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Closed casino supports P.A. Food Bank

The Prince Albert Food Bank has seen an increase in traffic amidst the COVID-19 outbreak.The organization's executive director Kim Scruby said local organizers have reached out to help. Because of the...

Mar 20, 2020 Northern Lights Casino made a donation to the food bank last month. (Facebook/P.A. Food Bank)

Council to discuss exemptions to proposed back alley curfew

UPDATE: As of late Friday afternoon, the public portion of city council's Monday Executive Committee meeting had been cancelled. It was not immediatly clear when discussion on the proposed bylaw and o...

Mar 20, 2020 Under the proposed bylaw access to alleys in the city like this one in Midtown would be closed to pedestrians and vehicles between the hours of 12 a.m. and 6 a.m. with some exemptions. (Nigel Maxwell/paNOW Staff)

Prince Albert stops issuing parking tickets in regular downtown stalls

Amid social distancing recommendations and the economic uncertainty brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, not a single customer entered Cody Demerais' Central Avenue business on Wednesday.A parking tic...

Mar 19, 2020 No parking tickets, except for handicap stall and fire lanes, will be issued in Prince Albert's downtown until the COVID-19 crisis is over. (file photo/paNOW Staff)

Battlefords restaurants feeling effects of COVID-19

Restaurateurs in the Battlefords already made operational changes prior to Saskatchewan's State of Emergency, which limits dinner gatherings to 50 people and calls for a distance of two metres or more...

Mar 19, 2020 Restaurants across the Battlefords are dealing with low attendance due to COVID-19 (Josh Ryan/battlefordsNOW Staff)

Melfort Dental Group only accepting emergency patients during COVID-19 pandemic

With COVID-19 concerns continuing to rise, businesses in the northeast are limiting services to consumers.The Melfort Dental Group is the most recent business to do so as they have announced they are ...

Mar 19, 2020 (Mat Barrett/northeastNOW Staff)

McPhail calls for reduced business hours, uniplex preparations as COVID-19 spreads

La Ronge Coun. Jordan McPhail didn't find support at a regular town council meeting Wednesday when he sought to change the hours of restaurants, liquor establishments and retail stores among other COV...

Mar 19, 2020 Coun. Jordan McPhail didn't find any support for the motion. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)

P.A. housing and hospital: budget reaction

Local builders say the partial tax break offered in the provincial budget isn't everything they were hoping for, but it will still be a shot in the arm for the ailing residential construction sector. ...

Mar 19, 2020 (The Canadian Press)

Northeast restaurant sector fears permanent shutdowns following province’s State of Emergency

"It was bound to happen... everybody's scared... the worst-case scenario."Some small-town, locally-owned restaurants and bars in Northeast Saskatchewan were already feeling the financial impact of COV...

Mar 19, 2020 The Dam Smokehouse (left) and The Spot (right) are some of the northeast restaurants that have closed their dining rooms and shifted their focus to take out and delivery during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Facebook/The Dam Smokehouse and Facebook/The Spot Restaurant and Lounge Tisdale).

Gyms closed until further notice

Battlefords area residents hoping to burn calories and reduce stress at the gym will have to find homemade solutions, after the Saskatchewan Government shut down all fitness centre's and gyms Wednesda...

'Best interest of everybody': Melfort gym and spa forced to close under provincial State of Emergency

With Saskatchewan being put under a State of Emergency on Wednesday, March 18, numerous businesses in the northeast have been forced to close due to the COVID-19 pandemic.Under the parameters of the S...

Mar 19, 2020 (Mat Barrett/northeastNOW Staff)