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Local MP discusses infrastructure funding with P.A. mayor
Local MP, Conservative Randy Hoback was in Prince Albert on Tuesday to meet with Mayor Greg Dionne. The two sat down to discuss the city's top federal funding priorities, among them a new $80 million ...
Nov 26, 2019 Conservative MP Randy Hoback (left) speaks with P.A. Mayor Greg Dionne (right). (Alison Sandstrom/paNOW Staff)
Trump campaign, GOP groups attack Google’s new ad policy
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's reelection campaign and other Republican election groups criticized tech giant Google on Tuesday for making it harder for political advertisers to target specific...
Nov 26, 2019
Nuggets star guard Jamal Murray commits to playing for Canada this summer
TORONTO - Jamal Murray wants to lead Canada's men's basketball team to the Tokyo Olympics. The Denver Nuggets star guard said he's committed to playing for Canada this summer, a big boost for a p...
Nov 26, 2019
Bombers Spiring makes history as 1st woman to have name engraved on Grey Cup
Dayna Spiring never expected to have her name engraved on the Grey Cup when she joined the Winnipeg Blue Bombers' board of directors five years ago. She was even more surprised to find out last w...
Nov 26, 2019
Victoria Hospital Foundation asking people to listen to their heart for this year's fundraiser
The Give a Little Life Day Radiothon is coming up Friday, Dec. 6. This year's Victoria Hospital Foundation (VHF) fundraiser aims to bring in $385,000 to help buy equipment to help heart patients. This...
Nov 26, 2019 Last year's Give a Little Life Day raised over $1 million for the new neo-natal intensive care unit at Victoria Hospital. (Nigel Maxwell/ paNOW Staff)
New foreign minister presses for Canadian detainees with China counterpart
OTTAWA - Canada's new foreign affairs minister hit the ground running this weekend, spending an hour in face-to-face talks with his Chinese counterpart over the fate of two Canadian men that the Trude...
Nov 26, 2019
Five things to know about the CN Rail strike
OTTAWA - The week-long strike of about 3,200 workers at the Canadian National Railway Co. is set to end after the Teamsters Canada union reached a tentative agreement with the company. The w...
Nov 26, 2019
Guilty pleas entered in Montreal Lake shooting incident
More than a year after a young woman from Montreal Lake Cree Nation was found in a vehicle suffering from a gunshot wound, the court case surrounding the incident continues to unravel with more questi...
Nov 26, 2019 (File photo/paNOW Staff)
Pentagon chief fires Navy secretary over SEAL controversy
WASHINGTON - Defence Secretary Mark Esper has fired the Navy's top official, ending a stunning clash between President Donald Trump and top military leadership over the fate of a SEAL accused of war c...
Nov 26, 2019
Embiid latest in long list of NBA stars to be shut down by Raptors
TORONTO - A humorous meme of Joel Embiid made the rounds of social media Monday night after Philadelphia's seven-foot centre went scoreless for the first time in his NBA career. It was ...
Nov 26, 2019
