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Government announces additional support program for small businesses
Saskatchewan small businesses will be receiving additional financial support from the provincial government.The government is implementing a $50 million program through the Saskatchewan Small Business...
Apr 09, 2020 (Ian Gustafson/paNOW Staff)

BARWA Landfill to resume regular hours
Residents in the Nipawin area will be able to use the Boreal Area Regional Waste Authority (BARWA) Landfill in time before Easter Sunday.BARWA - a waste disposal partnership between the Town of Nipawi...
Apr 09, 2020 (submitted photo/Boreal Area Regional Waste Authority Inc.)

Quebec health-care workers going without protective equipment, union says
OTTAWA - A health-care union in Quebec says workers dealing with at-risk patients are going without protective equipment in some cases, sparking criticism of the national emergency stockpile. The Fede...
Apr 09, 2020

Local business sees change in requests amid outbreak
One Prince Albert business has seen a change in its orders now amidst the pandemic.Ben's Auto and House Glass is getting lots of requests for safety shields to protect people amid the COVID-19 outbrea...
Apr 09, 2020 Ben's Auto and Home Glass is seeing lots of orders for COVID shields. (Facebook/Ben's Auto and House Glass)

Hamilton's 2030 Commonwealth Games bid leaders mull flip to 2026
Hamilton has a choice between poetry and a slam dunk. Canada's candidate city for the 2030 Commonwealth Games has been asked to consider a bid for 2026 instead because of a global dearth of citie...
Apr 09, 2020

SHA explains COVID-19 planning for the North
The SHA is providing more details about the coordinated provincial response to manage COVID-19 in Northern Saskatchewan. Yesterday the province released information on plans to create dedicated spaces...
Apr 09, 2020 Hospitals for non-COVID patients only are shown in blue, hospitals for mixed patients are shown in black. (Presentation/SHA)

CJNB to broadcast Easter service Sunday morning
Members of religious communities will have some options to participate in Easter celebrations despite COVID-19.The Battlefords Ministerial Association is providing CJNB with content to broadcast a Sun...
Apr 09, 2020 CJNB will air an Easter service this Sunday, starting at 11 AM. (Josh Ryan/battlefordsNOW Staff)

Union requests better distancing practices and more testing at provincial correctional centres
As of Thursday there have been six confirmed cases of COVID-19 at the province's correctional centres, all traced back to staff members. No inmates have been infected.According to a statement from the...
Apr 09, 2020 (File photo/paNOW Staff)

Climate, clean tech could take centre stage in federal economic recovery plans
OTTAWA - The federal government is quietly looking at longer-term recovery plans from the COVID-19 crisis even as its focus remains squarely on getting more than $100 billion in emergency economic&nbs...
Apr 09, 2020

Baseball Sask. “strategically planning” upcoming season with multiple models of shortened seasons
There's still a lot up in the air in terms of baseball in Saskatchewan this summer.Baseball Saskatchewan, the governing body for the sport in the province, continues to update its website with the lat...
Apr 09, 2020 There's still a lot up in the air for the 2020 baseball season in Saskatchewan. (Twitter/Baseball Sask)