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Stranger helps police nab vehicle vandal
Prince Albert police are crediting the help of a passerby, with the arrest Sunday of a man observed causing damage to a parked vehicle.The incident happened near sixth Ave. E and sixth St. E. Accordin...
May 04, 2020 Police and paramedics observed on scene Sunday night near sixth Ave. E and sixth St. E. (Nigel Maxwell/ paNOW Staff)
China says faulty masks a 'contractual' matter that has been fixed
OTTAWA - The Chinese embassy in Ottawa claimed Monday that the one million faulty N95 masks that arrived in Canada from China last month were the result of a "contractual" issue that has now been...
May 04, 2020
Carlton High School basketball star nets scholarship
A Prince Albert Carlton Crusader senior will be heading to the Okanagan this fall after receiving a scholarship.Josh Guenther, has signed with the Okanagan College Coyotes of the Pacific Western Athle...
May 04, 2020 Josh Guenther. (photo/Louis Christ)
P.A. music students taking part in national concert series
Music students at Carlton Comprehensive High School took part in a different kind of concert Monday.With the COVID-19 virus forcing Saskatchewan's schools to close their doors, music students are not ...
May 04, 2020 Music students from Carlton Comprehensive High School took part in an online concert Monday afternoon. (Screen Shot YouTube)
Gas prices will fluctuate along with reopening economies: GasBuddy
If you think you've noticed a sharp rise in gas prices of late, you're right. The average price for a litre of gas in Red Deer on Monday was 79 cents per litre. That's 14.5 cents/litre higher than the...
May 04, 2020 Gas prices in Red Deer on May 4 averaged 79 cents per litre. (rdnewsNOW/Troy Gillard)
Optometry, other services open in Battlefords as Phase 1 begins
Residents in the Battlefords were finally able to get to appointments at secondary medical services Monday, in what is hopefully a first step towards a post shut down world.The first phase of the Reop...
May 04, 2020 Parkview Optometric Services is one of several medical offices that opened their doors today. (Josh Ryan/battlefordsNOW)
LLRIB sets requirements for upcoming election to prevent spread of COVID-19
Notice has been served to Lac La Ronge Indian Band voters about where, when and how they can cast a ballot in a variety of communities.That's according to a public notice released May 4, which states ...
May 04, 2020 LLRIB elections will go ahead despite COVID-19. (File photo/paNOW Staff)
Ontario calls for a national strategy on contact tracing of COVID-19 cases
TORONTO - Ontario's premier is calling for a national strategy on contact tracing. Doug Ford says he spoke with Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland on Monday about the matter and planned to make t...
May 04, 2020
Kingfish Ingram wins 5 Blues Music Awards in online show
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Guitarist Christone "Kingfish" Ingram took home five Blues Music Awards in an online ceremony that featured appearances by Bonnie Raitt, Robert Cray and other musicians. The awards sh...
May 04, 2020
Melfort Fire Department responds to two grass fires on Thursday
The Melfort Fire Department responded to a grass fire in the RM of Star City on Thursday, April 30.It took crews eight and a half hours to eliminate the blaze after responding shortly before 5 p.m.The...
May 04, 2020 (Facebook/Melfort Fire & Rescue)