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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)

Madrid to close all schools for 2 weeks after virus spike
MADRID - All the Madrid region's public schools, including kindergartens and high schools, are to close from Wednesday for two weeks following a sharp spike in coronavirus cases in and around the Span...
Mar 09, 2020

Canada, U.S. in touch 'almost daily' in coronavirus battle: minister
WASHINGTON - Canada's foreign affairs minister says the federal government and the United States are working together and communicating on an "almost daily" basis in their shared efforts to mitigate&n...
Mar 09, 2020

FIFA visits Toronto this week to hold 2026 World Cup candidate city workshops
TORONTO - The next step in the host city selection process for the 2026 World Cup takes place Thursday when FIFA representatives meet with the Canadian Soccer Association and representatives from...
Mar 09, 2020

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

Burns earns Queen Trapper title for fifth year in a row
Both winners of the King and Queen Trappers Competition were impressed with the challenge fellow participants provided them this year.For the fifth time in a row, Clarissa Burns of Prince Albert took ...
Mar 09, 2020 Clarissa Burns, left, and Richard Charles. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)

New coronavirus causes cancellation of women's world hockey championship
A women's world hockey championship has been wiped out by disease for a second time, with host Canada the loser of this year's tournament. The International Ice Hockey Federation cancelled the 10...
Mar 09, 2020

Trainers, vets, others charged in horse-drugging scheme
More than two dozen people, including the trainer of champion Maximum Security, have been charged in what authorities described Monday as a widespread international scheme to drug horses to make them ...
Mar 09, 2020

Several lawmakers had contact with man at CPAC who got virus
WASHINGTON - The Capitol's attending physician said Monday that "several" members of Congress had contact with a person who attended a recent political conference and who subsequently developed COVID-...
Mar 09, 2020

Saskatchewan teachers to implement sanctions starting Thursday
The province's teachers are to begin withholding services starting Thursday.It's the latest step in the labour dispute between the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation (STF) and the provincial government...
Mar 09, 2020 (Brent Bosker/650 CKOM)