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Nine new COVID-19 cases reported, La Loche liquor ban goes into effect
Nine new COVID-19 cases were confirmed in Saskatchewan on Saturday. Five of those are in the Far North region, three in the North and one in the Central portion of the province. Out of the 553 total c...
May 09, 2020
This Mother's Day could break SaskTel's usage records
Mother's Day is already the busiest day of the year for SaskTel, even in normal and non-pandemic times.But now in the middle of the COVID-19 crisis, this year's Mother's Day on Sunday could be the hig...
May 09, 2020
SHA provides update on Lloydminster Hospital
The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) provided an update on the cluster of COVID-19 cases in linked to Lloydminster Hospital.The current guidelines at Lloydminster Hospital from April 29 remain in p...
May 08, 2020
Lifting spirits at the Nokomis Health Centre
A once a week special visitor and an upcoming car parade are two of the ways spirits are being lifted for the residents at the Nokomis Health Centre.With many restrictions in place at long term health...
May 08, 2020
Roots of Hope suicide prevention program now offered in Meadow Lake
A new suicide prevention plan will coordinate activities to promote life and reduce risk factors related to suicide in the province. Rural and Remote Health Minister Warren Kaeding released Pillars fo...
May 08, 2020
Snowfall in the spring not unusual, but certainly not welcome
There were lots of eye-roll emoji's and 'seriously?' posts alongside pictures of snowfall on social media Friday.The white stuff began to accumulate early in the afternoon throughout the Prince Albert...
May 08, 2020
Non-profits to receive free awareness advertising campaign
Three non-profits in the Battlefords and one in Meadow Lake will receive support from the Jim Pattison Broadcast Group.The media conglomerate will provide an awareness advertising campaign to groups a...
May 08, 2020
Of 13 new COVID-19 cases in province, 12 are linked to La Loche
There are 13 new cases of COVID-19 in the province, 12 of which are linked to the La Loche outbreak. The other remaining case is in the province's North region. Of the 544 total cases across Saskatche...
May 08, 2020
Intentionally set grass fires on Sweetgrass First Nation
Intentionally set fires led to evacuations at a local First Nation on Thursday night.At approximately 10 p.m. on May 7, Battlefords RCMP were called to Sweetgrass First Nation for multiple calls of gr...
May 08, 2020
COVID-19 outbreak at Victoria Hospital declared over
The COVID-19 outbreak at the Prince Albert Victoria Hospital is now over according to the Saskatchewan Health Authority. The outbreak was initially declared on April 30 after an inpatient tested posit...
May 08, 2020 (File photo/paNOW Staff)