Health

MUCC Comets basketball team excited to be a part of pink game in Prince Albert

The Melfort and Unit Comprehensive Collegiate (MUCC) Comets Senior Girls basketball team is heading to Prince Albert for a game on Thursday.The Comets will take part in the Carlton Crushes Cancer exhi...

Jan 21, 2020 The MUCC Senior girls basketball team won gold at a tournament in Humboldt earlier this year, and will take on Carlton in Prince Albert on Thursday for the Carlton Crushes Cancer game. (Twitter/CometNews)

P.A. organizations discuss anti-gang strategy

P.A. community groups met on Monday to learn more about how they can work together to help a new anti-gang strategy coming to the city this spring.Among the nearly 100 people who filled the gym at the...

Jan 21, 2020 Dawn Robins (left) and Stan Tu’Inukuafe (right) take questions from the audience on the new anti-gang strategy. (Alison Sandstrom/paNOW Staff)

Montreal Lake invited to national meetings to discuss crystal meth strategy

The community of Montreal Lake Cree Nation (MLCN) is taking proactive stance on issues related to crystal meth, and their work has caught the attention of other First Nation leaders in Canada who face...

Jan 20, 2020 The recently opened detox centre at Montreal Lake Cree Nation is just one piece of a much bigger plan to combat drug use in the community. (submitted photo)

Provincial opposition leader makes stop in P.A.

The provincial opposition leader is prepared to make sure the government keeps its promise of a new hospital for Prince Albert.Saskatchewan NDP Leader Ryan Meili said his party will be keeping an eye ...

Jan 20, 2020 Ryan Meili spoke with media Monday in Prince Albert at the office of P.A.-Northcote MLA Nicole Rancourt. (Michael Joel-Hansen/paNOW Staff)

Community supports dog with broken leg

A dog taken in by the Prince Albert SPCA has stolen the hearts of many on social media.Nova, a seven-month-old retriever mix was taken into the SPCA's care back in December after she was found out in ...

Jan 19, 2020 Young pup Nova needs some help.(Prince Albert SPCA/Facebook)

Jump!

Things are not always what they seem. Here I am jumping into a pool of water in Costa Rica. Looks like fun, eh? Doesn’t look like a big deal., does it? Now watch this one… To me, this was...

Stephanie Staples Jan 19, 2020

Child poverty rate in Saskatchewan third highest in Canada says report

A new report from the Social Policy Research Centre in Regina paints a dark picture of what life is like for many Saskatchewan families struggling to make ends meet.The Child and Family Poverty in Sas...

Jan 17, 2020 (File photo/paNOW Staff)

Health authority provides update on influenza numbers

The number of cases of lab-confirmed influenza dropped during the second full week of 2020.According to the Saskatchewan Health Authority, there were 174 cases in the week of Jan. 11. That was down fr...

Jan 17, 2020 Saskatchewan’s chief medical health officer, Dr. Saqib Shahab. (Joseph Ho/980 CJME)

Christmas Castle raises over $6,000 for NCHCF and Historic Post Office

The fruitcakes of Christmas season labour came to fruition to assist the North Central Health Care Foundation (NCHCF) and the Historic Post Office.Melfort's Christmas Castle - a fundraiser put on by l...

Jan 17, 2020 Dr. Adeyemi Laosebikan (left) and his wife Foluke (right) present a cheque to Peggy George, chair of the North Central Health Care Foundation (centre). (Aaron Schulze/northeastNOW Staff)

Prairie Women on Snowmobiles about to begin Mission 2020

An annual tradition returns in a couple of weeks.The Prairie Women on Snowmobiles' Mission 2020 will begin Feb. 1 with a kickoff event in Humboldt.President Kelly Rae told northeastNOW this year marks...

Jan 16, 2020 (File photo/northeastNOW Staff)