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Plans in motion for provinces to begin reopening amid COVID-19 pandemic
OTTAWA - Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says Ottawa and Washington are working on plans to deal with an increase in cross-border traffic as states and provinces begin reopening. There's curre...
May 12, 2020
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4 a.m. ET on May 12, 2020: There are 69,981 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 38,469 confirmed (includ...
May 12, 2020
Archaic paper records submitted by fax hold up real-time COVID-19 data
OTTAWA - Health research experts say the archaic way Canada records deaths means the country could be missing out on data important to addressing the COVID-19 crisis. When someone dies in Ca...
May 12, 2020
Addiction support to La Loche amid continued outbreak
The northern village of La Loche is seeing a slight tapering in its active cases of COVID-19 since last week as support for alcohol-dependent people is made available. Dr. Rim Zayed, Medical Health Of...
May 11, 2020
Probe ends into Manitoba Mountie's hunting accident; officer refused interview
WINNIPEG - Manitoba's police watchdog says an investigation into an off-duty Mountie who reportedly shot himself in the foot while goose hunting has ended because of a lack of informati...
May 11, 2020
'Everybody's issue': Sexual Assault Awareness Week begins in Saskatchewan
Monday marks the beginning of Sexual Assault Awareness Week in Saskatchewan. While in the past the Prince Albert Sexual Assault Centre has hosted events in the community, this year, due to the pandemi...
May 11, 2020
Buckland council discussing bridge replacement
The provincial government has resurrected a multi-million program to help municipalities with capital projects, and the Rural Municipality of Buckland (R.M.) is hoping for a slice of the pie.Among the...
May 11, 2020
Community comes together to help girl celebrate birthday
A two-year-old Prince Albert girl who is currently battling Leukemia got a special kind of birthday party this past weekend.Local residents along with police and fire department put on a parade to hel...
May 11, 2020
What'sHappeningNOW May 11, 2020
News Director Glenn Hicks speaks with the paNOW newsroom about their biggest stories of recent days.
May 11, 2020
California sheriff says inmates tried to infect themselves
LOS ANGELES - Two groups of inmates at a Los Angeles County jail tried to infect themselves with the coronavirus by sharing water and a mask, and within two weeks 30 prisoners tested positive, authori...
May 11, 2020
