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Battleford Mayor Ames Leslie give his reaction to Reopen Saskatchewan Plan
Premier Scott Moe unveiled the provincial government's Re-Open Saskatchewan plan this morning. It is a five-phase plan that will see the slow reopening of businesses and services in the province.Town ...
Apr 23, 2020 Town of Battleford Mayor Ames Leslie gives his reaction to Scott Moe's Reopen Saskatchewan Plan (file photo/battlefordsNOW staff)
Online conspiracy theorists twist singer's COVID-19 death
CHICAGO - Conspiracy theorists are twisting facts online about country singer Joe Diffie's death from COVID-19 complications in order to promote their claims that health officials are exaggerating the...
Apr 23, 2020
Trump envoy to Canada defends pause in World Health Organization funding
OTTAWA - Donald Trump's envoy to Canada is defending the U.S. president's controversial decision to temporarily stop funding the World Health Organization during the COVID-19 pandemic. Acting ambassad...
Apr 23, 2020
BORA requests $70,000 from council to upgrade La Ronge trail system
La Ronge council was presented an approximately $300,000 plan by the Boreal Outdoor Recreation Association (BORA) to upgrade a trail system within the municipality. The request for funding was to allo...
Apr 23, 2020 The $70,000 would be matched with $230,000 from the federal government. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)
Humboldt businesses are cautious but ‘ready to go’ ahead of Re-Open Saskatchewan
Businesses in Saskatchewan have a roadmap as to when they can re-open, and it has the Humboldt Chamber of Commerce excited.The Re-Open Saskatchewan plan was unveiled by the provincial government on Th...
Apr 23, 2020 (File photo/northeastNOW Staff).
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)
$1.1B for research, trials, testing and modelling for COVID-19
The country's scientists and researchers are getting extra help as the fight against COVID-19 rages on in Canada and around the world.Prime Ministers Justin Trudeau announced $1.1 billion for a nation...
Apr 23, 2020
'Fact' two Canadian planes left China empty, says minister after China denial
OTTWAWA, Ont. - Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne says today it is a matter of "fact" that two Canadian planes left China empty of supplies this week. Champagne was commenting ...
Apr 23, 2020
How one of Canada's worst mass killings unfolded across northern Nova Scotia
HALIFAX - The first thing Malcolm Ryan noticed were the fires. Ryan, 81, looked out his bedroom window at about 11:15 p.m. Saturday and across the Portapique River, where he saw a wharf and, furt...
Apr 23, 2020
Flood costs in Canada could nearly triple by 2030 with no mitigation
OTTAWA - A new analysis of flood risks suggests the yearly bills from overflowing rivers and rising seas could nearly triple by 2030 if Canada doesn't do more to improve flood protectio...
Apr 23, 2020