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SIGA donates over a thousand pounds of food to North Battleford Food Bank

The Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority shuttered its properties last week in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. North Battleford's Gold Eagle Casino, along with Northern Lights Casino in Prince Albe...

Mar 23, 2020 Gold Eagle Casino donated over 1,000 pounds of food to the local food bank. (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19): For travellers without symptoms returning to Canada

While outside of Canada, you may have come in contact with the virus that causes COVID-19For the next 14 days:self-isolate (stay home and keep your distance from others);do not have visitors, especial...

Mar 23, 2020

BATC Services Continue Despite Buildings Being Closed

Please be advised that ALL BATC services continue. Buildings are closed to the public but staff are ensuring there are NO disruptions to our services. We will continue to have daily conference calls w...

Mar 23, 2020

Government Clarifies Discrepancy Between Provincial, Municipal COVID-19 Orders

Released on March 22, 2020The Government of Saskatchewan today clarified that in the case of any discrepancy between an emergency order issued by the province and one issued by a municipal government,...

Mar 23, 2020

Socially Responsible Block Party

If YOU have photos and stories to share on how you are coping with COVID-19 isolation - have suggestions or activities or websites to share - let us know at karen.cay@jpbg.ca. Remember everyone is to ...

Mar 23, 2020

The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada

The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern): --- 9:05 Anyone who ignores Vancouver's state of local emergency declaration could receive a ticket and stiff fine if cit...

Mar 23, 2020 (The Canadian Press)

COVID-19 rules to come from province, not municipalities

To eliminate confusion and maintain a consistent message, all emergency orders surrounding COVID-19 will come from the province, not municipalities, the province said in a news release Sunday. The cla...

Mar 22, 2020 Drawing the line: many store floors now have lines on them to guide customers regarding social distancing. But the province is drawing a bigger red line regarding the new laws mandating the enforcement of 14-day self-isolation. (Glenn Hicks/paNOW Staff)

Saskatchewan sees eight new cases of COVID-19

Saskatchewan reported eight new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Sunday afternoon.The total number of cases in the province is now at 52, with 33 confirmed according to a provincial government news rele...

Mar 22, 2020 Health Minister Jim Reiter (l-r), Premier Scott Moe and Dr. Saqib Shahab brief the media about the province's fight against COVID-19 earlier this week.(Adriana Christianson/980 CJME)

North Stars’ 20-year-olds reflect on Junior career (continued): Part 2

This is Part 2/2 of a series on battlefordsNOW, reflecting on the Junior hockey careers of the seven North Stars' 20-year-olds. To read Part 1, click here.With the conclusion of the 2019-20 season, th...

Mar 22, 2020 The North Stars’ 20-year-olds pose for a picture March 13. Pictured left to right: Seth Summers, Ben Hiltz, Matthias Urbanski, Rylan Nivon, Dylan McCabe, Elijah Loon-Stewardson, Matthew Fletcher. (Submitted photo/Jennifer Whyte)

Rosthern doctor who tested positive for COVID-19 saw 15 patients

On Saturday, it was announced that the Rosthern Medical Clinic and the town's hospital are being shut down due to one of their doctors contracting COVID-19.In a post on the medical clinic's Facebook p...

Mar 22, 2020 Rosthern Doctor, Jess Melle, and his wife contracted COVID-19 from a recent trip to Alberta, leading to the closure of the town's medical clinic (seen here) and hospital. (Rosthern Medical Clinic/ Facebook)