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Lakeland Library Region seeing positive numbers for online use

Lakeland Library Region is seeing a healthy uptick in numbers for its online services and digital resource use while the library's branches remain closed to the public during the province's COVID-19 r...

May 07, 2020 The North Battleford Public Library is one of a number of branches in the Lakeland Library Region. (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)

NBCHS Come Together first decade reunion moved to next year

For Patty Francescone who graduated North Battleford Comprehensive High School (NBCHS) in 1981, the days of her youth were a time for forming friendships and achieving new goals. She will join hundred...

May 07, 2020 Co-chairperson Bob Coates shown outside NBCHS. The Come Together NBCHS first decade reunion is now planned for July 30 to 31, 2021. (Submitted photo/Bob Coates)

Provincial COVID-19 total at 531, 19 new cases in northern half of Saskatchewan

All of the 19 new cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan are in the province's northern half, with 12 in the La Loche area outbreak.The new confirmed cases brings the provincial total to 531. Of that numbe...

May 07, 2020 Saskatchewan's Chief Medical Health Officer, Dr. Saqib Shahab. (Evan Radford/980)

MS Walk will be virtual this year

The Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Walk will still happen this year, albeit in a virtual capacity.According to a media release from the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada, May marks MS Awareness Month, and...

May 07, 2020 This photo is from a MS Walk in Prince Albert from 2013. (File photo/paNOW Staff)

Local MLA says province will 'proceed cautiously' on phased re-open plan

With the number of new cases of COVID-19 continuing to rise in the northern parts of the province, local MLA Herb Cox said the Saskatchewan government is doing what it can to prevent the virus from sp...

May 07, 2020 Battlefords MLA Herb Cox. (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)

Mayor reminds residents to follow street cleaning rules

North Battleford Mayor Ryan Bater is reiterating his message from a week ago for residents to move their vehicles during restricted parking periods to avoid getting a ticket.The city initially avoided...

May 07, 2020 Mayor Ryan Bater is reminding North Battleford residents tickets will be handed out if cars are left curbside during parking restrictions for street cleaning. (Josh Ryan/battlefordsNOW Staff)

Saskatchewan wildfires expected to be 'fairly active this year'

While the wildfire season is off to a slow start in the province, it could soon heat up.A spokesperson with Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency is warning the conditions for the next two months are prim...

May 07, 2020 (File photo/Government of Saskatchewan)

Feds to partly cover 'top ups' for front-line workers on minimum wage

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government, provinces and territories will spend $4 billion to increase the wages of essential workers in the COVID-19 pandemic. He says th...

May 07, 2020

Personal services prepare for second phase of Re-Open Sask. plan

This week marked the beginning of Saskatchewan's reopening process, but many business owners have their sights set on May 19.Phase two involves a broader partial open, which includes retail stores and...

May 06, 2020 Personal services, such as salons, are getting ready for a potential open May 19th. (Josh Ryan/battlefordsNOW Staff)

Northern fishers seek aid as COVID-19 shuts down market

The fishing industry across northern Saskatchewan is facing an uncertain year because of COVID-19. With restaurants closed there are no orders of their product coming in, hundreds of livelihoods are i...

May 06, 2020