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What'sHappeningNOW April 23, 2020
News Director Glenn Hicks speaks with Senior Reporter Nigel Maxwell and Sports Editor Jeff D'Andrea about the Re-Open Saskatchewan plan.
Apr 23, 2020
Cooke and Kachur’s golf courses benefit in first phase of Sask’s re-opening plan
The COVID-19 pandemic has taken away a lot from people, the ability to eat inside a restaurant or talk to people without the assistance of a screen. In some cases, it has taken away our sanity. But it...
Apr 23, 2020 Cooke Municipal Golf Course is opening back up, thanks to the province reducing restrictions. (File photo/paNOW Staff)
'It could have been any one of us': local RCMP send support to Nova Scotia
A Staff Sgt. with the Prince Albert RCMP detachment says the death this month of a fellow member in Nova Scotia, has hit the entire RCMP family very hard. There are a total of 22 victims as a result o...
Apr 23, 2020 Using responsible social distancing, several units of the RCMP in the North District posed for a photo, which will be sent to Nova Scotia. (Submitted photo/ Staff Sgt. Brian Kelly)
Five new cases of COVID-19, provincial total at 331
There are five new cases of COVID-19 in the province, all from northern Saskatchewan.There a four more cases in the Far North and one more in the North.According to a media release, this brings the pr...
Apr 23, 2020 (Canadian Press)
COVID-19 forces changes for cancer society in P.A.
The Canadian Cancer Society is being forced to make changes due to the COVID-19 situation. One of these changes is the closing of their office in Prince Albert. The news was broken to the organization...
Apr 23, 2020 The annual Jail and Bail Fundraiser at the Gateway Mall has been a long running event in Prince Albert. (File Photo/paNOW Staff)
U of S engineering students design innovative N95 mask
An engineering team at the University of Saskatchewan is on the front line of innovation in medical equipment to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.The group has designed a new mask with a removable filter. ...
Apr 23, 2020 Engineering student, Erik Olson, is part of the design team. (Submitted photo)
What should you do if you can no longer keep up with your bill payments?
The further we get into this period of uncertainty brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, the more concerned many Canadians become about their financial situation. Now more than ever, those who are stru...
Apr 23, 2020
CNIB Foundation Saskatchewan expands virtual program offerings to combat social isolation
In response to COVID-19, the CNIB Foundation Saskatchewan has expanded its free virtual program offerings (e.g. children's time, tech training, book clubs, youth groups) for people in Saskatchewan imp...
Apr 23, 2020
Meet the people who keep Prince Albert running
Day or night, 365 days a year, there are two operators sitting at the control center inside Prince Albert's water treatment plant on River Street. At any given time, they're monitoring 500 to 1000 dat...
Apr 23, 2020 Members of the Water and Sewer department. From left: Foreman Jordan Tait, Manager Geoff Soderberg, Darcy Grayson. (Alison Sandstrom/paNOW Staff)
Premier thanks Saskatchewan for COVID-19 efforts ahead of phased approach to normality
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe delivered a strong message of thanks to the public Wednesday evening recounting how far the province had come in combatting the COVID-19 pandemic. And, while he said he ...
Apr 22, 2020 Premier Scott Moe addressed the people of Saskatchewan Wednesday evening (Facebook/Government of Saskatchewan)
