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Supplemental learning amid COVID-19 schools suspension still unclear
If you've been wondering about your child's lack of schooling during this uncertain period of class suspensions and isolation due to the COVID-19 pandemic, some help may soon be on its way. However, t...
Mar 30, 2020 Classrooms are empty because of the COVID-19 situation. Teachers will start engaging with parents and caregivers from today on how supplemental learning and support will look. (file photo/paNOW)
P.A. police making adjustments during pandemic; face ugly realities
The COVID-19 pandemic has been a challenge for all of us, and some frontline personnel have felt that more than others.Prince Albert chief of police Jonathan Bergen released a video on Instagram detai...
Mar 29, 2020 Prince Albert Police Service
SCFPA frustrated by no commitment for future of École Valois in provincial budget
The French-Canadian Society of Prince Albert (SCFPA) stated in a media release on Friday they're frustrated there was no commitment in the provincial budget regarding the future of cole Valois and oth...
Mar 29, 2020 Ecole Valois School. (File photo/paNOW Staff)
More youth seeking help from crisis line: COVID-19
The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic has had a dramatic impact on service, according to a spokesperson for the Kids' Help Phone.Deanna Dunham, Manager in Charge of Indigenous Initiatives, said call volu...
Mar 28, 2020 (Facebook/ Kids' Help Phone)
Agriculture Director weighs in on COVID-19 and the ag sector
The agriculture sector has had to deal with a number of developments and changes as the COVID-19 situation has evolved over the last month or so.farmnewsNOW Agriculture Director Alice McFarlane is out...
Mar 28, 2020 Award-winning Agriculture Director Alice McFarlane discusses COVID-19's effects on the ag industry (Aaron Schulze/northeastNOW Staff)
No further on-reserve COVID-19 cases in the North
Twenty-four of the 104 COVID-19 cases being reported in Saskatchewan straddle three large geographically regions including Prince Albert and the North. Meanwhile, there is some good news coming out of...
Mar 27, 2020 Southend, Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation. (Cameconorth.com)
P.A. woman receives parade for 40th birthday
Dozens of Shannon Billo's closest friends and family showed up for her 40th birthday on Thursday in Prince Albert, and none of the province's social distancing rules were breached.Shannon and her husb...
Mar 27, 2020 (submitted photo/Cory Lillis)
Feds increase wage help for business amid COVID-19 pandemic
The Prince Albert and District Chamber of Commerce is applauding the latest federal government move to keep businesses afloat amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Ottawa will now offer a 75 per cent wage subsi...
Mar 27, 2020 (The Canadian Press)
Local arena acting as temporary fire hall
The Prince Albert Fire Department is taking steps to protect against COVID-19.One of these steps has seen the Dave G. Steuart Arena turned into a temporary fire hall. Fire Chief Kris Olsen told paNOW ...
Mar 27, 2020 The Prince Albert Fire Department is now running one fire truck out of the Dave G. Steuart Arena. (file photo/paNOW Staff)
Avoid travel during the pandemic, including to lake country
With warmer temperatures in the forecast, many people may be considering an escape to the lakes, but the R.M. of Lakeland is cautioning against that in the midst of the pandemic.Reeve Cheryl Bauer-Hyd...
Mar 27, 2020 (file photo/paNOW Staff)
