COVID-19 vaccination is set to begin in Prince Albert and the Far North, as the province is receiving additional Pfizer and new shipments of Moderna doses. Health Minister Paul Merriman said the Moderna doses arrived Wednesday, an anticipated 4900 immunizations. The...
A Northern MLA is suggesting that the region’s leadership establish a direct working relationship with the federal government, bypassing the province to help improve the lives of residents. Athabasca’s Buckley Belanger alleges the new relationship is needed, claiming...
As 2020 comes to a close, it will be remembered for one thing; the COVID-19 pandemic. In March the entire province went into lockdown to contain the spread of the virus and prevent the health care system from crashing. Now leaders are looking back on a year which has...
A Prince Albert man has decided to give a little bit back to those less fortunate during this holiday season. Allan Adam is originally from the Fond du Lac Denesuline First Nation but he has lived in the city for the last number of years. He currently works as an...
A prominent University of Saskatchewan researcher is being honoured for her work in Indigenous health. Carrie Bourassa, the scientific director of the CIHR’s Institute of Indigenous Peoples’ Health at the U of S, is the recipient of the Saskatchewan Health Research...
One of the most impactful northern stories of 2020 is a single man’s quest to raise awareness to high rates of suicide in Northern Saskatchewan. In July Tristen Durocher walked from Air Ronge to Regina, as he was not pleased with the provincial government’s suicide...
The Northern Inter Tribal Health Authority (NITHA) is welcoming the provincial government’s vaccine rollout plan, which was announced last week. NITHA’s Medical Health Officer Dr. Nnamdi Ndubuka said the health authority has been looking forward to having the vaccine....
The Northern Inter Tribal Health Authority (NITHA) says there are 285 active cases of COVID-19 in the north. The far northeast has the most active cases with 110. The far northwest had the second highest number of cases with 77. The north central part of the province...
There are a number of familiar faces on the newly elected Canoe Lake Cree First Nation chief and council. Francis Iron has been re-elected as chief and Bernice Iron, Lenny Iron, Lorne Iron, Wilfred Iron and Robert Opikokew will all serve another term on council....
RCMP says two people are dead, following a head on crash west of Prince Albert Monday afternoon on Highway 3. Mounties say the preliminary investigation reveals an eastbound car collided head-on with a westbound truck after the eastbound car pulled into the westbound...
