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North Battleford planning committee approves updated pandemic plan
As an effort to stay in front of the COVID-19 situation, North Battleford's planning committee vetted and approved an updated pandemic plan. "We have been working on this for a while. It is a joint pl...
Apr 21, 2020 North Battleford's planning committee approves updated pandemic plan (file photo/battlefordsNOW staff)
Biggest sale of the year for local auction company
Bruce Schapansky Auctioneers at Tisdale are preparing for their biggest auction of the year.COVID-19 has changed how business is conducted but the auction will go ahead with a slightly different forma...
Apr 21, 2020 (Facebook/Bruce Schapansky Auctioneers)
Battleford planning two construction projects
Priority streets needing work in Battleford won't be getting any less attention during the COVID-19 situation.Two projects that remain in the top of the list for this summer are Second Avenue sidewalk...
Apr 21, 2020 Coun. Judy Pruden during Battleford's livestream council meeting Monday. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff)
MP Gary Vidal calls on Feds for clear wage subsidy wording to include limited-liability Indigenous businesses
Gary Vidal, MP for Desneth Missinippi-Churchill River, is asking the federal minister responsible to include limited partnership businesses in the Canada's Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS) program for li...
Apr 21, 2020 (Nicole Reis/meadowlakeNOW Staff)
Four new COVID-19 cases brings provincial total to 320
As of today, April 21, the province has four new cases of COVID-19, two of which are from the Far North. The provincial total now stands at 320. Of those cases, 64 are considered active. The provincia...
Apr 21, 2020 (Canadian Press)
Slight drop in calls for service to La Ronge RCMP since beginning of March
La Ronge RCMP are experiencing a slight drop in calls for service since March 1 compared to the same time last year. That's according to Acting-Staff Sgt. Josh Hallett, who said the numbers reflect th...
Apr 21, 2020 RCMP are still receiving calls about residents not obeying public health orders. (file photo/paNOW Staff)
Mourners struggle to grieve N.S. mass-murder victims during pandemic
The death toll from a massacre that stretched across rural Nova Scotia last weekend was still being counted Tuesday as families grappled with another uncertainty: how to mourn during a pandemic t...
Apr 21, 2020
COVID-19 latest hurdle in Canada's long road to buying new fighter jets
OTTAWA - The COVID-19 pandemic is presenting another challenge to Canada's long-running and tumultuous effort to buy new fighter jets. The federal government last summer launched a long-awaited compet...
Apr 21, 2020
After cancelled drive-in church service, legal opinions, health authority reverses decision
When the Nipawin Apostolic Church planned a drive-in service for Easter Sunday, the government quickly recommended the event not happen. But now after some discussion and legal opinions, the Saskatche...
Apr 21, 2020 Centennial Arena in Nipawin was set to be the site of the Easter Sunday drive-in service hosted by the Nipawin Apostolic Church. (Facebook/Chad Jeremy Glascock)
Fans invited to compete for 'Friends' reunion special spot
NEW YORK - The big upcoming "Friends" reunion special is inviting a few extra friends - maybe even you. Castmembers of the popular show have announced that five fans will get a chance to watch the reu...
Apr 21, 2020