Community

Deadline for Application of Adam Harold Legacy Foundation Grant is TOMORROW - March 31

In 2020-2021 we will be selecting 3 communities to host the camps for the 2020/2021 season. They will each receive 3 full days of hockey and leadership development. The deadline for applications is Ma...

Mar 30, 2020

Affinity Credit Union to close doors to public due to COVID-19

Another local credit union is making changes due to the COVID-19 pandemic.Affinity Credit Union is closing 47 branches across Saskatchewan to public traffic due to the virus, just days after Cornersto...

Mar 30, 2020 (Mat Barrett/northeastNOW Staff)

Virtual Dance Party for Youth

The Melfort Youth Advantage is hosting a Virtual Dance Party for Youth on Friday, April 3 from 8:30 p.m. - 11:30 p.m. via Zoom!Connect with us to get the log in information for our very first virtual ...

Mar 30, 2020

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)

Northeast Co-ops adopt e-Transfer options amidst COVID-19 pandemic

Some Co-ops in the northeast have implemented a new way to serve while enforcing social distancing recommendations.Prairie North and Beeland Co-op will accept e-Transfer payments as part of their phon...

Lisa Brady Mar 27, 2020 (Mat Barrett/northeastNOW Staff).

'It looked very very bleak': Melfort Trade Alliance positive after federal funding announcement

The Melfort business community is one of many communities across Canada that might benefit from the federal government's latest announcement.On Friday, March 27, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announce...

Mar 27, 2020 (File Photo/northeastNOW Staff)

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)