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Local distiller switches to manufacturing hand sanitizer during COVID-19 pandemic

A local distillery has shifted gears from spirits to sanitizer.Great Gido's Home Brew, southwest of Wakaw, is now making hand sanitizer due to the growing COVID-19-based demand."When this [pandemic] h...

Apr 20, 2020 Great Gido's Home Brew is now making hand sanitizer during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Cam Lee/northeastNOW Staff)

La Loche community under curfew, no new cases

The northern village of La Loche and Clearwater River Dene Nation are under a curfew after health officials declared a COVID-19 outbreak in the community last week. Mayor Robert St. Pierre told meadow...

Apr 20, 2020 (file photo/Canadian Press)

Thunderchild cannabis production facility mainly complete, awaiting licence

The construction of the new cannabis production facility known as Thunderchild Cultivation, located off Highway 16 on the outskirts of Battleford, is now for the most part complete.The facility is cur...

Apr 20, 2020 Thunderchild Cultivation, located in Battleford off Highway 16, is currently awaiting its licence from Health Canada before it can plan to start operations later this year. (submitted photo/Adam Coates)

Battlefords Humane Society relying on fundraiser, foster homes during pandemic

After adjusting the adoption process for shelter animals, staff are looking at more creative ways to help animals find their forever homes. The Battlefords Humane Society is moving forward today with ...

Apr 20, 2020 ID 56040092 © Konstantin Tavrov | Dreamstime.com

Toddler battling leukemia in Saskatoon hospital

Krista Sanderson is thankful for all the support she's received since her two-year-old daughter Ariannah was diagnosed with leukemia about a week ago. It was March 19 when Sanderson first became conce...

Apr 20, 2020 Two-year-old Ariannah Sanderson is battling cancer in Saskatoon. (GoFundMe)

Highs and lows in March for P.A. Police Service

The month of March was very busy for the Prince Albert Police Service, responding to over 3,200 calls for service. This represented a three per cent increase from the same month in 2019.Among the spec...

Apr 20, 2020 (File photo/paNOW Staff)

City crews refocus efforts as temperatures climb

The City of Prince Albert is shifting the focus of its operations.Mohammad Kraishan, operations manager for the city of P.A., said as temperatures warm up staff are focusing on making sure important i...

Apr 20, 2020 The City of Prince Albert will start sweeping as soon weather permits. (Glenn Hicks/paNOW Staff)

Provincial COVID-19 total at 316 with 74 active cases

As of today, April 20, the province has one new case of COVID-19. That brings the provincial total to 316 reported cases. As the government released the latest figures it stressed the arrival of warm ...

Apr 20, 2020 Saskatchewan's chief medical health officer, Dr. Saqib Shahab. (Evan Radford/980 CJME)

Local support services face challenges with online transition

A majority of the programs at Positively Parenting are offered face-to-face, but during the current pandemic situation, the non-profit social service was faced with to moving online quickly to adapt t...

Apr 20, 2020 (submitted photo/Positively Parenting)

Back alley public survey and petition to be discussed today

The city of Prince Albert's contentious Alley Bylaw is up for discussion again at a council meeting later today. The curfew between midnight and 6 a.m. is being proposed as a way of combatting crime a...

Apr 20, 2020 (Alison Sandstrom/paNOW Staff)