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Hope and the Future: NCHCF takes positives from 2020, looking for more normalcy in 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic makes 2020 a year many may prefer to forget but there is hope for the future. We've decided to make that the focus of our series of end-of-year stories.Even outside of the curren...

Dec 24, 2020

Hope and the Future: NAR optimistic for future growth

The COVID-19 pandemic makes 2020 a year many may prefer to forget but there is hope for the future. We've decided to make that the focus of our series of end-of-year stories.Northern Animal Rescue (NA...

Dec 24, 2020

Royal LePage Hodgins Realty in Melfort makes generous community donations ahead of Christmas

Royal LePage Hodgins Realty got into the giving spirit leading up to Christmas.The Real Estate company in Melfort provided over $4000 to charities and organizations in the area in their 12 days of Chr...

Dec 24, 2020

Christmas recommendations from Northwest area JPBG staff

The COVID-19 pandemic makes 2020 a year many may prefer to forget. While we're not out of the woods yet, paNOW/battlefordsNOW/meadowlakeNOW/northeastNOW/farnmnewsNOW has chosen to produce our usual se...

Dec 24, 2020

Hope and the Future: SPCA looking forward to doing more fundraisers in the new year

The COVID-19 pandemic makes 2020 a year many may prefer to forget, but there is hope for the future. We've decided to make that the focus of our series of end-of-year stories.The Prince Albert SPCA vo...

Dec 24, 2020

Santa spotted in Prince Albert on Christmas Eve Eve

Nobody expected to see Santa standing at the corner of 15th Street and Sixth Avenue on a Wednesday afternoon in Prince Albert, but there he was, waving to cars and handing out candy canes from a safe ...

Dec 23, 2020

Most outdoor rinks in Prince Albert ready for shinny

After delays, most outdoor rinks in the City of Prince Albert are now operational. Free skating times - at both indoor and outdoor community club rinks - have also been announced.Outdoor rinks at Cres...

Dec 23, 2020

North Battleford ICU capacity increasing by December 31

North Battleford Saskatchewan Hospital will have the capacity to more than triple the number of beds for the Intensive Care Unit by December 31, should the need arise.The Saskatchewan Health Authority...

Dec 23, 2020

Empty Stocking Fund a success this Christmas

The Christmas season is a time for community, and a time for giving. The Battlefords District Food and Resource Centre Empty Stocking Fund wrapped up Wednesday, after distributing hampers to those in ...

Dec 23, 2020

Province records 159 new COVID-19 cases, five deaths

Five people diagnosed with COVID-19 have died in the province, marking a total of 130 deaths in Saskatchewan to date. Over half of those deaths have occurred this month.Two deaths in the 70-79 age gro...

Dec 23, 2020