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Police confirm arrest in triple-homicide case
Prince Albert Police have confirmed a lone male suspect has been arrested in connection to a triple-homicide investigation.The bodies of two adults, and a seven-year-old boy were found late Sunday aft...
Mar 31, 2020 Three bodies were discovered last Sunday at this house on MacArthur Drive. (Nigel Maxwell/ paNOW Staff)
Sister of woman who died from COVID-19 urges public to follow precautions and stay home
Battlefords resident Eleanor Widdowson is urging her community and the rest of Saskatchewan to "follow the rules" after her sister died from COVID-19 the day before receiving her test result.Widdowson...
Mar 31, 2020 The family of Alice Grove, 75, (pictured), is urging the province to release locations of patients diagnosed with COVID-19 to prevent further transmission. (submitted photo/ Eleanor Widdowson)
Sturgeon Lake First Nation launches online talent competition
COVID-19 may have forced Sturgeon Lake First Nation (SLFN) to cancel their popular Winter Festival, but band leadership has found a creative way to put on a different kind of show for the community. O...
Mar 31, 2020 (ID 145666939 © Golubovy | Dreamstime.com)
Fundraisers set up to help families after P.A. triple homicide
As the unsettling news of last weekend's triple-homicide continues to sink in for the community, financial support has been pouring in for the families of the victims.According to police, the bodies o...
Mar 31, 2020 A photo taken of Denis Carrier and Sandra Henry, with their grandson Bentlee. (Submitted photo/ Sherry McLennan)
White House projects 100K to 240K US deaths from virus
WASHINGTON - The White House on Tuesday projected 100,000 to 240,000 deaths in the U.S. from the coronavirus pandemic if current social distancing guidelines are maintained. President Donald Trump cal...
Mar 31, 2020
New Trump mileage standards to gut Obama climate effort
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is poised to roll back ambitious Obama-era vehicle mileage standards and raise the ceiling on damaging fossil fuel emissions for years to come, gutting one of the U...
Mar 31, 2020
COVID-19 ended Tynes' high school career; N.S. guard among seniors in limbo
Kellen Tynes likely would have been touring U.S. college campuses right about now and mapping out his college basketball future with his family. Instead, the 18-year-old from Dartmouth, N.S., spent mu...
Mar 31, 2020
Local historian looks back on Spanish Influenza amid COVID-19
Over a hundred years ago, locals were also learning the benefits of social distancing and washing vigorously in the fight against Spanish Influenza.Fred Payton, a board member with the P.A. Historical...
Mar 31, 2020 The Victoria Hospital circa 1920. (submitted photo/P.A. Historical Society)
Montreal Impact midfielder Shamit Shome making most of time alone
Montreal Impact midfielder Shamit Shome has been making the most of his time while hunkered at home. When not reaching out to friends and family, the 22-year-old from Edmonton has been working out and...
Mar 31, 2020
Woodbine Entertainment says it will continue to stable horses on backstretch
TORONTO - Woodbine Entertainment said Tuesday it will continue stabling horses on its backstretch and provide the essential care they need during the COVID-19 pandemic. The announcement came...
Mar 31, 2020
