after an already busy season. The siblings from Meadow Lake are very involved in Meadow Lake Minor Hockey during the winter months, but in the summer they travel so they can keep playing. [more]

Full results of Jean Norman 2010 skate    
Posted 6 days ago
Jean Norman 2010: Prince Albert, February 26-28. [more]

Change is not a scary thing    
Posted 6 days ago
Meadow Lake has seen a lot of change over the last several years, and that does not seem to be slowing down any time soon. [more]

Big dreams and baby steps   
Posted 6 days ago
First Nations in Canada have big dreams and a lot of potential to contribute to the regions we call home. We want to be partners in all sorts of major developments and community projects so that our shared home is prosperous. [more]