Tag Archives: Community
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)
Northern health centres need help on PPE shortages
Health centres offering service to the 33 communities that make up the Northern Inter Tribal Health Authority (NITHA) are sounding the alarm bell about shortages of personal protective equipment (PPE)...
Apr 07, 2020 The William Charles Health Centre at Montreal Lake is one of 28 facilities in NITHA. (submitted photo)
P.A. seamstress making masks for local community groups
A Prince Albert woman is putting her sewing skills to work to help amid the COVID-19 outbreak.Diana Dixon started making masks for community groups to distribute them. So far Dixon made and sent 25 ma...
Apr 07, 2020 Diana Dixon is sewing masks for those who need them. (submitted photo/Diana Dixon)
Seven more cases of COVID-19 reported, seven in hospital
On Tuesday, April 7 there are seven new cases of COVID-19 with seven in hospital and seven recoveries.The latest numbers bring the confirmed case total in the province to 260. There are 169 active cas...
Apr 07, 2020 Premier Scott Moe. (File photo)
Local seamstress stepping up to sew non-medical grade masks
In her address to Canadians, the country's Chief Public Health officer Dr. Theresa Tam said wearing a face mask can help prevent the transmission of COVID-19 if you are unknowingly infected.Sylvia Mut...
Apr 07, 2020 Custom non-medical grade masks made in Meadow Lake. (submitted photo/Sylvia Mutch)