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Feds urged to make air transport essential service for Inuit, North
OTTAWA - The national organization that represents Inuit in Canada is calling for air transportation to be designated an essential service in Canada's 51 Inuit communities for the duration o...
Mar 31, 2020
What'sHappeningNOW March 31, 2020
News Director Glenn Hicks speaks with reporter Michael Joel-Hansen talk about increased supports coming to social service agencies amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Mar 31, 2020
Words to remember: Canadian newsmakers have their say on COVID-19
A look at some of the top quotes from across Canada on Tuesday in relation to COVID-19: "They had nowhere to stay and didn't really know what they were doing in the community besides just comin...
Mar 31, 2020
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
