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Pandemic experts put 'least weight' on recovery stats, look to hospitalizations
VICTORIA - Scientists who track the growth of pandemics say some figures provided by public health officials tell more about the spread of the novel coronavirus than others. Daniel Coombs sa...
Apr 07, 2020
'It needs to be done:' Staff keep Iqaluit school breakfast program going
IQALUIT, Nunavut - School staff in Iqaluit have banded together to ensure that students in the capital of Nunavut don't go hungry because of closed classrooms. In a territory with ...
Apr 07, 2020
AP sources: MLB, union discuss playing all games in Arizona
NEW YORK - Putting all 30 teams in the Phoenix area and playing in empty ballparks was among the ideas discussed Monday by Major League Baseball and the players' association. The sides held a telephon...
Apr 06, 2020
Australian court dismisses cardinal's sex abuse convictions
CANBERRA, Australia - Australia's highest court on Tuesday unanimously dismissed the convictions of the most senior Catholic found guilty of child sex abuse. Cardinal George Pell soon will be released...
Apr 06, 2020
Non-medical masks can keep people with COVID-19 from spreading it, Tam says
OTTAWA - Wearing a simple cloth mask is a way for someone who might have COVID-19 without realizing it to avoid spreading the illness to others, Canada's top public-health doctor said Monday.Dr. There...
Apr 06, 2020
COVID-19 phone line receives over 1,800 calls in first two weeks
A toll free telephone line which allows Saskatchewan residents the opportunity to ask non-health related questions about COVID-19, or report people who are not respecting social distancing rules, appe...
Apr 06, 2020 (File photo/ paNOW Staff)
Sask. Parks facing lost spring from coronavirus
The delay of camping season in Saskatchewan Provincial Parks has resulted in more cancelled weekend plans in the spring, but regional parks face the same obstacle.According to last week's statement fr...
Apr 06, 2020 Campers hoping to use the spring to get over social isolation from COVID-19 should expect further delays as regional parks wait to make a decision and provincial parks have officially postponed the season's start. (File photo/paNOW Staff)
Sask. Country Music Awards show moving to TV and online format, due to COVID-19 precautions
Country music fans will still be able to take in the 2020 Saskatchewan Country Music 31st Annual Awards Show despite the COVID-19 provincial restrictions since the entire event is moving to the virtua...
Apr 06, 2020 The 2020 Saskatchewan Country Music Awards Show will now take place on Access TV Channel 7 at the new date, May 16. It will also be available through the online link at scma.sk.ca. (Facebook/Saskatchewan Country Music Association')
Woman scared for brother in Calgary long-term care home with COVID-19 outbreak
CALGARY - A Calgary woman says she's terrified for her brother who has a severe mental disability and is living in a long-term care home with an outbreak of COVID-19. Julie Nimmo's br...
Apr 06, 2020
Leafs' Matthews, Marner, Penguins' Marleau relive start of ageless friendship
Auston Matthews remembers returning to the Toronto Maple Leafs' hotel after dinner one night and finding something unexpected. It was a road trip early in the 2017-18 season, and when t...
Apr 06, 2020