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Come Together Concert Cancelled
In light of recent events, the Prince Albert Concert Band has cancelled the upcoming Come Together Concert.
Mar 16, 2020
A COVID-19 update and new provincial measures; In The News for March 16
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of March 16 ... COV...
Mar 16, 2020
Death penalty ordered for mass killing at care home in Japan
TOKYO - A Japanese court Monday sentenced a former care home employee to hang for knifing to death 19 disabled people and injuring others four years ago in the deadliest mass attack in postwar Japan. ...
Mar 16, 2020
R.M. central office closed as possible case of COVID-19 investigated
The central offices for the Rural Municipalities (RM) of Prince Albert, Buckland and the Prince Albert Rural Water Utility have been temporarily closed following word that a person with a possible cas...
Mar 15, 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)
Asian stock markets, US futures sink after Fed's rate cut
BEIJING - Asian stock markets and U.S. futures fell Monday after the Federal Reserve slashed its key interest rate to shore up economic growth in the face of mounting global anti-virus controls that a...
Mar 15, 2020
PBCN dealing with COVID-19 case at Southend
The Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation (PBCN) has taken several measures since a presumptive case of COVID-19 was confirmed in the northern community of Southend, including the closure of schools effective ...
Mar 15, 2020 Southend, PBCN. (Cameconorth.com)
Spanish King renounces inheritance from father amid scandal
MADRID - Spain's King Felipe VI has renounced any future personal inheritance he could receive from his father, King Emerit Juan Carlos I, over the alleged financial irregularities involving the forme...
Mar 15, 2020
Resist the urge to panic shop despite COVID-19 fears, Trudeau says
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canadians shouldn't resort to panic buying despite the growing number of COVID-19 cases across the country. In an interview with CTV's Q...
Mar 15, 2020
Wolfpack on hold as 4 players go into self-isolation after showing mild symptoms
Four Toronto Wolfpack players have been told to self-isolate after experiencing "mild possible symptoms of COVID-19." The transatlantic rugby league team, which is currently based in England,&nbs...
Mar 15, 2020
Nipawin couple quarantined at CFB Trenton: 'It’s been horrible.'
Colleen and Bill Flanders were looking to escape the Saskatchewan cold with some friends. The Nipawin couple set off on a Grand Princess Cruise to Hawaii on Feb. 21 for what was supposed to be a 15-da...
Mar 15, 2020 Bill and Colleen Flanders (left) from Nipawin and their friends Wendy and Don Bomphray are under mandatory quarantine at CFB Trenton due to the COVID-19 outbreak. (submitted photo/Colleen Flanders)
