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Canada backs U.S.-led effort for Taiwan at WHO over China's objections
OTTAWA - Canada has backed an American-led effort to allow Taiwan to be granted observer status at the World Health Organization because of its early success in containing COVID-19. The move is politi...
May 09, 2020
No easy fix for long-term care, but it starts with working conditions: experts
OTTAWA - Experts say the path to fixing long-term care after the COVID-19 pandemic is not clear, but many agree it starts with improving conditions for the caregivers who work in them. Policy-mak...
May 09, 2020
Roy Horn of Siegfried & Roy dies from coronavirus at 75
LAS VEGAS - Roy Horn of Siegfried & Roy, the duo whose extraordinary magic tricks astonished millions until Horn was critically injured in 2003 by one of the act's famed white tigers, has died. He...
May 09, 2020
2 arrested in slaying of Michigan guard over face mask order
FLINT, Mich. - Two men were arrested Friday in the fatal shooting of a security guard who demanded a woman wear a mask while shopping at a store. Genesee County authorities said Ramonyea Bishop, 23, w...
May 08, 2020
Tekashi 6ix9ine releases new video from home confinement
NEW YORK - Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine lit up social media on Friday, releasing a new song and video created during his home confinement just weeks after being freed from a Manhattan federal lockup over co...
May 08, 2020
What'sHappeningNOW May 8, 2020
Senior Reporter Nigel Maxwell speaks with Sports Editor Jeff D'Andrea about the latest news of the Prince Albert Mintos.
May 08, 2020
P.A. to receive estimated $5.1 million of provincial infrastructure funding
Prince Albert is among municipalities getting a boost from the provincial government. City Manager Jim Toye told paNOW the city is set to receive around $5.1 million through the newly reinstated Munic...
May 08, 2020
Bichette weighs in on South Korean baseball, empty stadiums and Jays' excitement level
With a few pro leagues resuming play around the globe, Major League Baseball fans are getting a glimpse of how things might look if big-league games return after this ext...
May 08, 2020
Ian Scott reflects on winning the 'ship and fixing his hip
Show me a good team and we'll show you a good goaltender. Sure, the Prince Albert Raiders essentially had three first lines and six minute-munching defencemen as they went on to lift the 2019 Ed Chyno...
May 08, 2020
Feds reject eight million N95 masks from a single distributor
OTTAWA - The federal government has suspended shipments of N95 respirators from a Montreal-based supplier after about eight million of the masks made in China failed to meet specifications. ...
May 08, 2020
