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Pence slams district court rulings against Trump policies
WASHINGTON - Vice-President Mike Pence said Wednesday that the Trump administration intends to challenge the right of federal district courts to issue rulings blocking nationwide policies, arguing tha...
May 10, 2019
More housing available for people with mental health issues
Prince Albert now has more housing available for those who have long term mental health issues. Friday morning the ribbon was cut to officially open Joni's Place, which has six independent living unit...
May 10, 2019 Joe Hargrave, left, Doug Kinar, Ben Hladun, Jerri Hitchings, and Greg Dionne (Michael Joel-Hansen/paNOW Staff)
Judge transferring decision on Smollett special prosecutor
CHICAGO - A judge in Chicago says another judge will decide if a special prosecutor is needed to investigate why the state prosecutor's office dropped charges accusing Jussie Smollett of staging a rac...
May 10, 2019
Five lingering questions from the end of Mark Norman's criminal case
OTTAWA - Now that public prosecutors have decided to stay a breach-of-trust charge against Vice-Admiral Mark Norman, here are five questions Canadians don't have full answers to: 1) What was the evide...
May 10, 2019
'One game away'
"Take it one game at a time."Every hockey head coach has used this phrase at least 50 times. Prince Albert Raiders head coach Marc Habscheid is no exception. He got a little mileage out of the phrase,...
May 10, 2019 The Raiders celebrate Brett Leason's goal in their 1-0 win on Wednesday over the Giants, putting them one victory away from winning the 2019 Rogers WHL Championship Series. (submitted photo/Rik Fedyck)
Reeve candidate promises to help tackle crime, bolster economic development
One of three candidates running for reeve in the upcoming Rural Municipality (R.M.) of Prince Albert byelection, claims he's in a unique position to help address issues in the area related to crime.Er...
May 10, 2019 (Submitted photo/ Eric Schmalz)
Federal prisons taking aim at special (illicit) deliveries from the sky
OTTAWA - Prison wardens are usually preoccupied with keeping people inside their walls. Now six Canadian prisons are taking steps to shoo away some pesky, flying visitors. The Corr...
May 10, 2019
Refugee changes will hurt women asylum seekers, women's organizations say
OTTAWA - A group of Canadian women's organizations has called on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to withdraw controversial changes to asylum laws in his government's omnibus budget bill because of ...
May 10, 2019
Nation posts strongest job gains since 1976, little change regionally
A welcome surprise came in Canada's latest job numbers, with the nation posting the strongest surge in employment since the government started tracking the data in 1976.The monthly labour force survey...
May 10, 2019 (file photo/The Canadian Press)
'There was justice:' Winnipeg man guilty of murdering Indigenous woman
WINNIPEG - The family of an Indigenous woman whose death prosecutors described as worse than any horror movie says there is finally justice now that her killer has been found guilty. "It's n...
May 10, 2019
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