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As pandemic turns politics inside out, questions swirl around Democratic race
WASHINGTON - Movie theatres are shuttered, schools and universities unnervingly quiet, businesses and borders are turning people away and North America is bracing for the worst as the urgenc...
Mar 17, 2020
P.A. closes city facilities
Non-essential Prince Albert city facilities, including arenas and the library have closed. The measures were announced Tuesday afternoon to limit the risk of transmission of COVID-19. City Hall remain...
Mar 17, 2020 As of 4 p.m. Tuesday the Alfred Jenkins Field House will be closed. (File photo/paNOW Staff)
Shellbrook facilities winding down in response to COVID-19 concerns
By the end of the week all facilities in the Town of Shellbrook will be closing temporarily which includes the curling rink, community hall and the movie theatre.Administrator Kelly Hoare told paNOW t...
Mar 17, 2020 (file photo/paNOW Staff)
Commons likely to sit again to pass economic response to COVID-19, Trudeau says
OTTAWA - A sweeping federal economic stimulus package to combat the shock of COVID-19 is now to be unveiled Wednesday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says, and could soon be before an emergency sitting...
Mar 17, 2020 THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Chartrand
Sturgeon Lake First Nation takes COVID-19 precautions; other cancellations
Sturgeon Lake First Nation has announced the community's school will be closing for the next two weeks and their community hall will be closed to public events. The measures are the latest in our regi...
Mar 17, 2020 The health centre on Sturgeon Lake is staying open. (Sturgeon Lake First Nation)
Saskatchewan records an eighth case of COVID-19
There is an eighth COVID-19 case in Saskatchewan.It is a person who travelled to a dental conference in Vancouver, much like one of the Regina cases.One of the eight cases has been hospitalized, but e...
Mar 17, 2020 Saskatchewan's chief medical health officer, Dr. Saqib Shahab. (Evan Radford/980 CJME)
What'sHappeningNOW March 17, 2020
News Director Glenn Hicks speaks with Reporters Alison Sandstrom and Michael Joel-Hansen about how COVID-19 has impacted Prince Albert and area.
Mar 17, 2020
Wapiti Regional Library COVID-19 (CORONA VIRUS) NOTIFICATION
Wapiti Regional Library is committed to a calm, measured response to the arrival of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan and is working with our Provincial Government and municipal partners in response to unfoldi...
Mar 17, 2020
MLCN election postponed; fish derby cancelled
A scheduled March 31 election at Montreal Lake Cree Nation has been postponed for four months due to concerns around COVID-19.The decision was made Monday by Electoral Officer Lawrence Lewis, followin...
Mar 17, 2020 Montreal Lake Cree Nation band office. (Submitted photo/ Conrad Naytowhow)
Russian author, political activist Limonov dies at 77
MOSCOW - Eduard Limonov, a Russian author and political activist known for his poignant and controversial writings, died on Tuesday. He was 77. Limonov's death was announced by the Other Russia politi...
Mar 17, 2020
