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Health officials, police warn of scams exploiting COVID-19 fears
WINNIPEG - Health officials and police are warning people about an email scam taking advantage of people worried about COVID-19 to steal money or sensitive information. Winnipeg police have sent a war...
Mar 16, 2020
Canada closes borders to most foreigners to fight spread of COVID-19
OTTAWA - Canada is closing its borders to most foreign nationals except Americans and is barring anyone, including Canadian citizens, with symptoms of the novel coronavirus from boarding fli...
Mar 16, 2020
COVID-19 has Canadian Blood Services worried about critical shortage
OTTAWA - Canadian Blood Services is seeking to reassure donors that it's safe to give blood, despite the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Isra Levy of Canadian Blood Services says there has been a jum...
Mar 16, 2020
Sask. Polytechnic cancelling classes, moving to online learning due to COVID-19
Saskatchewan Polytechnic is cancelling all classes and programming for the rest of the week, and will move to online learning starting March 23.In a release Monday afternoon, Sask. Polytechnic preside...
Mar 16, 2020 (file photo/paNOW Staff)
Possible COVID case turns out negative
The Rural Municipalities (R.M.) of Prince Albert and Buckland remain COVID-19 free, following news of a false alarm.The decision was made Sunday night to close the central office on River Street becau...
Mar 16, 2020 The central office for the Rural Municipalities of Buckland and Prince Albert is located in Prince Albert at 99 River St. E . (File photo/ paNOW Staff)
7 Bay Area counties in California order shelter-in-place
LOS ANGELES - Officials in six San Francisco Bay Area counties issued a shelter-in-place mandate on Monday affecting nearly 7 million people, including the city of San Francisco itself. The order says...
Mar 16, 2020
Noted musical trailblazer Doriot Anthony Dwyer dies at 98
BOSTON - A longtime Boston Symphony Orchestra flutist and musical trailblazer has died, the orchestra said Monday. Doriot Anthony Dwyer was 98. Dwyer, the second woman ever to win a principal chair in...
Mar 16, 2020
P.A. schools respond to provincial closure
Prince Albert's school divisions are responding to the government decision announced Monday that all school classes in the province will be suspended indefinitely from Friday. The last day of school f...
Mar 16, 2020 Premier Scott Moe announces the decision to close the province's schools. (Sarah Mills/Twitter)
City day cares remain open, monitoring COVID-19
In its latest response to the threat of COVID-19, the provincial government has announced the closure of all schools, which also applies to all daycares located in those same buildings.Licensed day ca...
Mar 16, 2020 (Nigel Maxwell/ paNOW Staff)
Victoria Hospital Foundation Updates
Victoria Hospital Foundation is carrying on!With the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) now declared a global pandemic, we cannot help but think of all those we know and care about around the world, includi...
Mar 16, 2020
