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Juno Awards set for Saskatoon have been cancelled

The Juno Awards, which were to be held in Saskatoon on Sunday, have been cancelled due to concerns surrounding coronavirus.The news was delivered Thursday via Twitter."We are devastated to cancel this...

Mar 12, 2020 (Juno Awards)

Premier ends speculation, says no spring election

There won't be a spring election.Putting a stop to the speculation, Premier Scott Moe has announced he will not be calling an election."We will remain focused on providing a strong, stable government ...

Mar 12, 2020 (Lisa Schick/CJME)

Meadow Lake Hospital slated to implement dialysis services as early as summer

People living in in northwest Saskatchewan will soon have better access to hemodialysis and kidney wellness services. The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) is moving forward with plans for construct...

Mar 11, 2020 (Nicole Reis/meadowlakeNOW Staff)

WHO declares that virus crisis is now a pandemic

ROME - Expressing increasing alarm about mounting infections, the World Health Organization declared Wednesday that the global coronavirus crisis is now a pandemic. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who hea...

Mar 11, 2020

Diamond project relationship hits rocks: Star Diamond sues Rio Tinto

Some of the sparkle may have been lost between the Project Falcon diamond partners East of Prince Albert. Star Diamond Corporation is taking Rio Tinto Exploration Canada to court over what it claims i...

Mar 10, 2020 Rio Tinto's huge trench cutting rig at the Project Falcon diamond venture East of Prince Albert. (submitted photo/Rio Tinto)

Police searching for wanted La Loche man

UPDATE:RCMP reported late Tuesday that on March 10, at approximately 5:40 pm, Nestor Herman turned himself in at the La Loche RCMP Detachment. He will make his first appearance in court at La Loche on...

Mar 09, 2020 Nestor Herman, born 1982, was wanted on a warrant. (submitted photo/RCMP)

Dow drops 1,500 points as oil price plunge shocks markets

NEW YORK - Fear bludgeoned financial markets around the world Monday, and stocks, bond yields and oil plunged on metastasizing worries about the effects of the new coronavirus. The most violent drops ...

Mar 09, 2020

Northern Sask. communities prepared for coronavirus

The risk for a case of coronavirus in Northern Saskatchewan First Nation communities is low but is not zero, according to the Medical Health Officer for the Northern Inter-Tribal Health Authority (NIT...

Mar 09, 2020 (Nigel Maxwell/paNOW Staff)

Man dies from coronavirus in B.C. care centre

VANCOUER, B.C. - British Columbia health officials say a man has died of the new coronavirus at a care centre in North Vancouver.The death at the Lynn Valley care centre is believed to be the first CO...

Mar 09, 2020

Highway 155 north of Green Lake blocked off

As of 3:30 p.m. today, police say Highway 155 north of Green Lake towards Beauval Forks is blocked off.According to a media release from RCMP, there was a serious vehicle collision and the road could ...

Mar 08, 2020 (File photo/meadowlakeNOW)