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Families prepare for online Easter celebrations in times of COVID-19 reality

Families in the Battlefords and Meadow Lake will need to start planning to celebrate Easter at home alone with their family, or on their own, instead of heading to church this year due to COVID-19 res...

Apr 01, 2020 Rev. Trevor Malyon stands alone at St. Paul's Anglican Church in North Battleford Wednesday, surrounded by empty pews. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff)

Local MP's calling on feds to scrap carbon tax in response to concerns of food security

Local MP's are calling on Ottawa to scrap its carbon tax in response to growing concerns of food security. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the government will move forward with its plan to increase...

Apr 01, 2020 Gary Vidal Official Portrait / Portrait Officiel Ottawa, ONTARIO, Canada on 24 February, 2020. (Â© HOC-CDC Credit: Bernard Thibodeau, House of Commons Photo Services)

Shelters and lower income population to receive additional provincial funding in wake of pandemic

The Saskatchewan government released the Ministry of Social Services Pandemic Response Tuesday, which will help vulnerable Saskatchewan citizens by adapting policies and allocating new resources. "Our...

Mar 31, 2020 The Lighthouse North Battleford is one of several shelters to receive additional provincial funding amid the COVID-19 pandemic. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff)

Fraudsters using COVID-19 to fuel scam attacks

Since the beginning of March, the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre (CAFC) has received 66 reports linked to the COVID19 virus.Jeff Thomson, Senior RCMP Intelligence Analyst with the CAFC told meadowlakeNOW ...

Mar 30, 2020 (Nicole Reis/meadowlakeNOW Staff)

Perceptions of food scarcity reveals growing interest in personal growing projects

Sparse isles in local grocery stores seem to reveal a growing perception of food supply scarcity.According to some local growers, more people are showing an interest in growing their own locally sourc...

Mar 30, 2020 (Submitted/Willow Creek Community Garden Facebook)

Large business, non-profits, charities eligible for wage subsidy, Trudeau says

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says large and small businesses, non-profits and charities will all be eligible for a 75-per-cent subsidy on wages meant to cushion the blow from the COVID-19 pa...

Mar 30, 2020

Truckers transporting essential supplies granted exemption

Truckers who are transporting essential supplies in Saskatchewan have been granted exemption.According to a media release, the Government of Saskatchewan is temporarily modifying hours of service regu...

Mar 30, 2020 (File photo/larongeNOW Staff)

Stolen vehicle, illegal firearms and large gathering lead to 11 people charged near Loon Lake

On Friday, the RCMP detachments from both Loon Lake and Meadow Lake teamed up to arrest eleven people who were involved in the theft of a vehicle, illegal firearms and other property. In addition, the...

Mar 29, 2020 Loon Lake. Submitted photo/Tourism Saskatchewan

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada

The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 2:15 p.m. on March 28, 2020: There are 5,416 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 2,498 confirmed (includ...

Mar 28, 2020

Injured Humboldt Broncos player launches lawsuit against drivers in 2018 crash

CALGARY - A hockey player paralyzed from the chest down in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash has launched a lawsuit that names both drivers involved. Ryan Straschnitzki is seeking dam...

Mar 27, 2020