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Roots of Hope suicide prevention program now offered in Meadow Lake

A new suicide prevention plan will coordinate activities to promote life and reduce risk factors related to suicide in the province. Rural and Remote Health Minister Warren Kaeding released Pillars fo...

May 08, 2020

Edmonton company will build new Northland Pioneers Lodge long-term care facility

Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) has awarded a multi-million dollar contract to an Alberta-based construction company for the development of the new Northland Pioneers Lodge long-term care facility...

May 08, 2020 Construction site of the new Northland Pioneers Lodge which broke ground in April. (Nicole Reis/meadowlakeNOW Staff)

Saskatchewan students will continue to learn from home

The provincial government has made it official; students will not be returning to the classroom this school year and in-class learning has been suspended until at least September.In an email to Regina...

May 07, 2020 Education Minister Gordon Wyant says he is pleased with how supplemental learning has been going. (Brady Lang/650 CKOM)

Wildlife sightings in Meadow Lake rare but expected in surrounding area

The City of Meadow Lake reported a moose was spotted in Lions' Park in the early morning of May 5. According to conservation officers, the sighting was rare to see within the city limits, however, dur...

May 07, 2020 (Submitted/Saskatchewan Association of Conservation Officers)

Meadow Lake Chamber of Commerce considers virtual gathering to help businesses with re-open plan

Hiring staff is not top of mind for some employers in Meadow Lake however, the local Chamber of Commerce is entertaining ways to prepare businesses for what could be a drastically different way of doi...

May 07, 2020 (Nicole Reis/meadowlakeNOW Staff)

MS Walk will be virtual this year

The Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Walk will still happen this year, albeit in a virtual capacity.According to a media release from the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada, May marks MS Awareness Month, and...

May 07, 2020 This photo is from a MS Walk in Prince Albert from 2013. (File photo/paNOW Staff)

Saskatchewan wildfires expected to be 'fairly active this year'

While the wildfire season is off to a slow start in the province, it could soon heat up.A spokesperson with Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency is warning the conditions for the next two months are prim...

May 07, 2020 (File photo/Government of Saskatchewan)

Feds to partly cover 'top ups' for front-line workers on minimum wage

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government, provinces and territories will spend $4 billion to increase the wages of essential workers in the COVID-19 pandemic. He says th...

May 07, 2020

City-organized curbside food drive supports community through pandemic

The City of Meadow Lake is running its first curbside community food drive on May 14 and anyone with the ability to donate, will support the Salvation Army, Door of Hope, and Northwest School Division...

May 06, 2020 (Submitted/Door of Hope with Meadow Lake Outreach Ministries)

Major stimulus plan for Sask. COVID-19 recovery

Premier Scott Moe has unveiled a major spending program as part of plans to rebound from the huge economic hit of the COVID-19 pandemic. It will see the spending of an additional $2 billion over and a...

May 06, 2020 Premier Scott Moe (file photo/CKOM)