Tag Archives: Health
P.A. teen promotes healing through dance
Prince Albert's Rimara Bear is doing her part to help lift peoples' spirits during this time of uncertainty.For the past week, the 14-year-old has been posting videos to social media of herself perfor...
Mar 25, 2020 (All My Relations photography)
Opinion: P.A. city council needs to show they can work together amid COVID-19 pandemic
OPINION: The opinions, beliefs and viewpoints expressed by the writer of this editorial do not necessarily reflect the opinions, beliefs and viewpoints of paNOW or the Jim Pattison Broadcast Group.paN...
Mar 24, 2020 Glenn Hicks, the News Director at paNOW, comments on why city councillors should stop their well-documented bickering and work together, especially at this time of crisis. (file photo/paNOW Staff)
LLRIB Director of Education apologizes for now-deleted Facebook post
"Any teacher not preparing to teach online and creating digital tools is basically resigning."That's how Lac La Ronge Indian Band Director of Education Simon Bird started a recently deleted Facebook p...
Mar 24, 2020 Simon Bird is the director of education of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band. (Simon Bird/Facebook)
Local representatives respond to shuttering of Cigar Lake mine
Cameco's decision to halt production at its Cigar Lake mine is being applauded by local leadership.The Saskatoon-based mining company made the announcement Monday afternoon. The company said the decis...
Mar 24, 2020 Cameco announced a suspension of operations Monday at Cigar Lake amid the COVID-19 pandemic. (Cameco.com)
Local pharmacies seal off dispensaries
Customers walking into their local pharmacy in Prince Albert might start seeing a different look when they go to pick up their medications or consult with their pharmacist.Stores are following the lea...
Mar 24, 2020 A plastic vapour barrier seals off the dispensary from the public at the downtown Pharmasave in P.A. (Glenn Hicks/paNOW Staff)
SHA planning for field hospitals to cope with extent of COVID-19
It's suggested COVID-19 will affect 30 per cent of the province, and the government is reviewing whether community rinks, arenas and school gyms could serve as field hospitals to meet the growing need...
Mar 24, 2020 Prince Albert Victoria Hospital. (file photo/paNOW Staff)
Saskatchewan's COVID-19 case count at 72
As of Tuesday, March 24, the province confirmed six more cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan, bringing the total to 72 reported cases. Two of those cases are individuals 19 years of age and under and 59...
Mar 24, 2020 Premier Scott Moe. (Lisa Schick/CKOM News Staff)
Community spread of COVID-19 within Canada now rising
OTTAWA - Canada's chief medical health officer Dr. Theresa Tam says overall in Canada, an equal number of Canadians who have tested positive for COVID-19 contracted the virus from travel and from tran...
Mar 24, 2020
Mental Health counselling available over the phone in P.A.
Amid concerns of COVID-19, Prince Albert Catholic Family Services will be conducting all counselling over the phone and are encouraging the public to reach out it they need help.All seven of the non-p...
Mar 24, 2020 (ID 120347123 © Jivko Mladenov | Dreamstime.com)
P.A. cab companies feeling pinch from COVID-19
With fewer people leaving their homes for business or pleasure, it's no surprise local cab companies are taking a big hit.Pardeep Kumar, owner of Checker/ Family Taxi, confirmed for paNOW daily busine...
Mar 23, 2020 (File photo/paNOW Staff)
