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PA Minor Football spring season officially cancelled
Prince Albert Minor Football (PAMF) is the latest program to be sidelined by the COVID-19 pandemic. All Spring 2020 programs are now officially cancelled due to continuing preventative measures enacte...
Apr 11, 2020 PAMF spring season is officially cancelled. (File photo/paNOW)
Edmonton Oilers forward Colby Cave dies at age 25 after suffering brain bleed
TORONTO - Edmonton Oilers forward Colby Cave died Saturday after suffering a brain bleed earlier this week.He was 25.The Oilers confirmed Cave's death with a statement from his family."I (Emily, Cave'...
Apr 11, 2020
Edmonton Oilers forward Colby Cave dies at age 25 after suffering brain bleed
TORONTO - Edmonton Oilers forward Colby Cave died Saturday after suffering a brain bleed earlier this week. He was 25. The Oilers confirmed Cave's death with a statement from his family...
Apr 11, 2020
Singh calls for universal access to CERB
OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says he wants the government to lift all criteria for the Canada Emergency Response Benefit to allow any Canadian who is in financial distress due to COVID-...
Apr 11, 2020
Heart and Stroke Foundation suggests hands only CPR during COVID-19 pandemic
The Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada is making a few changes to how CPR is done during the COVID-19 pandemic."The goal behind these is to reduce the risk of the public responder getting a virus f...
Apr 11, 2020 (File Photo/northeastNOW Staff)
New York City schools closed for rest of year amid pandemic
New York City's 1.1 million-pupil public school system will be closed for the rest of the school year as the city struggles to contain the coronavirus outbreak, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Saturday...
Apr 11, 2020
Swiss prosecutors intend to drop 1 FIFA case against Blatter
GENEVA - In a legal victory for former FIFA president Sepp Blatter, federal prosecutors in Switzerland plan to drop one of two cases open against him for suspected criminal mismanagement. The Swiss at...
Apr 11, 2020
'This is a war': Military fight against COVID-19 will be anything but easy
OTTAWA - When 40 Canadian Rangers swung into action in northern Quebec this week to set up heated tents for COVID-19 screening and conduct other tasks in their local communities due to the pandemic, t...
Apr 11, 2020
Problems at long-term care homes in spotlight as House of Commons returns
OTTAWA - As the House of Commons returns Saturday in an effort to pass the wage subsidy bill to help beleaguered businesses during the COVID-19 crisis, Canada must also contend with major problem...
Apr 11, 2020
Raiders Replay; Noah Gregor goes nuts as Raiders dominate Blades Game 5
On CKBI, we're reliving some of the biggest Prince Albert Raiders games in the playoffs, on their way to the 2019 Ed Chynoweth Cup victory. We're re-broadcasting some of the key games on Raiders Repla...
Apr 10, 2020 Raiders forward Noah Gregor celebrates his first of two goals Friday at the Art Hauser Centre as the Raiders beat the Blades 6-1 in Game 5, to take a 3-2 series lead. (Jeff D’Andrea/paNOW Staff)