Community

Food Bank in need of more volunteers and food donations

The food bank located in North Battleford is looking for more food donations as well as more volunteers to help pack hampers as its crew is running low.Battlefords District Food and Resource Centre ex...

Apr 03, 2020 The local food bank's executive director Erin Katerynych shows a box of non-perishable food that would be given out, while at the centre Friday. (submitted photo/Erin Katerynych)

Workers at long-term care homes will be assessed each shift, COVID-19 provincial total at 220

Employees at long-term care homes will have their temperatures checked before the beginning of each shift after an assisted living worker tested positive for the virus. The worker is one of 14 new con...

Apr 03, 2020

Gardening serves a practical and therapeutic purpose in socially distanced world

The coming spring and the prospect of more time spent at home have many people thinking about their gardens. Local seed retailers contacted by paNOW reported higher volumes of sale compared to previou...

Apr 03, 2020 Flavourful tomatoes are a perennial favourite among home gardeners. (Alison Sandstrom/paNOW Staff)

Melfort grocery stores noticing different trends as COVID-19 progresses in Saskatchewan

While it may seem people rushing to grocery stores because of COVID-19 have slowed down in Saskatchewan, but that doesn't mean people should be taking restrictions less seriously.One local grocery has...

Apr 03, 2020 (File Photo/northeastNOW Staff)

Work continues behind closed gates at national parks

While the COVID-19 outbreak has led Parks Canada to close facilities to the public, including Prince Albert National Park, staff are still at work.Ed Jager, Parks Canada's director of visitor experien...

Apr 03, 2020 Workers in P.A. National Park prepare the fuel break in the winter. (file photo/paNOW Staff).

Local hotel providing free rooms to frontline healthcare workers during COVID-19

A local hotel is offering its assistance to frontline healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.Comfort Inn and Suites in North Battleford will offer frontline healthcare workers free rooms to s...

Apr 03, 2020 Comfort Inn and Suites offering free rooms to frontline healthcare workers. (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)

Much of the province expecting below normal runoff: WSA

After several years of above normal runoff potential in much of the province, this year's forecast is much different.Snowmelt runoff is already underway in much of southern and parts of central Saskat...

Apr 03, 2020 (File photo/paNOW Staff)

Aberdeen Easter Miracle Tree fundraiser turns into spirit lifter

The Easter Miracle Tree tradition continues in Aberdeen but is more of a spirit lifter this year rather than a fundraiser.For the past five years, a committee has sold eggs to residents of the town an...

Apr 03, 2020 The Aberdeen Easter Miracle Tree has expanded to two trees this year with 5200 eggs on display. (Angie Rolheiser/northeastNOW staff)

'Once she started laughing you couldn’t help but smile': P.A. homicide victim remembered

A Prince Albert woman found dead in her home last weekend, is being remembered by her colleagues and friends for her infectious laugh and smile.Sandra Henry, 56, worked for Lake Country Co-Op for five...

Apr 03, 2020 Sandra Henry (left) was well respected and loved by her co-workers at the Lake Country Co-Op. (Facebook/Lake Country Co-Op)

Third anniversary passes in P.A. missing persons case

Three years have now passed since Happy Charles was last seen in Prince Albert, and police are once again appealing to the public for information as to her whereabouts.Charles was last seen April 3, 2...

Apr 03, 2020 (File photo/paNOW Staff)