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'Super easy, and super helpful': Melfort residents creating mask straps for local health care workers
You've likely seen the posts on social media about people across the world making straps for masks that health care workers are wearing now more than ever during COVID-19.There are now some people in ...
Apr 14, 2020 Dr. Desjardins displays how the straps work with the masks. (Facebook/Darrell Farley)
One new confirmed case of COVID-19, with 187 recoveries
There is only one new confirmed case of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan, bringing the provincial total to 301. Of those cases, 110 are considered active. There are nine new recoveries, bringing the total to ...
Apr 14, 2020 Saskatchewan's Chief Medical Officer Dr. Saqib Shahab. (Lisa Schick/CKOM News Staff)
Scheer, Conservatives raise concerns about WHO data, relationship with China
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says he has serious concerns about the accuracy of the World Health Organization's data and its relationship with China. Scheer also says he was di...
Apr 14, 2020
Local vet offers advice to pet owners amid COVID-19 pandemic
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the main priority for the public is to protect themselves and their family from getting infected, including their pets.At the beginning of April, it was reported a tiger te...
Apr 14, 2020 (Ron Quaroni/paNOW Staff)
Mental health issues a major concern for Canadian athletes amid COVID-19
Melissa Humana-Paredes finds comfort on the eight-by-eight-metre half of a beach volleyball court. Feeling the soft sand underfoot, the world champion begins to mentally ...
Apr 14, 2020
Mass gathering: Cancellation of Saskatchewan drive-in church service questioned
NIPAWIN, Sask. - Saskatchewan's premier wants an explanation for why an Easter drive-in church service was prohibited over the weekend. Scott Moe's office said the Saskatchewan Health Authority h...
Apr 14, 2020
Woman injured in snowmobile incident
Parkland Ambulance responded to a snowmobile incident over the weekend in the Anglin Lake area.According to Director of Public Affairs with Parkland Ambulance Lyle Karasiuk, paramedics cared for a 51-...
Apr 14, 2020 (submitted photo/ northeastNOW Staff)
Canadian international Janine Beckie signs new deal with Manchester City
Canadian international Janine Beckie has signed a two-year contract extension with Manchester City. The 25-year-old's current deal was to expire at the end of June. "My agent (Alan Naigeon) calle...
Apr 14, 2020
Oilers, Cave family announce new charity honouring forward Colby Cave
Edmonton Oilers chairman Bob Nicholson remembers Colby Cave as a tireless worker on the ice and in the community. Nicholson hopes to see the popular forward's impact carried on through the "...
Apr 14, 2020
Canadian Ashley Lawrence in France, looking for learnings during 'unique time'
At 24, Ashley Lawrence is the reigning Canada Soccer female player of the year - an influential fullback/midfielder who has already won 91 caps for her country. But the Paris Saint-Germain player has ...
Apr 14, 2020
