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Saskatchewan’s federal courts shut down during COVID-19 pandemic
Starting Friday at 12:01 a.m. all regular operations at Court of Queen's Bench locations in Saskatchewan will be suspended."The decision to proceed in this manner was done cautiously as information de...
Mar 20, 2020 (CKOM News Staff)
Council to discuss exemptions to proposed back alley curfew
UPDATE: As of late Friday afternoon, the public portion of city council's Monday Executive Committee meeting had been cancelled. It was not immediatly clear when discussion on the proposed bylaw and o...
Mar 20, 2020 Under the proposed bylaw access to alleys in the city like this one in Midtown would be closed to pedestrians and vehicles between the hours of 12 a.m. and 6 a.m. with some exemptions. (Nigel Maxwell/paNOW Staff)
Sask Parks Closed to the Public Until Further Notice
We are supporting the province wide state of emergency and as such will be temporarily closing all in-person services in our provincial parks starting Monday, March 23, 2020. Please stay home, isolate...
Mar 20, 2020
Cuomo bans gatherings, nonessential workers to stay home
ALBANY, N.Y. - Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced sweeping orders Friday that will severely restrict the ability of more than 19 million New York state residents to gather and socialize and to require worker...
Mar 20, 2020
Placido Domingo resigns from opera union, donates $500,000
SAN FRANCISCO - Superstar Plcido Domingo has resigned from the U.S. union that represents opera singers and will contribute $500,000 to sexual harassment eradication programs and a fund that helps ope...
Mar 20, 2020
Mississippi is latest state to delay elections amid pandemic
JACKSON, Miss. - Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves announced Friday that he is postponing the March 31 Republican primary runoff in the state's 2nd Congressional District because of the coronavirus. The ne...
Mar 20, 2020
Water woes on the rise in Duck Lake
Frustrations have been boiling over in the Town of Duck Lake. In addition to concerns around the COVID-19 pandemic, 20 homes had their water shut off in the past week.Shayla Mike, a single parent with...
Mar 20, 2020 (File photo/paNOW Staff)
Italy sees biggest day-to-day rise in coronavirus deaths
ROME - Italy has recorded its highest day-to-day-rise in the number of deaths of people infected with the new coronavirus. Civil Protection Chief Angelo Borrelli said Friday the country recorded 627 m...
Mar 20, 2020
Filthy lucre: Paper money shunned for fear of virus spread
NEW YORK - In a world suffering a pandemic, cash is no longer king. A growing number of businesses and individuals worldwide have stopped using banknotes in fear that physical currency, handled by ten...
Mar 20, 2020
US and Mexico to curb border travel to control coronavirus
SAN DIEGO - Mexico and the U.S. announced Friday that travel would be sharply restricted along their shared border as part of efforts to control the spread of the coronavirus. Mexico, the U.S. and Can...
Mar 20, 2020