Author Archives:
'Good news': Sask. Rivers director shares thoughts on potential child COVID vaccine
The progress being made on a COVID-19 vaccine for children is being called 'good news' by the director of education for Prince Albert's Saskatchewan Rivers Public School Division.Robert Bratvold spoke...
Oct 20, 2021
La Ronge, Prince Albert friendship centres benefit from Co-op orange button campaign
Lake Country Co-op is donating more than $7,100 to La Ronge's Kikinahk Friendship Centre and the Prince Albert Indian Mtis Friendship Centre. Back in September, Lake Country Co-op held an orange butto...
Oct 20, 2021
Northeast residents can soon test for COVID-19 at home
Residents in Saskatchewan will soon be able to take rapid test kits home for voluntary asymptomatic COVID monitoring.The Government of Saskatchewan announced on Oct. 18 that COVID rapid tests would be...
Oct 20, 2021
'It is a struggle every day': The faces of Prince Albert's homeless community
While a plan to address the City of Prince Albert's homelessness issue remains in the works, a key voice missing from the discussion so far has been the one that represents the people who sleep on the...
Oct 20, 2021
Raiders get big Belarusian boosts ahead of weekend trip to Alberta
The Prince Albert Raiders have been a Belarusian hockey player factory since the 2017-18 season. Their recent success with players hailing from Belarus started when the Raiders picked up 'the Sniper o...
Oct 20, 2021
Battlefords crews deal with flipped semi
Motorists leaving the Battlefords via the Highway 16 West overpass today had an unusual sight from an accident the previous evening.Emergency and towing crews were on the scene of a semi sidelined whi...
Oct 20, 2021
Moosomin First Nation welcomes new mobile meat processing unit
A Battlefords area First Nation now has increased access to fresh wild game and meats by providing a new mobile meat processing unit for the community to use.Moosomin First Nation Chief Brad Swiftwolf...
Oct 20, 2021
Melfort's Liliidae Home and Design back wall gets face lift
The mural on the back wall of Liliidae home and design in Melfort has progressed nicely over the fall but there is still work to be done.Painting began in August for the design that was selected over ...
Oct 20, 2021
Man charged with break-and-enters
La Ronge RCMP have made an arrest after multiple break-ins in the tri-community within the last week. According to an RCMP media release, officers have been able to connect two break-and-enters to 35-...
Oct 20, 2021
Five reported deaths and 246 new COVID-19 cases announced today
As of Oct. 20, the provincial government announced another 246 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 184 among unvaccinated individuals and 76 cases in children under the age of 11.Five new death...
Oct 20, 2021