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'We will be there when you need us to be': police chief
For the general public, social distancing is an inconvenience but for members of the Prince Albert Police Service, person-to-person contact is unavoidable and a daily occurrence.Chief Jon Bergen told ...
Mar 20, 2020 (Nigel Maxwell/ paNOW Staff)
'Very, very excited': NCHCF on news of CT scanner for Melfort
The chair of the North Central Health Care Foundation (NCHCF) is thrilled the provincial government will fund a new CT Scanner in Melfort.In the government's expense budget announcement on Wednesday, ...
Mar 20, 2020 (File photo/northeastNOW Staff)
P.A. chamber creates special business list amid COVID-19 pandemic
Amid the ever-changing landscape for businesses due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Prince Albert and District Chamber of Commerce has put out a special page on its website.It offers a list which identi...
Mar 20, 2020 (file photo/paNOW Staff)
US home sales jumped to 13-year high before viral outbreak
WASHINGTON - U.S. home sales jumped in February to their highest level in 13 years, a trend that will almost certainly be reversed as people stop showing their property out of fear of infection in the...
Mar 20, 2020
Fond du Lac travel ban in place, band members to receive financial assistance
A request for emergency funding by Fond du Lac Denesuline First Nation Chief Louie Mercredi has been approved by trustees of the Treaty 8 Benefits Trust. A letter written to the band members from the ...
Mar 20, 2020 The travel ban went into effect today. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)
Two accused in Tiki Laverdiere homicide investigation back in court
The cases for two of the eight individuals facing charges in connection to the death of Tiki Brook-Lyn Laverdiere were back in North Battleford provincial court Friday. Danita Thomas was given permiss...
Mar 20, 2020 Edmonton woman Tiki Laverdiere, 25, was last seen in North Battleford before her remains were discovered outside the city in July of last year. (Supplied photo/Battlefords RCMP)
Fed to boost lending to $1 trillion a day to ease credit
WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve moved with unprecedented force and speed Friday to pump huge amounts of cash into the financial system to ease disruptions that have escalated since the viral outbreak...
Mar 20, 2020
Netflix establishes $100 million virus relief fund
LOS ANGELES - Netflix said Friday it is establishing a $100 million relief fund for workers in the worldwide creative community affected by the coronavirus-caused halt of most film and television prod...
Mar 20, 2020
Free online martial arts classes open to all children in northern Saskatchewan
Free online martial arts classes are available to all interested children in northern Saskatchewan.That's according to La Ronge-based Ninja Kids sensei Chris de Feijter, who has operated his Nihon Jju...
Mar 20, 2020 Ninja Kids has operated in La Ronge for five years. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)
Service providers facing high demand during pandemic
Solving internet issues is already a weekly priority, but for Battlefords residents stuck at home during the COVID-19 pandemic, being able to use the worldwide web is even more important. As a result,...
Mar 20, 2020 Internet providers are working to meet increased calls and requests from customers isolated due to COVID-19. (file photo/paNOW Staff)