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Meadow Lake Heart-Hunt spreading love during self-isolation

A local woman is urging the community to stay positive and laugh during the ongoing self-isolation period. Christa How, Education Assistant at Lakeview Elementary School told meadowlakeNOW, she initia...

Mar 25, 2020 (Nicole Reis/meadowlakeNOW Staff)

House of Commons passes legislation for COVID-19 help with unanimous support

OTTAWA - The House of Commons has passed emergency legislation to free up $82 billion to help Canadians weather the COVID-19 crisis. After a day of tense negotiations, MPs began debating the bill...

Mar 25, 2020

Makwa Sahgaiehcan Chief urging community to stay informed, calm amidst pandemic

Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation Chief Ronald Mitsuing said he agrees with The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations' request to close provincial borders to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 to First...

Mar 24, 2020 Chief Ronald Mitsuing of Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation (Nicole Reis/meadowlakeNOW Staff)

Saskatchewan's COVID-19 case count at 72

As of Tuesday, March 24, the province confirmed six more cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan, bringing the total to 72 reported cases. Two of those cases are individuals 19 years of age and under and 59...

Mar 24, 2020 Premier Scott Moe. (Lisa Schick/CKOM News Staff)

NorSask slashes workforce by half in response to COVID-19 uncertainty

NorSask Forestry Products Inc. will be slashing its workforce in half in response to COVID-19 and U.S. market uncertainty. Al Balisky, president and CEO of Meadow Lake Tribal Council (MLTC) Industrial...

Mar 24, 2020 (Nicole Reis/meadowlakeNOW Staff)

Car parts stolen from Paradise Hill business

Turtleford RCMP is reminding the public to lock car doors overnight. This comes after two Ford original catalytic convertors were stolen from the left side of a vehicle at a business near Paradise Hil...

Mar 23, 2020 (file photo/meadowlakeNOW Staff)

Provincial COVID-19 cases now at 66, two confirmed cases are under age 19

As of Monday, March 23, the province confirmed 14 more cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan, bringing the total to 66 reported cases. Two of those cases are individuals in the five to 19 age category. Th...

Mar 23, 2020 Saskatchewan's Chief Medical Officer Dr. Saqib Shahab. (Lisa Schick/CKOM News Staff)

Prime Minister announces $5 billion for loans and APP repayment terms

The federal government is immediately providing funds for farmers in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.Farm Credit Canada (FCC) will receive an enhancement to its capital base that will allow for an a...

PM announces new flights to Peru, Americas to repatriate stranded Canadians

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is announcing multiple new flights to bring stranded Canadians home from abroad due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Trudeau says that will include three new Air C...

Mar 23, 2020

Saskatchewan sees eight new cases of COVID-19

Saskatchewan reported eight new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Sunday afternoon.The total number of cases in the province is now at 52, with 33 confirmed according to a provincial government news rele...

Mar 22, 2020 Health Minister Jim Reiter (l-r), Premier Scott Moe and Dr. Saqib Shahab brief the media about the province's fight against COVID-19 earlier this week.(Adriana Christianson/980 CJME)