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Province invests in more mental health support
Given the increased anxiety and stress related to isolation and the global pandemic, the province's Ministry of Health is investing an additional $33 million in mental health and addictions services.T...
Apr 01, 2020 (ID 120347123 © Jivko Mladenov | Dreamstime.com)
Kelly Taylor live show a big hit
Some say laughter is the best medicine.On Monday Night XFM Morning Co-host, Kelly Taylor provided a free comedic live show on XFM's Facebook page. During the live stream the show had as many as 1,600 ...
Apr 01, 2020 Kelly Taylor. (paNOW Staff/ Ronald Quaroni)
‘Never Rarely’ captures the obstacles of abortion
NEW YORK - Even progressively minded movies about abortion have usually focused on the morality of the decision. Eliza Hittman wanted to make a film where the highest hurdle isn't deciding to have an ...
Apr 01, 2020
Loraas asking households to dispose recyclables if members are sick
Loraas is reminding customers of recently enacted safe waste disposal guidelines to prevent COVID-19 transmission.In an attachment on the Loraas Environmental Services Ltd website, they list several m...
Apr 01, 2020 Garbage bins could fill up faster than usual, as Loraas is asking customers to throw out recyclables if a household member is sick. (battlefordsNOW Staff/Josh Ryan)
Vancouver forward J.T. Miller hoping Canucks get to finish what they started
J.T. Miller hasn't thought twice about having the best statistical season of his career stopped in its tracks. The frustration of seeing the Vancouver Canucks' resurgent campaign put on ice is an...
Apr 01, 2020
Buying time; Tokyo Games postponement a boon for injured Canadian athletes
When TJ Sanders isn't on the volleyball court running Canada's offence, he's often laying on his back with his feet on a chair courtside. Canada's starting setter has managed a painful back injur...
Apr 01, 2020
Families prepare for online Easter celebrations in times of COVID-19 reality
Families in the Battlefords and Meadow Lake will need to start planning to celebrate Easter at home alone with their family, or on their own, instead of heading to church this year due to COVID-19 res...
Apr 01, 2020 Rev. Trevor Malyon stands alone at St. Paul's Anglican Church in North Battleford Wednesday, surrounded by empty pews. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment leaders take pay cuts in wake of COVID-19
TORONTO - Top Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment executives are taking pay cuts in the wake of COVID-19 shutting down the company's sports and entertainment business. A memo to MLSE ...
Apr 01, 2020
Community project continues during COVID-19 pandemic
The Rose Garden Hospice is still working to collect donations during the COVID-19 outbreak.Marina Mitchell, a member of the board for the Rose Garden Hospice said the organization closed their offices...
Apr 01, 2020 Proposed design of the Rose Garden Hospice by AODBT. (Submitted photo/rosegardenhospice.ca)
WHL finals-winning goal can be traced back to the Leon Draisaitl trade
The Prince Albert Raiders traded away 'the Deutschland Dangler' Leon Draisaitl to the Kelowna Rockets over five years ago, but the dividends of that move are still paying off. The Raiders have two act...
Apr 01, 2020 The Deutschland dangler himself in all his glory with the Prince Albert Raiders. (File photo/paNOW Staff)
