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Prince Albert stops issuing parking tickets in regular downtown stalls
Amid social distancing recommendations and the economic uncertainty brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, not a single customer entered Cody Demerais' Central Avenue business on Wednesday.A parking tic...
Mar 19, 2020 No parking tickets, except for handicap stall and fire lanes, will be issued in Prince Albert's downtown until the COVID-19 crisis is over. (file photo/paNOW Staff)
For the love of the game; Part three, Jeffrey’s journey
Over the last two days, the Prince Albert Raiders and the Carlton Crusaders senior girls basketball team have talked about how they fell in love with hockey and basketball in paNOW's sports series, Fo...
Mar 19, 2020 This is 8-year-old Jeffrey loving life and playing hockey in Waterloo, Ontario, circa 1993. Please note the Red Wings jersey and non-matching North Stars socks, the one long Bugs Bunny tooth beside the small baby chiclet, and my bedhead hair that I refused to comb while knowing full-well it was picture day. (Submitted photo/Sharon D’Andrea, my lovely mumsie)
Don't wait for Parliament, start processing applications for financial aid now: Singh
OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is urging the federal government to immediately begin accepting applications for emergency financial aid from Canadians struggling during the COVID-19 crisis. In...
Mar 19, 2020
Sanctions imposed on R.M. councillor, told to make apology
The reason why sanctions have been imposed on a Rural Municipality (R.M.) of Prince Albert councillor is now a bit clearer.The minutes from the Feb. 13 council meeting were approved by council at thei...
Mar 19, 2020 Wayne Acorn's chair was vacant at Thursday's council meeting. (Nigel Maxwell/ paNOW Staff)
Sask. doctors dealing first-hand with COVID-19
The COVID-19 virus is starting to turn up in members of Saskatchewan's medical community.The president of the Saskatchewan Medical Association, Dr. Allan Woo, issued a statement Thursday in which he c...
Mar 19, 2020 (file photo/CKOM News Staff)
Alternate in-home workouts help maintain wellness with gyms and studios closed
The recent closure of gyms and yoga/pilates studios has forced people to get creative in their pursuit of wellness. Working out at home has become the go-to option for many as the...
Mar 19, 2020
Head of Saskatchewan medical group says he got COVID-19 at doctors' bonspiel in Edmonton
REGINA - An investigation is underway in at least two provinces after a Saskatchewan doctor who attended a curling bonspiel in Edmonton tested positive for COVID-19. Dr. Allan Woo, president of the Sa...
Mar 19, 2020
Sask. doctors call on businesses to close their doors
Nearly 200 Saskatchewan physicians have written an open letter to the business community in the province.They are asking all businesses to close their doors to prevent the COVID-19 virus from spreadin...
Mar 19, 2020 (CKOM News Staff)
NewsAlert: Alberta records 1st COVID-19 death; man in 60s with other conditions
EDMONTON - Alberta has recorded its first death from COVID-19. Chief medical officer Dr. Deena Hinshaw says the man who died was in his 60s and had underlying health conditions. She says it appears he...
Mar 19, 2020 Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw. (Government of Alberta)
Distilling hand sanitizer, alcohol companies producing sanitizer during critical shortage
Next only to toilet paper, hand sanitizer has been long sold out at grocery stores and pharmacies across Canada and the world. Mark Freeland, who grew up in Prince Albert, is a part of the solution. F...
Mar 19, 2020 Here’s an early draft of what the cans of hand sanitizer, or ‘canitizer’ could look like. (Twitter/Annex Ale Project)
