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Harvey Weinstein wants to move trial out of NYC
NEW YORK - A lawyer for Harvey Weinstein has asked that the disgraced movie mogul's upcoming criminal trial be moved out of New York City, saying he can't get a fair trial. In a longshot motion filed ...
Aug 20, 2019
Pan Am Games protesters each get 12 months of probation
DENVER - The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee has handed down 12-month probations to the athletes who protested on the medals stand at the Pan American Games. In letters of reprimand sent Tuesday...
Aug 20, 2019
Court approves release of video, affidavits ahead of Huawei executive's trial
VANCOUVER - A senior B.C. Supreme Court judge has agreed with what she calls a "somewhat unusual" request to provide documents and a video directly to media ahead of an extradition hearing for Hu...
Aug 20, 2019
Workers escorted away during Border Services probe at Vancouver horse track
VANCOUVER - Several people were removed form a Vancouver horse racing track this week as part of an investigation by the Canada Border Services Agency. Border services agents arrived at...
Aug 20, 2019
Council ponders curfew in back alleys and walkways
Prince Albert city council will study the possibility of a new bylaw prohibiting access to public back alleys and walkways at night. The proposed measure, aimed at combatting crime, would allow police...
Aug 20, 2019 Trash can fires aren't the only concern for residents as council ponders a curfew at night in back alleys and walkways to curb rampant property crime. (File photo/paNOW Staff)
Australian court upholds cardinal's child sex convictions
MELBOURNE, Australia - An Australian court has upheld convictions against the most senior Catholic to be found guilty of children sex abuse. The Victoria state Court of Appeal by a 2-1 majority ruling...
Aug 20, 2019
RCMP pursuing repeat offender; officer injured in chase
A man with a history of break and enters in the Prince Albert area, is again wanted by the RCMP.Blaine Lake RCMP have issued a warrant for the arrest of Jade Ermine. It's alleged he was one of three p...
Aug 20, 2019 Jade Ermine. (submitted photo/RCMP)
Cowboys' Elliott won't face criminal charge in Vegas scuffle
LAS VEGAS - Dallas Cowboys star running back Ezekiel Elliott won't face criminal charges after scuffling with a music festival security guard in Las Vegas. Prosecutor Steve Wolfson said Tuesday the fi...
Aug 20, 2019
Ledoux homicide case proceeds to trial
Trial dates have now been set for two people, who were charged in connection to a Prince Albert homicide case dating back two years.Based on the outcome of a pre-trial conference earlier this month, B...
Aug 20, 2019 (File photo/ paNOW Staff)
Community will need to raise millions of dollars for new hospital equipment
The Victoria Hospital Foundation (VHF) says there's little the public can do at the moment to prepare for the millions of dollars that will be needed to equip and furnish a new hospital in Prince Albe...
Aug 20, 2019 The community will need to raise millions of dollars for equipment and furnishings once the go ahead is given for the new hospital in Prince Albert. (File photo/paNOW Staff)
