Community

Buy From Local Farmers Delivering to City

Easter is just about here and it will certainly be different from last year. Fortunately, we can still gather family together electronically and enjoy all the baking we have had time to do. The Prince...

Apr 08, 2020

CNC Community Updates

April 3 - Updates in this version are included under the following areas:FamilyEducation and TrainingYou may also access the directory and updates on the Directory Group Facebook Page. Please like and...

Apr 08, 2020

Mann Art Gallery presents the 9th Annual High School Juried Art Show

The 9th Annual High School Juried Art Show is moving to an online platform this year.Submissions will be taken up until May 1st and students can submit two pieces of art, in any medium, as long as it ...

Apr 08, 2020

Local Girl Helps Spread the Message

The Community Section is happy to celebrate what we are doing to stay safe, listen to the Stay Home message, and keep busy.This entry was submitted by a reader...."Shakiya Kadachuk, who is 12 years ol...

Apr 08, 2020

Métis Nation getting lots of calls for help

The phones have been ringing steady at the Mtis Nation of Saskatchewan Western Region Two offices in Prince Albert. The organization was given over $100,000 by the Mtis Nation-Saskatchewan (MN-S) to g...

Apr 07, 2020 Western Region Two is working assist citizens amid the COVID-19 outbreak. (Michael Joel-Hansen/paNOW Staff)

89-year-old Riders super fan in isolation ‘floored’ with birthday wishes

After being isolated for more than three weeks, lifelong Saskatchewan Roughriders fan Ethel Mongovius wasn't sure how her 89th birthday would go.But through the power of social media, her birthday on ...

Apr 07, 2020 Ethel Mongovius received quite the surprise on her 89th birthday, with an Upper Deck card tweeted out by the company on April 6, 2020. (Twitter/Upper Deck)

Advocate encourages support for organ donation campaign

Cheryl Olson owes her life to organ donation.If two individuals had not donated their organs before they died, she would not be alive today. "[Organ donation] has saved my life twice now," the North B...

Apr 07, 2020 Heart-transplant recipient Cheryl Olson shows her support for the Green Shirt Day campaign to benefit organ donation, and honour the memory of Logan Boulet. (Submitted photo/Cheryl Olson)

Nipawin Region Hospital Foundation raising money for video laryngoscope

The Nipawin Region Health Foundation (NRHF) is raising money for some important medical equipment.NRHF Executive Director Lewis Robin told northeastNOW they were approached by the facility administrat...

Apr 07, 2020 (File photo/northeastNOW Staff)

Landlords working with renters on payment options

Weeks into the COVID-19 pandemic, businesses and property owners are ramping up their efforts to work with renters as they face the incoming challenge of late payments.Last week marked the due date of...

Apr 07, 2020 Tenants facing financial struggles as a result of COVID-19 will have a number of options from their landlords for rent payments moving forward. (Josh Ryan/battlefordsNOW Staff)

Helping kids stay active at home

With mandatory self-isolation still in effect for households throughout the nation and a recent snowfall over the Battlefords, it can be easy to stay stagnant while cooped up at home. Superintendent o...

Apr 07, 2020 The best way to encourage children and youth to stay active at home is by getting involved in physical activity alongside them. (ID 177825575 © Sam Wordley | Dreamstime.com)