Health

North East SPCA adjusting to COVID-19 pandemic

The North East SPCA (NESPCA) is another local organization adapting to the COVID-19 pandemic.The Harry and Eve Vickar Shelter in Melfort is taking a number of steps to reduce the risk of transmission....

Mar 25, 2020 (Aaron Schulze/northeastNOW Staff)

Saskatchewan's COVID-19 case total at 86, four cases transmitted in community

The province has confirmed community transmission of COVID-19 is now taking place, as all previous cases were travel-related.As of Wednesday, March 25, the province confirmed 14 more cases of COVID-19...

Mar 25, 2020 Saskatchewan's Chief Medical Health Officer Dr. Saqib Shahab, March 24, 2020. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)

Sask. woman living down under during COVID-19 crisis

A retired teacher from the Prince Albert area is hundreds of miles from home and her children during the COVID-19 crisis.Kathryn Hughes has dual Canadian - Australian citizenship, and after spending f...

Mar 25, 2020 A photo taken of Kathryn Hughes (middle) with her two oldest children before she left Canada last October. (Submitted photo/ Kathryn Hughes)

Money for new lab will help VIDO produce more vaccines faster

The Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization - International Vaccine Centre (VIDO-InterVac) on the University of Saskatchewan campus has been at the forefront when it comes to developing a vaccine ...

Mar 25, 2020 (Government of Saskatchewan/Submitted)

Humboldt mayor discusses city's first COVID-19 case

The mayor of Humboldt is encouraging people to stay calm, follow health protocols, and strict social distancing. His comments came after the community's first confirmed case of COVID-19 over the weeke...

Mar 25, 2020 (File photo/northeastNOW 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)

Carrot River postpones mayoral byelection amid COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to another postponement in the northeast.The Town of Carrot River's mayoral byelection is postponed. A news release stated the postponement is "in light of the risk to th...

Mar 24, 2020 (file photo/northeastNOW Staff)

City of Melfort asks for hold on protective equipment donations

Just one day after the City of Melfort put a call out for protective equipment to businesses to try and help local health care providers, a pause is being put on that call."The community has responded...

Mar 24, 2020 (File Photo/northeastNOW Staff)

Melfort Ambulance taking safeguards amid COVID-19 pandemic

A local ambulance company is taking a few extra precautions when it comes to COVID-19.Melfort Ambulance manager Wayne Therres told northeastNOW that for them, it was business as usual in that people c...

Mar 24, 2020 (File photo/northeastNOW 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)