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'If we do this right, we will only have to do this once': Meadow Lake officials respond to Re-Open Saskatchewan Plan

Today's announcement from Premier Scott Moe lifts previously restricted businesses to reopen in phases as the province eases into a 'new normal.' The first phase includes reopening of medical services...

Apr 23, 2020 (Nicole Reis/meadowlakeNOW Staff)

Five new cases of COVID-19, provincial total at 331

There are five new cases of COVID-19 in the province, all from northern Saskatchewan.There a four more cases in the Far North and one more in the North.According to a media release, this brings the pr...

Apr 23, 2020 (Canadian Press)

La Loche and Clearwater River grapple with 12 cases of COVID-19

La Loche and Clearwater River Dene Nation have seen their combined number of cases of COVID-19 double from the previous day.La Loche mayor Robert St. Pierre told meadowlakeNOW, as of Wednesday, the no...

Apr 22, 2020 (Tourism Saskatchewan)

Government announces tentative deal with teachers

There appears to be deal between the government and the province's teachers.The Ministry of Education announced Wednesday afternoon the Government-Trustee Bargaining Committee and the Teachers' Bargai...

Apr 22, 2020 (file photo)

Four charged with multiple offences in Meadow Lake

Some residents in Meadow Lake were woken-up in the early hours by a heavy police presence at a local apartment building this week. On April 19 the Saskatchewan Emergency Response Team (ERT) executed a...

Apr 22, 2020 (File photo/RCMP)

Village of Makwa spared from major flooding

Warmer temperatures brought a flash flood to the village of Makwa Tuesday night as warmer temperatures induced a quick spring runoff which flooded village streets for a brief period.Mayor Keith Nydegg...

Apr 22, 2020 (Submitted/ Tammy Lee Bauer)

Premier to address Saskatchewan, lay out Re-Open Saskatchewan Plan

Premier Scott Moe is set to address the province tomorrow and introduce the government's Re-Open Saskatchewan Plan on April 23. The provincial address will be televised and broadcast live on April 22 ...

Apr 21, 2020 Premier Scott Moe. (submitted photo/Province of Saskatchewan)

COVID-19 presents news challenges and opportunities for forest sector

The president and CEO of the Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) remains optimistic about the future of the country's forest sector, despite the challenges faced at the present time by the CO...

Apr 21, 2020 Operations at the Big River Sawmill and Planer have been temporarily halted. (file photo/paNOW Staff)

MP Gary Vidal calls on Feds for clear wage subsidy wording to include limited-liability Indigenous businesses

Gary Vidal, MP for Desneth Missinippi-Churchill River, is asking the federal minister responsible to include limited partnership businesses in the Canada's Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS) program for li...

Apr 21, 2020 (Nicole Reis/meadowlakeNOW Staff)

City staff say bulk of street drainage issues under control

When the snow begins to melt and temperatures become warmer, Meadow Lake City staff are hard at work facilitating roadway drainage. In an email statement to meadowlakeNOW, city manager Diana Burton sa...

Apr 20, 2020 (Nicole Reis/meadowlakeNOW Staff)