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Neskantaga First Nation in northwestern Ontario reports COVID-19 case
The chief of the Neskantaga First Nation says a contractor has tested positive for COVID-19 in the remote northwestern Ontario community.Chief Christopher Moonias says in a statement that the communit...
Nov 13, 2020
Lighting bridge in colours for anti-abortion group 'polarizing', Edmonton lawyers say
EDMONTON - Lawyers representing the City of Edmonton say the city decided not to light a bridge in colours requested by an anti-abortion group because it risked polarizing the community, a judge heard...
Nov 13, 2020
What'sHappeningNOW Nov. 13, 2020
News Director Glenn Hicks talks about the stories you made popular on paNOW this week.
Nov 13, 2020
Prince Albert couple, charged in death of Humboldt man, await decision on trial
The fate of a Prince Albert couple charged in the kidnapping and death of a Humboldt man last February, remains uncertain.Preliminary hearing dates have now been set for both Steven Veilleux (Feb. 5, ...
Nov 13, 2020
COVID extra difficult for those greiving, says wife of late Oiler Colby Cave
Emily Cave didn't expect her Instagram post about taking COVID-19 regulations seriously to go viral. The wife of Edmonton Oilers' centre Colby Cave, who died in April after suffering a brain ble...
Nov 13, 2020
Prince Albert and La Ronge among other communities in latest SHA list of possible COVID-19 exposures
The Saskatchewan Health Authority is alerting the public of possible COVID-19 exposures at businesses in multiple communities including Prince Albert and La Ronge.La RongeNovember 6Mel Hegland Uniplex...
Nov 13, 2020
New COVID protocols mean some changes for P.A. business but not schools
Increased health protocols announced by the Government of Saskatchewan Friday to curb the spread of COVID-19 will impact some of Prince Albert's public spaces and businesses but are being welcomed as ...
Nov 13, 2020
Canoe Lake protesters demand hundreds of members be added to voters list
Hundreds of Canoe Lake Cree Nation band members can't vote for their council and a protest was held this week to demand answers from leadership as to why. "There's a lot of members who are supposed to...
Nov 13, 2020
Federal fisheries minister concerned about size of Mi'kmaq fishery in Cape Breton bay
HALIFAX - The federal fisheries minister is raising concerns about the health of the lobster stock in Cape Breton in connection with an Indigenous self-regulated fishery underway in St. Peters Bay. Be...
Nov 13, 2020
Labour minister hails progress on pay equity but says it will take time to deliver
OTTAWA - The government is proposing to give federally regulated companies at least three years to develop plans to give their female employees equal pay for work of equal value. Companies that face a...
Nov 13, 2020
