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Federal inmates to receive COVID vaccine Friday under pilot program, union says
By Nigel Maxwell The first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered to federal inmates. The 600 doses were distributed Friday among inmates at Saskatoon's Regional Psychiatric Centre, the ...
Jan 12, 2021 Located about one kilometre west of the city of Prince Albert, the Saskatchewan Penitentiary has been in operation since 1911. (paNOW staff)
Saskatchewan Penitentiary inmate dies of COVID-19 complications
An inmate from the Saskatchewan Penitentiary died outside the hospital after "an apparent result of complications related to COVID-19," the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) announced Saturday. Thi...
Jan 09, 2021
Councillors hope to improve P.A.’s image through $50,000 storytelling campaign
By Alison Sandstrom, paNOW Prince Albert City Council is looking to pay up to $50,000 for a social media marketing campaign that will tell positive stories about Prince Albert. Councillors voted 5-4 t...
Jan 09, 2021 (City of Prince Albert/Facebook)
‘It was not a holiday’: Hargrave sets the record straight about trip to California
Fresh off a 30-hour drive from Palm Springs, Calif., to his home in Prince Albert, MLA -- and now former Minister of Highways -- Joe Hargrave provided his first media interview to paNOW, responding to...
Jan 08, 2021 Joe Hargrave. (paNOW file photo)
Sask. RCMP releases top 10 #ReasonsNotToCall911 of 2020
It's common knowledge that calling the police should be reserved for police-related matters only. Or is it? The Saskatchewan RCMP recently released its top 10 911 calls that "missed the mark" this yea...
Dec 31, 2020
‘After a week, we thought, 'Gosh, she’s gonna make it' ’: 106-year-old woman beats COVID-19
In her lifetime, Prince Albert's Rubena Wenzel has lived through world wars and now survived two pandemics, the Spanish flu in 1918 and COVID-19 in 2020. Roughly 2 1/2 weeks after her initial positive...
Dec 31, 2020 A recent photo taken of Rubena Wenzel. (Bev Smith/submitted)
Isolation requirement extended past New Year’s for Sask. Pen. employees
By Nigel Maxwell A public health order requiring all employees at the Saskatchewan Penitentiary to isolate when at home, and not interact with other members of the household, has been extended to Jan....
Dec 30, 2020 Located about one kilometre west of the city of Prince Albert, the Saskatchewan Penitentiary has been in operation since 1911. (paNOW staff)
Residents of St. Louis care home overwhelmed with Christmas greetings from around the world
By Teena Monteleone Pauline Doucet knew her residents needed a pick-me-up. Most of the 14 seniors in her long-term care home in St. Louis haven't seen their family in months because of the COVID-19 pa...
Dec 30, 2020 More than 3,000 cards and letters from across the world were delivered to a care home in St. Louis. (Facebook/River's Edge Villa Senior Personal Care Home)
Fatal crash west of Prince Albert claims two lives, two others sent to hospital
RCMP confirmed a man and a young boy were killed when their car collided head-on with a truck, west of Prince Albert Monday evening. Emergency services were dispatched to the scene on Highway 3 shortl...
Dec 22, 2020
RCMP searching for 2 suspects after stabbing on Sturgeon Lake First Nation
Police are looking for two suspects after a man was stabbed at a home on the Sturgeon Lake First Nation, north of Prince Albert Wednesday afternoon. In a media release, Prince Albert RCMP said they at...
Dec 18, 2020 Welsey Naytowhow (Submitted/RCMP)
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