Tag Archives: Health
Some health care workers can be exempted from 14-day order
Health care workers who are needed for emergency services can be exempt from following the now mandatory 14-day self-isolation order in Saskatchewan on returning from international travel. The announc...
Mar 21, 2020 (ID 175279637 © Buddhilakshan4 | Dreamstime.com)
Mass suspended at P.A. diocese
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Prince Albert is making big changes amid the COVID-19 pandemic.In a letter, Bishop Albert Thvenot announced that until further notice masses will be cancelled. Parishione...
Mar 20, 2020 The Roman Catholic Diocese of Prince Albert has suspended all masses for the foreseeable future. (Michael Joel-Hansen/paNOW Staff)
'We will be there when you need us to be': police chief
For the general public, social distancing is an inconvenience but for members of the Prince Albert Police Service, person-to-person contact is unavoidable and a daily occurrence.Chief Jon Bergen told ...
Mar 20, 2020 (Nigel Maxwell/ paNOW Staff)
P.A. chamber creates special business list amid COVID-19 pandemic
Amid the ever-changing landscape for businesses due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Prince Albert and District Chamber of Commerce has put out a special page on its website.It offers a list which identi...
Mar 20, 2020 (file photo/paNOW Staff)
Fond du Lac travel ban in place, band members to receive financial assistance
A request for emergency funding by Fond du Lac Denesuline First Nation Chief Louie Mercredi has been approved by trustees of the Treaty 8 Benefits Trust. A letter written to the band members from the ...
Mar 20, 2020 The travel ban went into effect today. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)
You're already working from home, why not work out from home, too?
After having to close their gym Pure Athletics in Prince Albert due to COVID-19 concerns on Tuesday, Whitney and Josh Kapacila were shutting their doors on their only source of income. "The stress lev...
Mar 20, 2020 Staci Hayes (left) works out with her daughters Janaea and Kiera by using Pure Athletics’ livestreams. (Submitted photo/Staci Hayes)
Two presumptive cases of COVID-19 in Prince Albert
Prince Albert has its first presumptive cases of COVID-19.The province's Chief Medical Health Officer said they were two individuals in their 60s who tested in Prince Albert following travel from Ariz...
Mar 20, 2020 The Government of Saskatchewan at its March 20 press conference.(submitted photo/Government of Saskatchewan)
Water woes on the rise in Duck Lake
Frustrations have been boiling over in the Town of Duck Lake. In addition to concerns around the COVID-19 pandemic, 20 homes had their water shut off in the past week.Shayla Mike, a single parent with...
Mar 20, 2020 (File photo/paNOW Staff)
Sask. doctors call on businesses to close their doors
Nearly 200 Saskatchewan physicians have written an open letter to the business community in the province.They are asking all businesses to close their doors to prevent the COVID-19 virus from spreadin...
Mar 19, 2020 (CKOM News Staff)
Second COVID-19 case in Southend as airline follows up for more info
A second presumptive case of COVID-19 has been reported in the northern community of Southend, one of four new cases in the province. It was announced by the province's Chief Medical Health Officer Th...
Mar 19, 2020 Southend, PBCN. (Cameconorth.com)
