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Local MLA's weigh in on budget
The Prince Albert region and the North has either a lot to gain from this year's provincial budget or very little, depending on which member of the legislative assembly (MLA) gives their view.Joe Harg...
Mar 20, 2019 (file photo/ paNOW Staff)
Planning funds a positive move towards new or redeveloped P.A. hospital
Prince Albert's mayor says the funding in Wednesday's provincial budget for planning for the redevelopment of the P.A. hospital virtually assures him the long-awaited project will be announced next ye...
Mar 20, 2019 Victoria Hospital. (file photo/paNOW Staff)
Provincial budget extends offering to volunteer firefighters
The 2019 provincial budget includes a tax credit for volunteer firefighters and first responders.Beginning with the 2020 taxation year, any individual with 200 hours of volunteer service in a year can...
Mar 20, 2019 (File photo/paNOW Staff)
Court dismisses charges in lands case
The case against two siblings charged with living illegally on Saskatchewan parks land has been dismissed by a judge in Prince Albert. Sylvia McAdam and her brother Kurtis were on trial for failing to...
Mar 20, 2019 From left, Lawyer Larry Kowalchuk with Sylvia McAdam, Kurtis McAdam and Anthony McAdam outside Prince Albert Provincial Court Wednesday. (Charlene Tebbutt/paNOW Staff)
Union head praises Jays for raising minor league pay by half
DUNEDIN, Fla. - Union head Tony Clark lauded the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday for giving minor league players a 50 per cent raise, and he hopes other clubs do the same. Representatives from the players...
Mar 20, 2019
Testosterone rule for female athletes is unscientific, Canadian researcher says
MONTREAL - Proposed rules to limit natural testosterone levels in some female track and field athletes are unscientific and would set a precedent for discriminating again...
Mar 20, 2019
Quebec government to spend $500 million to compensate taxi drivers, reform industry
QUEBEC - The Quebec government will give the province's taxi drivers $500 million in compensation as it moves to overhaul the province's passenger transport industry. The Coalition Avenir Quebec ...
Mar 20, 2019
Nick Taylor excited for challenge of Copperhead Course at Valspar Championship
This week's Valspar Championship is playing right into Nick Taylor's hands. Taylor, from Abbotsford, B.C., is looking forward to taking on the difficult Copperhead Course at the Innisbrook Resort...
Mar 20, 2019
Survey: Top CEOs report weaker economic outlook for 1Q
WASHINGTON - Top U.S. CEOs reported Wednesday that their economic outlook weakened in the first three months of the year although it remains above its historical average. The Business Roundtable, a lo...
Mar 20, 2019
Buffalo's fab five are among 21 Canadian women playing in March Madness
There's a Tim Hortons on the University at Buffalo campus, and the Canadians on the Bulls women's basketball team like to tease their American teammates when they see them sipping a cup of Tim's....
Mar 20, 2019
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