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The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern): 1:20 p.m. Quebec Premier Francois Legault says there are now 181 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the province, up f...
Mar 21, 2020

MLCN restricts access in wake of COVID-19
Montreal Lake Cree Nation is increasing efforts to keep COVID-19 out of the community.Effective Monday at 12 a.m, access to the northern reserve will be restricted to resident members only. Chief Fran...
Mar 21, 2020 (Submitted photo/ Conrad Naytowhow)

Mustangs Assistant Coach reflects on first year behind the bench
Trevor Logan is a rookie in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) no more.The Melfort Mustangs Assistant Coach helped the Mustangs to a third place finish in the SJHL working under Head Coach T...
Mar 21, 2020 Mustangs Assistant Coach Trevor Logan skates in on goal during the teams Calcutta Shootout earlier this season. (Facebook/Broad Leaf Media)

Trudeau says Canada working hard, but won't be able to get all Canadians home
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says lock downs in other countries and air-space restrictions due to COVID-19 mean Canada won't be able to get every citizen home who is trapped abroad. Tru...
Mar 21, 2020

New York reviewing sites for more hospital beds, Cuomo says
ALBANY, N.Y. - New York is reviewing places to put new hospital beds in response to the coronavirus outbreak, including New York City's main convention centre and some state university campuses, Gov. ...
Mar 21, 2020

Battlefords residents advised to flush only toilet paper
The City of North Battleford released a statement to the public to remind residents not to flush anything down the toilet aside from toilet paper. The list, available on the city's website, includes c...
Mar 21, 2020 (ID 48258735 © Tomnex | Dreamstime.com)

Some health care workers can be exempted from 14-day order
Health care workers who are needed for emergency services can be exempt from following the now mandatory 14-day self-isolation order in Saskatchewan on returning from international travel. The announc...
Mar 21, 2020 (ID 175279637 © Buddhilakshan4 | Dreamstime.com)

Mann Art Gallery announces award and goes virtual
The Mann Art Gallery has named the winner of the Winter Festival's People's Choice Award. Visitors to the exhibition voted Kathy Bradshaw's encaustic painting, "Big Span" as their favorite piece in th...
Mar 21, 2020 The winning piece, "Big Span" was painted using pigments mixed with hot wax. (Submitted/Mann Art Gallery)

Goudy speaks on COVID-19, provincial government spending plans
Melfort's Member of the Legislative Assembly is now responding to some of the events during the COVID-19 pandemic.Toddy Goudy called it an "unprecedented time" in the province. He said that there are ...
Mar 21, 2020 (File Photo/northeastNOW Staff)

Actor, singer, 'The Gambler': Kenny Rogers dies at 81
Actor-singer Kenny Rogers, the smooth, Grammy-winning balladeer who spanned jazz, folk, country and pop with such hits as "Lucille," "Lady" and "Islands in the Stream" and embraced his persona as "The...
Mar 21, 2020