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Relay for Life plans halted
The Canadian Cancer Society has cancelled all in-person fundraising events and initiatives until the end of the summer, which includes Prince Albert's Relay for Life event.The popular fundraising even...
Mar 30, 2020 (File photo/paNOW Staff)
Donated organs not being used as hospitals scale back transplants for COVID-19
OTTAWA - Transplant centres across the country have massively scaled back organ transplants as hospitals try to make sure they are able to accommodate COVID-19 cases. Hospitals are reserving ventilato...
Mar 30, 2020
RCMP asking for public's help following three business break and enters in Glaslyn
RCMP are asking for the public's help following three alleged break and enters to businesses in Glaslyn on the weekend.Police reported Turtleford RCMP were notified Monday morning of three break and e...
Mar 30, 2020 Turtleford RCMP are investigating following three break and enters to businesses in Glaslyn on the weekend. (File photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)
P.A.police probe three homicides including child; another child in critical condition
Prince Albert police have released an update to a serious incident in the city on Sunday: one child and two adults were found murdered in a home.The victims were a seven-year-old boy, as well as a wom...
Mar 30, 2020 Police tape surrounds a home on MacArthur Drive (paNOW Staff)
Soccer may be on hold but Toronto FC's Jonathan Osorio still making his mark
TORONTO - While unable to perform on the field, Toronto FC midfielder Jonathan Osorio is still managing to leave his mark during the COVID-19 outbreak. The 27-year-old from nearby Bramp...
Mar 30, 2020
Canada's spy service moves quietly ahead with data-crunching plans: documents
OTTAWA - Newly released documents show Canada's spy agency is moving ahead with plans to collect and use databases containing personal information about Canadians. The Canadian Security Intelligence S...
Mar 30, 2020
N.S. woman describes struggles of a beloved father on a ventilator with COVID-19
The daughter of a Nova Scotia man relying on a ventilator to breathe wants Canadians to know that COVID-19 can deny loved ones the ability to hold one another in their ti...
Mar 30, 2020
Melfort Youth Evolution hosting virtual dance party
As more events move to an online platform during social distancing, the Melfort Youth Evolution has decided to host a virtual dance party.Youth Coordinator Kathryn Carswell said social connection duri...
Mar 30, 2020 (Facebook/Melfort Youth Evolution)
Concerns raised about how to help the most vulnerable in Sask. during pandemic
Organizations in Saskatchewan are concerned over what some of the province's most vulnerable residents will do during the COVID-19 outbreak.Jason Mercredi, the executive director of AIDS Saskatoon, sa...
Mar 30, 2020 (CKOM News Staff)
Sens' Tkachuk says teammates who tested positive for COVID-19 are 'doing well'
Ottawa Senators winger Brady Tkachuk says two teammates who tested positive for COVID-19 are "doing well." Speaking on one of the NHL's video conference calls Monday, the 20-year-old adds the gro...
Mar 30, 2020