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CP NewsAlert Vancouver Canucks centre Elias Pettersson captures Calder Trophy
LAS VEGAS - Vancouver Canucks centre Elias Pettersson has won the Calder Trophy at the NHL's top rookie at the league's award ceremony. The 20-year-old Swede is the first Canuck to win the award since...
Jun 19, 2019
Customer service at P.A. City Hall under the spotlight
An independent report shows Prince Albert City Hall has gone backwards when it comes to customer service over the phone and its misdirected voicemail system. The city has promised action for improveme...
Jun 19, 2019 Too many residents face a poor customer service experience in phone dealings with P.A. City Hall.(Glenn Hicks/paNOW Staff)
Update: Minister's office comments on Denesuline leaders protesting North of 60 decision
Update: paNOW reached out to Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations Carolyn Bennets office for a comment regarding the decision to end negotiations pertaining to the North of 60 agreement."No relation...
Jun 19, 2019 First Nation leaders gathered in Ottawa Wednesday to protest what they say was the federal government’s decision to end the discussions over the North of 60 Final Agreement. (submitted photo/PAGC)
Fonstad, Schneider heading to Summer Development Camp
Raider forward Cole Fonstad and Prince Albert native Braden Schneider are among a select group of junior hockey players that have been invited to Canada's National Junior Team Sport Chek Summer Develo...
Jun 19, 2019 Cole Fonstad is among 25 forwards selected to Canada's National Junior Team Sport Chek Summer Development Camp. (Lucas Chudleigh/Apollo Multimedia)
Saskatchewan to continue using 'birth alerts' despite calls by inquiry to stop
REGINA - The Saskatchewan government says it will continue to track or seize at-risk babies despite a call to stop from the inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls....
Jun 19, 2019 Saskatchewan legislature. (file photo/CKOM News Staff)
Woman charged with attempted theft, assault with a weapon
A 26-year-old woman is scheduled to appear in Prince Albert Provincial Court tomorrow after an incident at a business on 28th Street East last night. Police responded to the business after 8 p.m. for ...
Jun 19, 2019 (file photo/paNOW Staff)
Family Futures celebrates 25 years of service
Every year in Prince Albert, Family Futures provides ongoing and crisis support services to more than 300 pregnant women and families to enhance their health and well-being. This year marks the 25th a...
Jun 19, 2019 Family Futures employees celebrated 25 years of community service at a barbecue on Wednesday. (Joe Bexson/paNOW Staff)
Local farmer found guilty of causing unnecessary pain and suffering to cattle
A Porcupine Plain farmer was found guilty of two counts related to causing distress to his cattle.Judge Inez Cardinal convicted Alex Potoreyko of wilfully causing unnecessary pain and suffering to his...
Jun 19, 2019 Melfort Provincial Court (File photo/northeastNOW Staff).
UN high commissioner urges redress as Canada responds to MMIWG inquiry
OTTAWA - Canada's response to the conclusions of the inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls should include some form of redress for the victims and their families, says the Unite...
Jun 19, 2019
Man who stole human skull and kept it as 'curiosity' sentenced to jail
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A young Newfoundland man who robbed a human skull from a cemetery and kept it in his possession for more than a year as a "curiosity item" has been sentenced to four months in&...
Jun 19, 2019
