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Wakaw/Hoodoo Fire Department bringing birthday cheer to local children
While the COVID-19 pandemic has led to social distancing, something that is being missed out on by some children is their birthday parties.The Wakaw/Hoodoo Fire Department is doing their part to make ...
Mar 31, 2020 (Facebook/Wakaw/Hoodoo Fire and Rescue)
Liberals delay release of wage subsidy details
OTTAWA - Canadian businesses desperate for details about the federal government's promised wage subsidy program will have to wait a little longer for answers. On Monday, Prime Minister Justi...
Mar 31, 2020
Co-accused in Jonson’s homicide heading to trial at Queen's Bench Court
The co-accused in the death of Mark Douglas Jonson will now be moving to trial at Queen's Bench Court in Battleford with the date still to be confirmed.David Keller, 47, who remains in custody, is fac...
Mar 31, 2020 Mark Douglas Jonson was found dead in a home on 15th Avenue and 100 Street on July 5, 2019. (File photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Snowfall warning for Prince Albert and the north issued
Prince Albert residents won't be able to store the snow shovels just yet as a snowfall warning blankets the city and the north.Snowfall warning in effect for Prince Albert and northern portions of the...
Mar 31, 2020 P.A residents can expect 10-15 cm, according to Environment Canada. (paNOW Staff/ Ron Quaroni)
Youth worker, hockey coach one of Alberta's latest COVID-19 victims
HIGH PRAIRIE, Alta. - The wife of a northern Alberta man who died this week of complications due to COVID-19 says he will be remembered as a loving father and someone who cared for youth in his commun...
Mar 31, 2020
'It is brutal': Hollywood's rank-and-file on the pandemic
LOS ANGELES - The red carpets are rolled up in storage, the A-listers holed up in mansions, multiplex doors are closed. For now, at least, the coronavirus has shut down much of Hollywood. And for the ...
Mar 31, 2020
Co-op applying to end the months-long refinery lockout
The Co-op Refinery Complex (CRC) is looking to end the lockout that began Dec. 5.It has applied to the Saskatchewan Labour Relations Board to order a final offer vote for the union members.The company...
Mar 31, 2020 (CKOM News Staff)
McConnell: Impeachment 'diverted attention' from coronavirus
WASHINGTON - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says President Donald Trump's impeachment trial distracted the federal government from paying attention to the novel coronavirus as it reached the U...
Mar 31, 2020
Father of Humboldt Bronco disappointed Saskatchewan has relaxed trucking rules
REGINA - A father whose son was killed in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash says he's worried Saskatchewan's move to relax some trucking rules during the COVID-19 outbreak may me...
Mar 31, 2020
Stocks drift, still headed to worst quarter since 2008
NEW YORK - Stocks are drifting in subdued trading Tuesday, a rare calm day in what is likely to be Wall Street's worst quarter of performance since the 2008 financial crisis. The S&P 500 is close ...
Mar 31, 2020