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Politicians ask public to work from home, but are they taking their own advice?
Canada's politicians have been urging the public to work from home during the COVID-19 crisis, but a look at federal and provincial leaders suggests not all of them are following their own a...
Apr 08, 2020
Calgary woman who died of COVID-19 was expecting 2020 to be best year: husband
CALGARY - A Calgary man whose wife died of COVID-19 last month says the two of them were expecting 2020 to be the best year of their lives. But things changed quickly in mid-March when Deb Diemer...
Apr 08, 2020
Local teacher continues with project despite closing of schools
A teacher at Wesmor Public High School is not letting COVID-19 stop a school project.Colette Daelick, who also acts as a facilitator for Following their Voices, is currently caring for a number of tob...
Apr 08, 2020 Colette Daelick is taking care of several tobacco plants at home. (Facebook/Wesmor Public High School)
Demographic data 'essential' to track impacts of COVID-19: researchers
OTTAWA - Researchers are calling for more detailed data on who is getting and dying from COVID-19, to find out if specific minority or socioeconomic groups are unduly impacted. The Unit...
Apr 08, 2020
Sturgeon Lake approves use of curfew and check stops, to combat COVID-19
In recent weeks, a number of First Nations across the province have restricted access to communities to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. Starting Friday, there will be check points at the two main...
Apr 08, 2020 (File photo/paNOW Staff)
Provincial COVID-19 totals at 271 with 103 recovered
The province's North has three more COVID-19 cases, bringing the region's total to 51, while there are four cases in the Far North region. On Wednesday, April 8, the province announced there are 11 ne...
Apr 08, 2020 Saskatchewan Chief Medical Health Officer Dr. Saqib Shahab. (Lisa Schick/CKOM News Staff)
Plans continue in NESD for supplemental learning during pandemic
School divisions from across the province continue to prepare for a new way to educate students.The COVID-19 pandemic has forced divisions to implement supplemental learning procedures, which can incl...
Apr 08, 2020 (Cam Lee/northeastNOW Staff)
La Ronge man taken by COVID-19 remembered as great father, outdoorsman
Ron Mackay's family doesn't want him to be remembered for the way he was taken from this world, but for the way he lived in it and the way he loved it.The 85-year-old former owner of Red's Camps in La...
Apr 08, 2020 Ron Mackay is pictured here at Red's Camps in La Ronge, Sask. (Lisa Saelhof/Submitted)
Lafrenière tops list of NHL draft-eligible prospects
Alexis Lafrenire, as expected, maintained the top spot in the NHL Central Scouting Bureau's final ranking of draft-eligible prospects released Wednesday. What remains uncertain for the 18-year-old Rim...
Apr 08, 2020
NHLers reflect on league pause: 'All of a sudden someone turns the car off'
Josh Morrissey figures he has more close friends on the Edmonton Oilers than any other rival NHL team. It led to some unusual heat-of-the-moment conversations for the Winnipeg defenceman the...
Apr 08, 2020