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Swimming Canada supports US after Americans call for Olympic postponement
OTTAWA - Swimming Canada says it backs its rivals from the United States when it comes to finding a solution for the Olympic Games. Early Friday, the head of USA Swimming sent a letter urging the U.S....
Mar 20, 2020
Sask. NDP leader in self-isolation
The leader of the provincial NDP, Ryan Meili, announced in a video news conference on Friday that he is in self-isolation at home.Meili said his wife, Mahli Brindamour, who is a pediatrician, woke up ...
Mar 20, 2020 Ryan Meili (YouTube)
Shoppers endure line-ups as community urged to self-isolate
Meadow Lake Extra Foods had stocked shelves this morning and staff are working hard as shoppers fill their carts and endure long lineups. It's the first weekend since the province declared a State of ...
Mar 20, 2020 (Nicole Reis/meadowlakeNOW Staff)
Mass suspended at P.A. diocese
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Prince Albert is making big changes amid the COVID-19 pandemic.In a letter, Bishop Albert Thvenot announced that until further notice masses will be cancelled. Parishione...
Mar 20, 2020 The Roman Catholic Diocese of Prince Albert has suspended all masses for the foreseeable future. (Michael Joel-Hansen/paNOW Staff)
US home sales jumped to 13-year high before viral outbreak
WASHINGTON - U.S. home sales jumped in February to their highest level in 13 years, a trend that will almost certainly be reversed as people stop showing their property out of fear of infection in the...
Mar 20, 2020
Fond du Lac travel ban in place, band members to receive financial assistance
A request for emergency funding by Fond du Lac Denesuline First Nation Chief Louie Mercredi has been approved by trustees of the Treaty 8 Benefits Trust. A letter written to the band members from the ...
Mar 20, 2020 The travel ban went into effect today. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)
Fed to boost lending to $1 trillion a day to ease credit
WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve moved with unprecedented force and speed Friday to pump huge amounts of cash into the financial system to ease disruptions that have escalated since the viral outbreak...
Mar 20, 2020
Netflix establishes $100 million virus relief fund
LOS ANGELES - Netflix said Friday it is establishing a $100 million relief fund for workers in the worldwide creative community affected by the coronavirus-caused halt of most film and television prod...
Mar 20, 2020
1st Ohio coronavirus death; 11 nursing home cases suspected
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine confirmed the state's first death from the coronavirus was a 76-year-old attorney from the Toledo area who recently travelled to California. Near Dayton, 11 resi...
Mar 20, 2020
Six more cases of COVID-19 in Sask.; total now 26
Saskatchewan has six new presumptive cases of COVID-19.The total in the province as of Friday is 26; eight are confirmed and 18 are presumptive."Twenty-four of the 26 cases are well enough to self-iso...
Mar 20, 2020 Saskatchewan's Chief Medical Health Officer, Dr. Saqib Shahab, updates media on COVID-19, Mar. 19 2020 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)