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COVID-19 concerns prompt Cameco suspension
There has been another blow to the already beleaguered uranium mining sector in northern Saskatchewan with the announcement Cameco is temporarily suspending production at its Cigar Lake operation. The...
Mar 23, 2020 (Cameco.com)
Gamble seeks new term at Beardy's
Members of Beardy's Okemasis Cree Nation head to the polls this Friday, and long time Chief Rick Gamble is once again running, seeking a fresh new term.Gamble, who did not run in the last election, to...
Mar 23, 2020 Rick Gamble. (submitted photo/ Rick Gamble)
SARCAN shutters operations amid COVID-19 concerns
Local recycling just became another casualty of the COVID-19 pandemic amid restrictions being put in place to help stop its spread. SARCAN Recycling has closed all of its locations across Saskatchewan...
Mar 21, 2020 SARCAN Recycling is closing all its locations in Saskatchewan. (File Photo/paNOW Staff)
Slower weekend for P.A. grocery stores
Prince Albert's grocery stores did not appear overly active Saturday despite it being the first weekend since a State of Emergency was announced earlier this week due to the COVID-19 pandemic.Early af...
Mar 21, 2020 Some customers were stocking up Saturday. (Michael Joel-Hansen/paNOW Staff)
'People are still going to eat,' Jim Pattison buoyant despite COVID-19 pandemic
Recession? What recession? One of Canada's leading entrepreneurs remains optimistic regarding the longer-term economic fallout from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and is rejecting the notion the...
Glynn Brothen Mar 21, 2020 Jim Pattison spoke with BNN Bloomberg about his optimism for the economy despite the COVID-19 pandemic. (BNN Bloomberg)
P.A. chamber creates special business list amid COVID-19 pandemic
Amid the ever-changing landscape for businesses due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Prince Albert and District Chamber of Commerce has put out a special page on its website.It offers a list which identi...
Mar 20, 2020 (file photo/paNOW Staff)
Closed casino supports P.A. Food Bank
The Prince Albert Food Bank has seen an increase in traffic amidst the COVID-19 outbreak.The organization's executive director Kim Scruby said local organizers have reached out to help. Because of the...
Mar 20, 2020 Northern Lights Casino made a donation to the food bank last month. (Facebook/P.A. Food Bank)
Council to discuss exemptions to proposed back alley curfew
UPDATE: As of late Friday afternoon, the public portion of city council's Monday Executive Committee meeting had been cancelled. It was not immediatly clear when discussion on the proposed bylaw and o...
Mar 20, 2020 Under the proposed bylaw access to alleys in the city like this one in Midtown would be closed to pedestrians and vehicles between the hours of 12 a.m. and 6 a.m. with some exemptions. (Nigel Maxwell/paNOW Staff)
Prince Albert stops issuing parking tickets in regular downtown stalls
Amid social distancing recommendations and the economic uncertainty brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, not a single customer entered Cody Demerais' Central Avenue business on Wednesday.A parking tic...
Mar 19, 2020 No parking tickets, except for handicap stall and fire lanes, will be issued in Prince Albert's downtown until the COVID-19 crisis is over. (file photo/paNOW Staff)
P.A. housing and hospital: budget reaction
Local builders say the partial tax break offered in the provincial budget isn't everything they were hoping for, but it will still be a shot in the arm for the ailing residential construction sector. ...
Mar 19, 2020 (The Canadian Press)
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