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Upgrade added to seniors' transport service in response to COVID-19
The group that helps provide rides in Prince Albert for seniors as well as paratransit for people with disabilities is doing more to help people avoid exposure to the virus.The people who use the two ...
Mar 26, 2020 (File photo/ paNOW Staff)
Pandemic fallout: NCAA slashes distribution by $375 million
The NCAA will distribute $225 million to its Division I members in June, $375 million less than had been budgeted this year because the coronavirus pandemic forced the cancellation of the men's basket...
Mar 26, 2020
P.A.'s Vance named as Huskies' team MVP
The University of Saskatchewan Huskies Women's Hockey Team decided their most valuable player was from Prince Albert this year. Goaltender Jessica Vance received the Huskies' Shannon Miller Most Valua...
Mar 26, 2020 Jessica Vance was named as the MVP for the Huskies Women's Hockey Team. (Twitter/UofS Women's Hockey)
Trudeau says travellers who refuse to self-isolate are 'dangerous'
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canadians ignoring orders to stay isolated after returning from trips outside the country are endangering the lives of others. Canada today began enforcing ...
Mar 26, 2020
Benefit to COVID-19 impacted workers may be model for future: Qualtrough
OTTAWA - Employment Minister Carla Qualtrough says the newly created benefit for workers affected by COVID-19 may be a model for how the federal government helps unemployed Canadians in the future. Du...
Mar 26, 2020
Park vandal located
Prince Albert Police are now confirming the person who went off-roading with their truck this month through the Alfred Jenkins playground has been found.The incident happened on the night of March 16t...
Mar 26, 2020 (Submitted photo/ Prince Albert Police Service)
While people settle into self-isolation PAFD offers cooking safety tips
With more kids at home because of a cancelled school year and parent working from home, the Prince Albert Fire Department (PAFD) is reminding residents who may be partaking in more culinary activities...
Mar 26, 2020 (paNOW Staff/ Ronald Quaroni)
Indianapolis 500 postponed until August because of COVID-19
The Indianapolis 500 has been postponed until August because of the coronavirus pandemic and won't run on Memorial Day weekend for the first time since 1946. The race will instead be held Aug. 23, thr...
Mar 26, 2020
Freedom-of-information requests shunted to sidelines during virus crisis
OTTAWA - As government agencies across Canada focus strained resources on protecting people from COVID-19, efforts to respond to freedom-of-information requests from the public are slowing or even sto...
Mar 26, 2020
Meghan to narrate Disney nature film in first post-royal job
LONDON - Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, has her first post-royal job: narrating a Disney documentary about elephants. Disney announced Thursday that the duchess, who is married to Britain's Prince Har...
Mar 26, 2020
