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Province reveals flights that carried passengers who have tested positive for COVID-19

The Government of Saskatchewan is releasing information regarding flights that carried people who have tested positive for COVID-19.On Tuesday, the province released a list of 14 flights that have had...

Mar 25, 2020 (file photo/CKOM News Staff)

Battlefords Humane Society adjusting to COVID-19 changes

So far, staff members at the Battlefords Humane Society have managed amidst the threat of COVID-19, but challenging days remain for the animal shelter. More than 30 animals are still housed at the fac...

Mar 24, 2020 The Battlefords Humane Society is still offering adoptions for now, but staff are uncertain over what happens next. (File photo/BattlefordsNOW Staff)

LLRIB Director of Education apologizes for now-deleted Facebook post

"Any teacher not preparing to teach online and creating digital tools is basically resigning."That's how Lac La Ronge Indian Band Director of Education Simon Bird started a recently deleted Facebook p...

Mar 24, 2020 Simon Bird is the director of education of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band. (Simon Bird/Facebook)

North Battleford's city and school playgrounds closed due to COVID-19

All of the city's outdoor playgrounds, as well as school playgrounds are now closed due to COVID-19 concerns.The City of North Battleford is asking residents to continue to practice social distancing ...

Mar 24, 2020 City and school playgrounds are now closed in North Battleford due to the COVID-19 situation. (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)

'We will get through this together': local NDP candidate

Battlefords NDP candidate Amber Stewart is encouraging people to take things day by day during the COVID-19 pandemic. "I just want to stress that people need to stay home and don't go out unless you h...

Mar 24, 2020 Left to right, Battlefords and Area Sexual Assault Centre staff Karie Gongora, Kayla Vany, Amber Stewart (Executive Director) and Melissa Kainberger shown volunteering at the Food Bank. (submitted photo/Amber Stewart)

SHA planning for field hospitals to cope with extent of COVID-19

It's suggested COVID-19 will affect 30 per cent of the province, and the government is reviewing whether community rinks, arenas and school gyms could serve as field hospitals to meet the growing need...

Mar 24, 2020 Prince Albert Victoria Hospital. (file photo/paNOW Staff)

Mayor Ryan Bater preaches importance of social distancing

As the COVID-19 situation continues to grow across the country, the issue of social distancing becomes more and more important. In their daily press briefings, the Government of Canada continues to re...

Mar 24, 2020 Mayor Ryan Bater is practicing social distancing. (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)

Saskatchewan health officials preparing for thousands to die: document

REGINA - The spread of COVID-19 could exceed the Saskatchewan Health Authority's capacity for acute services and amount to a death toll in the thousands, says a document.Some estimates for infections ...

Mar 24, 2020

Saskatchewan's COVID-19 case count at 72

As of Tuesday, March 24, the province confirmed six more cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan, bringing the total to 72 reported cases. Two of those cases are individuals 19 years of age and under and 59...

Mar 24, 2020 Premier Scott Moe. (Lisa Schick/CKOM News Staff)

No extension for ice fishers to remove shacks

As the weather warms and the ice thins, the COVID-19 outbreak is not going to be an excuse to leave your ice-fishing shack on the ice. A Prince Albert Conservation Officer is reminding everyone all fi...

Mar 24, 2020 Ice-fishing shacks north of Highway 16 must be removed from lakes by March 31. (Ronald Quaroni/paNOW Staff)