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Birch Hills Fire and Rescue receive hand sanitizer from Sask. distillery
Birch Hills Fire and Rescue received a generous donation from a Saskatchewan-based distillery.Due to the COVID-19 pandemic hand sanitizer has been a hot commodity and has manufacturers scrambling to k...
Apr 01, 2020 (Birch Hills Fire and Rescue/Facebook)
Source: Woodbine Entertainment to postpone $1-million Queen's Plate
TORONTO - Add the 2020 Queen's Plate to the list of sports events to have either been cancelled or postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. A source told The Canadian Press that Woodbine Entertainment ...
Apr 01, 2020
Feds likely didn't have enough protective gear in emergency stockpile: Hajdu
OTTAWA - Health Minister Patty Hajdu says the federal government likely did not have enough protective equipment in its emergency stockpile to meet needs during the COVID-19 pandemic. Hajdu ...
Apr 01, 2020
Golfer Corey Conners making the most of time at home during social distancing
Like most people, Corey Conners is finding new and different ways to fill his time while observing physical distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic. That means playing as the Toronto Maple L...
Apr 01, 2020
Local photographer collecting non-perishables for the food bank
The Front Step Project has made its way to Prince Albert in support of the Food Bank.Photographers across North America are breaking out their cameras and snapping shots of people standing outside the...
Apr 01, 2020 (submitted photo/Brittany Olsen)
Remind Yourself to Be Active
Pro Tip: Set a "Get Up & Get Moving" reminder on your phone or tablet. It's easy to lose track of time when you're deeply focused or housebound all day, so setting an hourly reminder will keep you...
Apr 01, 2020
Man facing murder charges in deaths of Saskatchewan boy and grandparents
PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. - A Saskatchewan man is facing three counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of a seven-year-old boy and the child's grandparents. Court records show an appearance was schedul...
Apr 01, 2020
New York City deaths top 1,000 with worst to come
New York authorities rushed to bring in an army of medical volunteers Wednesday as the statewide death toll from the coronavirus surged past 1,900 and the wail of ambulances in the otherwise eerily qu...
Apr 01, 2020
Duration of COVID-19 measures depends on obeying health authorites: PM
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the longer it takes for all Canadians to follow the rules and stay home the longer it will be before life can return to normal.One scenario presented to cab...
Apr 01, 2020
Man charged in connection to P.A. triple homicide
The man charged in connection to the triple homicides of a family in Prince Albert is Nathaniel Kenneth Carrier. Court documents show he was scheduled to appear at Prince Albert Provincial Court this ...
Apr 01, 2020 Nathaniel Kenneth Carrier has been charged in connection to the murder of family members in Prince Albert.(Facebook)
