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Local jiu-jitsu athletes lock up medals at provincial tournament
Students from Complete Martial Arts in Prince Albert finished on top this past Saturday at the 12th annual Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Tournament in Regina.The students brought home a total of 11 medals (two ...
Jun 10, 2019 (Submitted photo/ Brad Parent)
Life saving technology; the advancement of paramedic care
Following Paramedic Service Week, paNOW spent a week with the men and women of Prince Albert's Parkland Ambulance learning about the ever-advancing technology used on a daily basis by paramedics acros...
Jun 10, 2019 The interior of an ambulance. These vehicles are filled with a variety of technology that allow paramedics across the country to save lives. (Brady Bateman/paNOW Staff)
Get tough: Pot industry wants LA crackdown on rogue shops
LOS ANGELES - The legal marijuana industry urged Los Angeles City Hall on Monday to get tougher with illegal shops that are gouging their businesses in open sight. Illegal pot shops are widespread thr...
Jun 10, 2019
West Virginia governor slams Bloomberg's clean energy plan
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's $500 million effort to close the nation's coal plants isn't sitting well in West Virginia. West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice criticized ...
Jun 10, 2019
Andy Cohen pushes to allow surrogacy agreements in New York
ALBANY, N.Y. - Andy Cohen has joined New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo in pushing to legalize paid gestational surrogacy, in which a woman is compensated for carrying a baby for its parents. The "Watch What ...
Jun 10, 2019
Provincial green purveyors pleased with plastic ban, urge domino effect
Globally, one garbage truckload of plastic waste enters the ocean every minute.That comes from the federal government, which points to this, alongside plastic overflowing in landfills, as reaching a b...
Jun 10, 2019 Cutlery, straws and Styrofoam plates and cups could be banned in Canada by 2021. (Tyler Marr/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Canada 'closely following' reports of attacks on journalists in Russia: Freeland
MONTREAL - Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland says she will speak out about the lack of media freedom in Russia during a conference that Canada is co-hosting next month with Great B...
Jun 10, 2019
Rules for new corporate ombud criticized for deferring to companies
OTTAWA - The federal government is giving its new watchdog on international corporate responsibility unprecedented power to hear complaints from Canadian companies that think they've been unfairly tar...
Jun 10, 2019
Prince Albert area 4-H Clubs come together to cap off year
It's the time of year when 4-H Clubs around Saskatchewan come together to auction off their animals as projects wind down.On Monday evening, the five regional 4-H clubs in the Prince Albert area will ...
Jun 10, 2019 4-H Club members show off their animals at P.A. Exhibition Centre Monday morning (Michael Joel-Hansen/paNOW Staff)
New Manitoba plan contains no carbon tax, higher carbon emissions level
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is watering down its target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and removing any possible carbon tax from the equation. Sustainable Development Minister Roche...
Jun 10, 2019
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