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Pregnant cow moose slaughtered on private lands
Meadow Lake conservation officers are seeking public assistance in identifying those responsible for the death of a pregnant cow moose. Officers were notified of a cow moose that was shot on private l...
Apr 08, 2020 (Submitted photo/SaskTip)
Church prepares for different kinds of celebrations
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Prince Albert is ready to carry on with Easter services amid the COVID-19 outbreak.People looking to take in Easter mass will be able to watch services via a live stream ...
Apr 08, 2020 Bishop Albert Thévenot will be doing Easter services over a live stream. (Submitted Photo/Roman Catholic Diocese of Prince Albert)
'She said she was five months pregnant': Candle Lake man comes to aid of rollover victim
Robin Humm commutes from Candle Lake to Saskatoon for work everyday, but Wednesday's morning drive was anything but routine.The recent snowfall has left roads icy and near Neuanlage, roughly 40 km nor...
Apr 08, 2020 (Facebook/ Robin Humm)
Vermette undecided if checkpoints needed in La Ronge
Cumberland NDP MLA Doyle Vermette is undecided on whether or not checkpoints to assess traffic would be appropriate in La Ronge. "I'm not saying I'm against it or totally for it, I'm saying let's find...
Apr 08, 2020 NDP MLA Doyle Vermette wants more information about checkpoints before reaching a decision. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)
Senators head coach D.J. Smith on California road trip: 'The fear hadn't set in'
D.J. Smith noticed something when his Ottawa Senators arrived in northern California last month. There weren't many people around. "At that point, no one knew what we know now," the team's r...
Apr 08, 2020
More COVID-19 aid, PPE needed for First Nations and Metis, leaders say
OTTAWA - First Nations and Metis leaders say they need more from Ottawa to combat COVID-19 in their communities, including money, assistance with security and help acquiring protec...
Apr 08, 2020
N.W.T. creates enforcement squad for public health orders around COVID-19
YELLOWKNIFE - The Northwest Territories is creating a squad of public health officers to enforce orders around the COVID-19 epidemic. N.W.T.'s chief medical officer of health Dr. Kami Kandol...
Apr 08, 2020
Eleanor, the golden bread winner
A local 79-year-old woman is doing her part in preventing anyone from going hungry in Prince Albert.Eleanor Land is baking bread for a non-profit organization in Prince Albert called Community Cares K...
Apr 08, 2020 Eleanor Land stands by her bread makers. (submitted photo/Eleanor Land)
Mother-daughter duo in La Ronge sewing masks to prevent virus transmission
A mother-daughter duo from La Ronge have put their sewing skills to work making face masks for essential workers and the general public. Anne-Marie Jakeway and her mother Joan Kidd began making the ma...
Apr 08, 2020 Anne-Marie Jakeway, seen here, has made about 100 masks so far with assistance from Joan Kidd. (submitted photo/Anne-Marie Jakeway)
Canada won't tip hand on possibility of import tariffs on Saudi oil
OTTAWA - Canada's energy minister will speak to his U.S. and Mexican counterparts Thursday in a bid to generate a common front ahead of talks by the world's biggest economies aimed at ending the ...
Apr 08, 2020