Health

Swimming pool could open in Air Ronge in less than one year

A registered massage therapist has big plans for a large house in Air Ronge, which has remained unoccupied for years. The house is located on the corner of Anson Street and Norseman St. East, and incl...

Apr 18, 2019 This house is Air Ronge is the location of the project. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)

Tick season starting but Lyme disease risk still low

While there is still a low risk of contracting Lyme disease in Saskatchewan, the federal government is reporting its surveillance mapping in recent years indicates populations of black-legged ticks wh...

Apr 18, 2019 While more ticks are showing up in the area now that spring is here, the province reports the black-legged tick or the deer tick (shown), which when infected can transmit Lyme disease, is still fairly uncommon in Saskatchewan. However, black-legged ticks are more present in a number of other provinces and growing, so Saskatchewan residents are advised to use precautions when travelling. (Facebook/Province of Saskatchewan)

Tick season starting but Lyme disease risk still low

While there is still a low risk of contracting Lyme disease in Saskatchewan, the federal government is reporting its surveillance mapping in recent years indicates populations of black-legged ticks wh...

Apr 18, 2019 While more ticks are showing up in the area now that spring is here, the province reports the black-legged tick or the deer tick (shown), which when infected can transmit Lyme disease, is still fairly uncommon in Saskatchewan. However, black-legged ticks are more present in a number of other provinces and growing, so Saskatchewan residents are advised to use precautions when travelling. (Facebook/Province of Saskatchewan)

Librarians archiving Alberta's scientific reports before change in government

EDMONTON - An Alberta librarian has been archiving much of the provincial government's online content - including studies on health, climate change policy and poverty reduction - to prepare for a...

Apr 18, 2019

Semicolon tattoos, flag raising will kick off Mental Health Week

The Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) Battlefords branch is encouraging more people to talk about mental health so those who need help will have a better chance of finding support.National Men...

Apr 18, 2019 CMHA Battlefords branch executive director Jane Zielke de Montbrun shows her Semicolon Art tattoo. The symbolic tattoos are some of the offerings that will be available during Mental Health Week coming up in May. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff)

La Ronge doctor wins award for rural and remote medicine

Dr. Sean Groves, who has been a physician in La Ronge for nearly 15 years, was honoured this month with the Fellowship of Rural and Remote Medicine. The award was presented by the Society of Rural Phy...

Apr 17, 2019 Dr. Sean Groves received the Fellowship of Rural and Remote Medicine this month in Nova Scotia. (submitted photo/Jenna Keindel)

NESD survey reveals students’ anxiety, depression, sense of belonging

About a quarter of the 2,700 students in the North East School Division deals with anxiety and 30 per cent of students are bullied - those are two of many statistics revealed in the recent OurSCHOOL s...

Apr 17, 2019 (File photo/northeastNOW Staff).

P.A. woman shares her surrogacy journey

Within a month, Prince Albert's Erin Davidson hopes to become pregnant, but it won't be her baby and never will be.Davidson, 25, has recently been approved to be a surrogate mother. She told paNOW the...

Apr 16, 2019 Erin Davidson, a mother of two, could soon be carrying a couple's baby. (Submitted photo/ Erin Davidson)

'You never know what you are going to get': local dispatcher

This week is National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week, and a Prince Albert woman is sharing her experiences being on the other end of the phone.Raeanne Detillieux has worked as an emergency medic...

Apr 15, 2019 (File photo/ paNOW Staff)

Last call for old Saskatchewan Hospital

The former Saskatchewan Hospital North Battleford will soon be up for grabs for any interested buyers.Nancy Cherney, an assistant deputy minister with the property management division of the Ministry ...

Apr 12, 2019 The province is getting ready to start accepting requests for proposals for those interested in purchasing the former Saskatchewan Hospital North Battleford site to redevelop it for future use. (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)