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SafeTALK mental health training course coming to Battlefords

Experts in the Battlefords who work in the community are encouraging more people to be open about the issue of mental health so those who are challenged will not feel ashamed talking about it.Living S...

Jan 29, 2020 Living Sky School Division plans to hold a mental health training program in February called SafeTALK so people can learn how to help individuals dealing with a mental health challenge and at risk of suicide. Today marks national Bell Let's Talk Day to raise awareness about how important it is for people to have good mental health. (File photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)

Jenkins donates $25,000 to Carlton Crushes Cancer campaign

Canadian Tire Owner Malcolm Jenkins has donated $25,000 to the Carlton Crushes Cancer campaign.According to a media release from the Victoria Hospital Foundation, Jenkins' donation helped launch the c...

Jan 29, 2020 (submitted photo/ Sherry Buckler)

Local organization talks mental health

The topic of mental health is front and center across the country today.Bell Lets Talk Day aims to get people talking about mental health while also raising money to support initiatives.Members of one...

Jan 29, 2020 Lyle Karasiuk said they are focused on mental health all the way through the organization. (submitted photo/Lyle Karasiuk)

MLCN ratifies new business charter

A new agreement ratified last week by Montreal Lake Cree Nation (MLCN) chief and council will help create wealth and sovereignty for the community, according to the Chief Executive Officer of Montreal...

Jan 28, 2020 From left to right sitting: Montreal Lake Cree Nation (MLCN) Councillor Troy Naytowhow, MLCN Vice Chief Dean Henderson, MLCN Chief Frank Roberts, MLCN Councillor Stanley Bird, MLCN Councillor Eldon Henderson. Standing from left to right Montreal Lake Business Ventures (MLBV) Borden Wasyluk, MLCN Councillor Debbie Kasheep, MLBV Chairman Noland Henderson and MLBV Director Roger Bird. (submitted photo/ Robert Fincati)

P.A. Ag dealer gets behind Rose Garden Hospice

Redhead Equipment is the latest business to get behind the Rose Garden Hospice.On Tuesday morning at the company's offices southwest of the city, a $20,000 contribution was announced in front of a cro...

Jan 28, 2020 Redhead Equipment made the $20,000 donation Tuesday at their offices. (Michael Joel-Hansen/paNOW Staff)

Dozens registered for upcoming Biggest Loser Challenge

Approximately 50 people have registered for the 2020 Biggest Loser Challenge organized by the Jonas Roberts Memorial Community Centre (JRMCC). That's according to Fitness Centre Supervisor Colin Ratus...

Jan 28, 2020 The challenge will run until April 5. (submitted photo/Colin Ratushniak)

Hospital gets donation to help kids

The Victoria Hospital Foundation received a unique kind of donation Monday morning.Mann Northway GMC donated two toy battery powered vehicles to the hospital. The dealership's general manager Mark Rip...

Jan 27, 2020 The toy vehicles were unveiled Monday morning at the Victoria Hospital. (submitted photo/Victoria Hospital Foundation)

Billboard pleas: Alberta man hopes sign will find him a kidney donor

CARBON, Alta. - The large billboard overlooking the town of Drumheller in east-central Alberta is hard to miss. Next to a photo of a smiling man in a blue shirt, his arms crossed, the sign reads:...

Ontario confirms second coronavirus case, wife of first case

TORONTO - Public health officials in Ontario are reporting a second presumptive case of the new coronavirus.They said the wife of the man who became the first case of the illness in Canada has also te...

Coronavirus patient showed mild symptoms on flight

OTTAWA - The first Canadian patient diagnosed with a novel form of coronavirus began showing signs of illness on the plane that brought him back from the disease's epicentre., Canada's Chief Public He...