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Cannabis use on the rise in Canada
Prince Albert's legal cannabis retailers have given insight into the demographics they have seen since legalization of the product in October.The United Nations' latest world drug report showed more C...
Jul 03, 2019 (File photo/paNOW Staff)
System failed slain Quebec girl, youth protection internal probe finds
MONTREAL - An internal probe has found no one person or service can shoulder the blame for lapses in the case of a slain seven-year-old Quebec girl who'd been followed by youth protection. It found th...
Jul 03, 2019
Maintenance workers trapped in Cory potash mine
Thirty-four maintenance workers have been trapped underground at Nutrien's Cory potash mine since Tuesday afternoon.The mine is currently in its summer maintenance turnaround period, according to Nutr...
Jul 03, 2019 (Submitted photo/Nutrien)
Algonquin Nation guaranteed space in Indigenous centre as deal ends hunger strike
OTTAWA - The Algonquin Nation will be guaranteed a space in a major Indigenous centre in Ottawa after an agreement with the federal government ended a grand chief's hunger strike. Verna Polson of the ...
Jul 03, 2019
Free Bike Rodeo
The Prince Albert Police Service is hosting a free bike rodeo this Friday, July 5 for kids between the ages of 5 and 12. The event will take place in the south parking lot at the Art Hauser Centre (ne...
Jul 03, 2019
Average vet faces 32-week wait for benefits decision, double government target
OTTAWA - The long delays many veterans face when applying to the government for assistance for service-related injuries has reached a new milestone. Former service members have long been promised that...
Jul 03, 2019
Get Your Summer Fair Wristbands
The 2019 PAEX Summer Fair Advance Wristbands are on Sale Now! Save $10 when you purchase wristbands early!They are available at PAEX office, Lake Country CO-Op locations, Save On Foods, Canadian Tire,...
Jul 03, 2019
Raiders reflect on mascot alterations in the wake of Gainer backlash
Reaction to the latest version of the Saskatchewan Roughriders mascot, Gainer the Gopher, have been less than stellar.Fans have been in a fury since the Roughriders debuted Gainer's latest makeover du...
Jul 03, 2019 Riley the Raider, mascot for the Prince Albert Raiders. (Jeff D'Andrea/paNOW Staff)
Nutrien says 34 workers trapped underground after service shaft malfunction
SASKATOON - Nutrien Ltd. says 34 maintenance workers have been trapped in its Cory potash mine in Saskatchewan since Tuesday afternoon. Company spokesman Will Tigley says the service sh...
Jul 03, 2019
Newfoundland travellers contract mysterious disease traced to cave trip in Cuba
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A woman is warning travellers to thoroughly research any adventurous excursions abroad after she and several other Newfoundlanders became ill from a mysterious disease traced b...
Jul 03, 2019
