Author Archives:
City crews refocus efforts as temperatures climb
The City of Prince Albert is shifting the focus of its operations.Mohammad Kraishan, operations manager for the city of P.A., said as temperatures warm up staff are focusing on making sure important i...
Apr 20, 2020 The City of Prince Albert will start sweeping as soon weather permits. (Glenn Hicks/paNOW Staff)
Hayes selected as Players' Choice
The players have spoken, and the Prince Albert Raiders have chosen their captain Zack Hayes as the recipient of the Players' Choice Award Presented by Prince Albert Source for Sports.Hayes, the 20-yea...
Apr 20, 2020 The over-age captain of the Raiders was chosen by his teammates as the player who best exemplified what it meant to be a Prince Albert Raider. (Keith Dwiggins/Portland Winterhawks)
Provincial COVID-19 total at 316 with 74 active cases
As of today, April 20, the province has one new case of COVID-19. That brings the provincial total to 316 reported cases. As the government released the latest figures it stressed the arrival of warm ...
Apr 20, 2020 Saskatchewan's chief medical health officer, Dr. Saqib Shahab. (Evan Radford/980 CJME)
Blue-chip NFL prospects Gallimore, Claypool top CFL scouting bureau list
TORONTO - Oklahoma defensive lineman Neville Gallimore and Notre Dame receiver Chase Claypool - both blue-chip prospects for this week's NFL draft - top the final CFL scouting bureau top-20 list....
Apr 20, 2020
Fewer than 10 asylum seekers tried to cross since border closure: Blair
OTTAWA - The federal public safety minister says fewer than 10 asylum seekers have been turned back to the U.S. since the historic shutdown of the border. Bill Blair provided the figure to the House o...
Apr 20, 2020
Florida jogger dons costume to cheer up neighbourhood
TAMPA, Fla. - More than a week after Easter, there's still one mythical creature hopping around a Florida neighbourhood trying to spread happiness. Corey Jurgensen, 40, donned a 7-foot (2-meter) -tall...
Apr 20, 2020
Birch Hills beef vendor adapting to COVID-19 demands
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, some local farmers and producers are busy trying to get food from the farm to plate.Increased outputBrenda Kernaleguen is the founder of Brenda's Blue Ribbon Beef, a perenn...
Apr 20, 2020 (submitted photo/Brenda's Blue Ribbon Beef Facebook page)
Jane Goodall talks coronavirus impact, Nat Geo documentary
LOS ANGELES - Even though the planet has reaped the benefits of a cleaner environment from society shutting down during the coronavirus outbreak, Jane Goodall worries about human behaviour resorting b...
Apr 20, 2020
Gov't relief loans to restaurant chains draw complaints
Some big restaurant chains have obtained loans from the government under a small-business relief program, leading business groups to cry foul even though the loans are within the guidelines of the len...
Apr 20, 2020
JBS shuts down Minnesota pork plant hit by COVID-19 outbreak
MINNEAPOLIS - JBS USA said it is temporarily shutting down its big pork processing plant in southwestern Minnesota because of an outbreak of COVID-19 among workers, the latest closure of a major U.S. ...
Apr 20, 2020
