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Keep Vegetables in Good Condition Longer

Are you buying larger quantities of fresh vegetables to limit the number of times you need to go shopping? Here are some tips from the Public Health Nutritionists of Saskatchewan to help keep those ve...

Apr 09, 2020

Men of the North Group Looking For Volunteers

First and foremost, a moment of silence for those who are struggling with this pandemic. Whether it be Emotionally, Spiritually, Physically, or Mentally.We want to give a great big acknowledgement to ...

Apr 09, 2020

Taking Care Of Your Mental Health During The Pandemic

Mental health services and supports are readily available to Saskatchewan residents who need them during the COVID-19 pandemic. In recent spending estimates, the Ministry of Health is investing $435 m...

Apr 09, 2020

Mother-daughter duo in La Ronge sewing masks to prevent virus transmission

A mother-daughter duo from La Ronge have put their sewing skills to work making face masks for essential workers and the general public. Anne-Marie Jakeway and her mother Joan Kidd began making the ma...

Apr 08, 2020 Anne-Marie Jakeway, seen here, has made about 100 masks so far with assistance from Joan Kidd. (submitted photo/Anne-Marie Jakeway)

La Ronge man taken by COVID-19 remembered as great father, outdoorsman

Ron Mackay's family doesn't want him to be remembered for the way he was taken from this world, but for the way he lived in it and the way he loved it.The 85-year-old former owner of Red's Camps in La...

Apr 08, 2020 Ron Mackay is pictured here at Red's Camps in La Ronge, Sask. (Lisa Saelhof/Submitted)

Province releases planning scenarios for COVID-19, prepares for 153,000 to 408,000 cases

They are not predictions or expectations, but the province has released three 'what if' scenarios to assess the potential impact of COVID-19 transmission on Saskatchewan's health care system.These sce...

Apr 08, 2020

How to try to avoid cross contamination – advice from RUH’s head of clinical microbiology

What COVID-19 has taught everybody is that the virus is invisible - you can't see it - but it can be present in an individual or on a surface, and your hands can be the vector which transmits it, and ...

Apr 08, 2020 Masks and gloves available to the public. Lara Fominoff/CKOM

SaskCyberParks: Get Outdoors!

Create your own Nature Journal to help you explore your backyard or your neighborhood! Grab some scrap paper and use the example shown here to draw your own Nature Data Sheet.Next, explore your backya...

Apr 08, 2020

Buy From Local Farmers Delivering to City

Easter is just about here and it will certainly be different from last year. Fortunately, we can still gather family together electronically and enjoy all the baking we have had time to do. The Prince...

Apr 08, 2020

89-year-old Riders super fan in isolation ‘floored’ with birthday wishes

After being isolated for more than three weeks, lifelong Saskatchewan Roughriders fan Ethel Mongovius wasn't sure how her 89th birthday would go.But through the power of social media, her birthday on ...

Apr 07, 2020 Ethel Mongovius received quite the surprise on her 89th birthday, with an Upper Deck card tweeted out by the company on April 6, 2020. (Twitter/Upper Deck)