Tag Archives: Community

Cameco commits $1 million for COVID-19 relief
Cameco has made a financial commitment to help out Saskatoon, Prince Albert, and northern communities with a $1 million COVID Relief Fund.Grants will be made available to charities, not for profits, t...
Apr 15, 2020 (file photo)

Municipalities of Saskatchewan in search of interest-free funding from the province
The Municipalities of Saskatchewan (MOS) has pitched an idea to the province which would allow municipalities the opportunity to borrow funds interest-free, so they can keep up with the financial dema...
Apr 14, 2020 (CKOM News Staff)

Honouring those behind-the-scenes: celebrating National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week
This week offers a chance to say thank you to a vital part of emergency response across the country.It's National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week.Melfort Ambulance manager Wayne Therres said tele...
Apr 14, 2020 (File photo/paNOW Staff)

Hockey community remembers Colby Cave
The tremendous outpouring of support for Colby Cave's family continues from people throughout the hockey world.The Cave family has been overwhelmed by the condolences and respectful words from former ...
Apr 14, 2020 Members of the hockey community joined the Battlefords region in remembering Colby Cave over the past two days. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW)
What'sHappeningNOW April 14, 2020
Senior Reporter Nigel Maxwell speaks with battlefordsNOW reporter Josh Ryan about hundreds of people who were lined up down Highway 15 to support Colby Cave.
Apr 14, 2020

'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)

Community donations help to fill the shelves at the Melfort Food Bank
The community has answered a plea for donations made by the Melfort Food Bank.Supplies were getting low as more families access the food bank while being out of work during the COVID-19 outbreak in Sa...
Apr 14, 2020 Cindy Quinton, owner of Cindy's Independent Grocer in Melfort presents $3,000 in gift cards to the Melfort Food Bank. (Facebook/Melfort Food Bank)

Sask Cyber Parks Trivia Tuesday
SaskCyberParks: Trivia TuesdayPut your knowledge of Moose Mountain Provincial Park to the test!Go to our Facebook page to start the quiz.#saskcyberparks
Apr 14, 2020

Don’t Expect a CFL Season
The air of unreality surrounding the Covid-19 pandemic has many sports fans wondering how and in what form the seasons for their respective sports could be salvaged this year.That includes us CFL fans...
Apr 14, 2020