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Woman injured in snowmobile incident
Parkland Ambulance responded to a snowmobile incident over the weekend in the Anglin Lake area.According to Director of Public Affairs with Parkland Ambulance Lyle Karasiuk, paramedics cared for a 51-...
Apr 14, 2020 (submitted photo/ northeastNOW Staff)

Canadian international Janine Beckie signs new deal with Manchester City
Canadian international Janine Beckie has signed a two-year contract extension with Manchester City. The 25-year-old's current deal was to expire at the end of June. "My agent (Alan Naigeon) calle...
Apr 14, 2020

Oilers, Cave family announce new charity honouring forward Colby Cave
Edmonton Oilers chairman Bob Nicholson remembers Colby Cave as a tireless worker on the ice and in the community. Nicholson hopes to see the popular forward's impact carried on through the "...
Apr 14, 2020

Canadian Ashley Lawrence in France, looking for learnings during 'unique time'
At 24, Ashley Lawrence is the reigning Canada Soccer female player of the year - an influential fullback/midfielder who has already won 91 caps for her country. But the Paris Saint-Germain player has ...
Apr 14, 2020

Community donations help to fill the shelves at the Melfort Food Bank
The community has answered a plea for donations made by the Melfort Food Bank.Supplies were getting low as more families access the food bank while being out of work during the COVID-19 outbreak in Sa...
Apr 14, 2020 Cindy Quinton, owner of Cindy's Independent Grocer in Melfort presents $3,000 in gift cards to the Melfort Food Bank. (Facebook/Melfort Food Bank)

SHA to increase staff screening protocols for virus
Starting tomorrow, SHA will have increased screening and masking requirements for staff members entering health facilities across the province.Staff, physicians, learners, trainees, vendors and contra...
Apr 14, 2020 ID 106761742 © Vlad Salikhov | Dreamstime.com

Government enacts stricter quarantine measures for returnees to Canada
OTTAWA - Starting at midnight, the federal government says all people returning to Canada will have to check in to a hotel or other designated site unless they have an acceptable self-quarantine plan....
Apr 14, 2020

Sask Cyber Parks Trivia Tuesday
SaskCyberParks: Trivia TuesdayPut your knowledge of Moose Mountain Provincial Park to the test!Go to our Facebook page to start the quiz.#saskcyberparks
Apr 14, 2020

Trudeau promises $130M in COVID-19 aid for vulnerable northern communities
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government will spend $130 million to help northern communities maintain supply chains and shore up health and social service systems to withsta...
Apr 14, 2020

Canada-U.S. border restrictions won't be lifted any time soon, says Trudeau
WASHINGTON - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says travel restrictions along the Canada-U.S. border won't be eased any time soon. Trudeau says Canada is still very much in the control-and-contain phase o...
Apr 14, 2020