Saskatchewan

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)

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)

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)

Northern communities installing checkpoints, initiating local lockdowns

Residents of Pinehouse Lake and Pelican Narrows have both initiated checkpoints leading into their communities as a precaution against COVID-19.This afternoon Pinehouse Administrator Martine Smith ann...

Mar 23, 2020 This checkpoint has been set up outside Pinehouse Lake. (Pinehouse Lake, Saskatchewan/Facebook)

COVID-19 concerns prompt Cameco suspension

There has been another blow to the already beleaguered uranium mining sector in northern Saskatchewan with the announcement Cameco is temporarily suspending production at its Cigar Lake operation. The...

Mar 23, 2020 (Cameco.com)

Province creates team to help businesses get COVID-19 information

The provincial government is looking to help businesses make sense of things during the COVID-19 pandemic.The Government of Saskatchewan announced Monday that it has launched the Business Response Tea...

Mar 23, 2020 Minister Jeremy Harrison. (file photo/CJME News Staff)