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'We've dealt with challenges before': Learning opportunities available for northern students
Staff with the Northern Lights School Division are working every day and are presented with new problems they've never faced before.That's according to Director of Education Jason Young, who said admi...
Apr 07, 2020 Jason Young is the director of education for the Northern Lights School Division. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)

Nipawin Region Hospital Foundation raising money for video laryngoscope
The Nipawin Region Health Foundation (NRHF) is raising money for some important medical equipment.NRHF Executive Director Lewis Robin told northeastNOW they were approached by the facility administrat...
Apr 07, 2020 (File photo/northeastNOW Staff)

Coun. Dennis Nowoselsky discusses mayoral bid
A veteran city councillor has his eyes on the mayor's chair. Councillor Dennis Nowoselsky said he plans to officially launch his campaign in June, but confirmed he will run in a conversation with paNO...
Apr 07, 2020 Coun. Dennis Nowoselsky says he wants to bring more transparency and a team mentality to city government. (Alison Sandstrom/paNOW Staff)

Landlords working with renters on payment options
Weeks into the COVID-19 pandemic, businesses and property owners are ramping up their efforts to work with renters as they face the incoming challenge of late payments.Last week marked the due date of...
Apr 07, 2020 Tenants facing financial struggles as a result of COVID-19 will have a number of options from their landlords for rent payments moving forward. (Josh Ryan/battlefordsNOW Staff)

City of Melfort makes changes to Capital Budget
The City of Melfort has approved a bit of a change to their 2020 Capital Budget.At their regular meeting on Monday, held via video conference, Council approved to shuffle a couple of projects around i...
Apr 07, 2020 (File Photo/northeastNOW Staff)

Helping kids stay active at home
With mandatory self-isolation still in effect for households throughout the nation and a recent snowfall over the Battlefords, it can be easy to stay stagnant while cooped up at home. Superintendent o...
Apr 07, 2020 The best way to encourage children and youth to stay active at home is by getting involved in physical activity alongside them. (ID 177825575 © Sam Wordley | Dreamstime.com)

Players, managers intrigued by MLB's all-Arizona option
Boston's Chris Sale, out for the season following Tommy John surgery, thought about the prospect of his teammates sequestered in the Phoenix area for an extended period if Major League Baseball and it...
Apr 07, 2020

Friendship grows into a flour business
Erin Dancey and Sarah Stautman became friends through their shared love of agriculture, raising animals, growing food, and gardening.Their entrepreneurial spirit pushed them to start a business from t...
Apr 07, 2020 Sarah Strautman (left) and Erin Dancey are owners of Living Sky Farms. (Submitted photo/Erin Dancey)

Canada 'aggressively ordering' medical supplies in competitive global market
OTTAWA - As federal officials grease diplomatic wheels to ensure shipments of medical supplies make it to Canada, others are also working hard behind the scenes to navigate the increasi...
Apr 07, 2020

Doctors say governments should released as many inmates as possible amid COVID
VANCOUVER - Government medical professionals say Canada's jails and prisons don't meet with physical distancing guidelines for COVID-19 and they want as many inmates as possible to be releas...
Apr 07, 2020