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38 COVID-19 cases in La Loche area as elder death is confirmed
Community leaders and health officials have offered an update on the COVID-19 outbreak in La Loche and area that has claimed the life on an elder and has infected almost 50 people. 11 of the 12 new ca...
Apr 27, 2020 (Village of La Loche/Facebook)
Physical distancing a challenge for the blind in Saskatchewan
Keeping a proper social distance of two metres is not so simple for people who are blind or partially sighted.Ashley Nemeth is a Saskatchewan advocate for the blind community and for the Canadian Nati...
Apr 27, 2020 Ashley Nemeth and her guide dog. (Ashley Nemeth/Submitted)
Tri-community leaders concerned with lack of consultation about northern lockdown
Tri-community leaders believe there was a lack of consultation when the provincial government decided to lockdown northern Saskatchewan last week. Lac La Ronge Indian Band Chief Tammy Cook-Searson sai...
Apr 27, 2020 This checkpoint began Monday near Green Lake. (Northern Village of Green Lake/Facebook)
Parents urged to keep tabs on kids’ Internet interactions to stop online predators
Online predatory crimes against children have gone up significantly over the past few years.Police in Saskatchewan are noticing that while it's not spiking in this province, it has gone up as children...
Apr 27, 2020 (CJME News Staff)
P.A. hair industry prepares to re-open, backlogs expected
In recent weeks, the hair style trends of the 1970s have made a comeback, but there is now some relief in sight for those people who need a little extra off the top and sides.According to phase two of...
Apr 27, 2020 Salon 6 Owner Jaret Mayer smiles for a satisfied customer. (submitted photo/Meghan Mayer)
Critical milestone reached at Project Falcon diamond site
A major milestone has been reached at the massive diamond exploration project at Fort la Corne east of Prince Albert.Star Diamond Corporation is confirming the start up of the long-awaited processing ...
Apr 27, 2020 The big Lego set. Last year, mechanical engineer Emma Kirk oversaw the re-assembly of 117,000 components that make up the Bulk Sampling Processing Plant. (Ian Gustafson/paNOW Staff)
Plans underway for so-called salmon cannon to aid return at B.C. landslide: DFO
VANCOUVER - Officials with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans say plans are underway for a pneumatic fish pump, also known as the salmon cannon, to help fish migrate past a&nbs...
Apr 27, 2020
Blackhawks fire team president McDonough in surprising move
CHICAGO - The Chicago Blackhawks fired team president John McDonough on Monday, cutting ties with a key figure in the most successful decade in team history and raising questions about the direction o...
Apr 27, 2020
A unique site as ice breaks on the North Saskatchewan River in P.A.
Some people watching the ice break up on the North Saskatchewan River saw quite the sight this past weekend.A single deer was seen riding on an ice floe as the river broke. Since this past weekend foo...
Apr 27, 2020 A deer was spotted on the ice floe as the North Saskatchewan River broke this past weekend. (submitted photo/Aimee McKay)
What'sHappeningNOW April 27, 2020
News Director Glenn Hicks speaks with the paNOW newsroom about their biggest stories of recent days.
Apr 27, 2020