by MBC News | Dec 31, 2020
2020 has been a year of evolving challenges, but perseverance as the people of Northern Sask. had to navigate during the COVID-19 pandemic. “It’s been a very unusual year. It’s created different challenges for people, which create new challenges and how we...
by MBC News | Dec 30, 2020
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...
by MBC News | Dec 30, 2020
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...
by MBC News | Dec 29, 2020
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...
by MBC News | Dec 26, 2020
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...
by MBC News | Dec 26, 2020
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...