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Multiple Tony-winning playwright Terrence McNally dies at 81
NEW YORK - Terrence McNally, one of America's great playwrights whose prolific career included winning Tony Awards for the plays "Love! Valour! Compassion!" and "Master Class" and the musicals "Ragtim...
Mar 24, 2020
Cravings last non-franchised restaurant open in tri-communities
It was only a few weeks ago Cravings Late Night Food Owner Jamie Charles introduced breakfast at his restaurant in Air Ronge. "People were loving it and we were happy, then all of this stuff came into...
Mar 24, 2020 Jamie Charles is still hoping people will stop by his restaurant. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)
Saskatchewan health officials preparing for thousands to die: document
REGINA - The spread of COVID-19 could exceed the Saskatchewan Health Authority's capacity for acute services and amount to a death toll in the thousands, says a document....
Mar 24, 2020
Grunwald: "We just have to defer our excitement and get ready for 2021"
Glen Grunwald was at Toronto Raptors coach Nick Nurse's foundation gala dinner on March 11 when the sports world began unravelling. Utah Jazz centre Rudy Gobert had just tested positive for COVID-19, ...
Mar 24, 2020
Planning starts anew for rugby sevens teams in wake of Olympic postponement
Hours after the IOC pushed back the Tokyo Olympics to 2021, Canadian women's rugby sevens coach John Tait scheduled a conference call with his players. Topics included what's next - and whet...
Mar 24, 2020
Community spread of COVID-19 within Canada now rising
OTTAWA - Canada's chief medical health officer Dr. Theresa Tam says overall in Canada, an equal number of Canadians who have tested positive for COVID-19 contracted the virus from travel and from tran...
Mar 24, 2020
Montreal Canadiens making temporary job cuts during COVID-19 crisis
MONTREAL - The Montreal Canadiens are reducing their workforce during the COVID-19 crisis. Groupe CH, which also owns the American Hockey League's Laval Rocket, says it will proceed with a tempor...
Mar 24, 2020
Parks Canada to close national parks, historic sites to vehicle traffic
Parks Canada is restricting vehicles in national parks and national historic sites after people flocked to the popular areas on the weekend.The federal agency said it's still noticing lots of visitors...
Mar 24, 2020
No extension for ice fishers to remove shacks
As the weather warms and the ice thins, the COVID-19 outbreak is not going to be an excuse to leave your ice-fishing shack on the ice. A Prince Albert Conservation Officer is reminding everyone all fi...
Mar 24, 2020 Ice-fishing shacks north of Highway 16 must be removed from lakes by March 31. (Ronald Quaroni/paNOW Staff)
Hockey Canada backs Scott Salmond after anti-doping suspension upheld
Hockey Canada is backing senior vice-president of national teams Scott Salmond after his suspension for an anti-doping rule violation was upheld by the Court of Arbitration for Spo...
Mar 24, 2020