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NITHA announces end of Flying Dust COVID-19 outbreak; vaccinations to begin next week
The Northern Inter-Tribal Health Authority (NITHA) has declared an end to the COVID-19 outbreak announced on December 12 for the Flying Dust Health-Administration Centre. NITHA Medical Health Officer ...
Jan 08, 2021

Raptors guard Kyle Lowry to sit out against Sacramento for "personal reasons"
Toronto Raptors guard Kyle Lowry will sit out Friday night against the Sacramento Kings, with the team citing "personal reasons" on the pre-game injury report. The six-time all-star has started all se...
Jan 08, 2021

NHL notebook: Jets' Heinola ready to play; Leafs' Andersen focused on task at hand
After helping Finland capture bronze at the world junior hockey championship this week in Edmonton, Ville Heinola was ready for a bit of a break. An entire week off from hockey wasn't quite what he ha...
Jan 08, 2021

‘Talk to us, don't steal’: Tisdale Salvation Army broken into
The Tisdale Salvation Army is asking for the public's assistance following a string of break-ins to its drop-off shed.Captain Rick Robins from the Melfort and Tisdale Salvation Army told northeastNOW ...
Jan 08, 2021

Several warrants out for Big River FN man's arrest, Big River RCMP asking for public's help
UPDATE: RCMP reported March 5, Ryan Lachance was arrested without incident by Big River RCMP on March 4 and will appear in Prince Albert Provincial Court on March 8 at 9:30 am. --Big River RCMP are as...
Jan 08, 2021

New West Wind Aviation CEO incoming as company stabilizes
With vaccines beginning to become available to Saskatchewan residents, West Wind Aviation CEO Stephen Smith is hopeful air traffic should be back to normal by October. "At that point, we expect to see...
Jan 08, 2021

'It was not a holiday': Prince Albert MLA and former cabinet minister sets the record straight about trip to California
Fresh off a 30-hour drive from Palm Springs, California to his home in Prince Albert, MLA and now former Minister of Highways Joe Hargrave, provided his first media interview to paNOW, to respond to s...
Jan 08, 2021

President of the Municipalities of Sask. travelled internationally, P.A. mayor calls for his resignation
The Municipalities of Saskatchewan Board of Director's have publicly expressed their disappointment in President Gordon Barnhart's decision to travel internationally during the COVID-19 pandemic.Mayor...
Jan 08, 2021

Whale families bring along calf on return trip to traditional feeding grounds in B.C.
ALERT BAY, B.C. - Two northern resident killer whale families brought along a baby as they returned for the first time in 20 years to their traditional winter foraging grounds in British Columbia wate...
Jan 08, 2021

State lawmaker charged after entering Capitol with rioters
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Republican West Virginia state lawmaker has been federally charged for entering a restricted area of the U.S. Capitol after he livestreamed himself rushing into the building with...
Jan 08, 2021