Author Archives:
P.A. among communities with walk-in mental health service
Just getting people in the door is huge.That's the response from a mental health advocate to expanded free walk-in mental health services in Prince Albert.Louise Zurowksi, the executive director of Ca...
Aug 13, 2019 (Tyler Marr/paNOW Staff)
P.A. ball players return home from Nationals with silver
The second best team this at the U19 Men's Fastpitch Nationals is from Saskatchewan and two of its players call Prince Albert home.The Delisle Pride, which included Troy Preymack and Ryan Bicknell, lo...
Aug 13, 2019 (submitted photo/ Kevin Preymack)
At unveiling of memorial to democracy activist, fears of crackdown in Hong Kong
OTTAWA - Prominent human rights activists and Chinese political dissidents warned Tuesday about the potential for a brutal crackdown on protesters in Hong Kong. People in Hong Kong have...
Aug 13, 2019
Health authority examines anonymous whistleblower hotline options
The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) has put out a call for proposals to establish an anonymous tip line for reporting employees who break the rules.The provincial health agency confirmed the news ...
Aug 13, 2019 (file photo/JPBG News Staff)
Concerts cancelled, investigation opened into Placido Domingo
SAN FRANCISCO - Two music companies cancelled appearances by Placido Domingo and the Los Angeles Opera said Tuesday it would launch an investigation in response to an Associated Press story in which n...
Aug 13, 2019
Busy summer for YWCA
This summer has been busy for YWCA Settlement Services.The agency has been working to help settle a number of people who have been arriving from a number of different countries according to David Hamb...
Aug 13, 2019 The YWCA put on a barbecue Saturday to raise money for their settlement work (Michael Joel-Hansen/paNOW Staff)
Ajax escapes early Champions League exit against PAOK
AMSTERDAM - Last season's Champions League semifinalist Ajax came close to crashing out in qualifying Tuesday, coming from behind to beat PAOK Thessaloniki 5-4 on aggregate. On a night when former Eur...
Aug 13, 2019
PA arena project left out of federal funding allocations
Politicians on all levels for Prince Albert are questioning why the federal government rejected a proposal to help fund a new arena, which they are calling a priority project. Saskatchewan is eligible...
Aug 13, 2019 Federal Minister of Infrastructure and Communities Francois-Philippe Champagne, seated right, and Saskatchewan Minister Responsible for SaskBuilds Gordon Wyant signed an infrastructure funding agreement on October 3, 2018. (file photo/CJME)
First Nations leaders renew call for share of resource revenues
Chiefs, elders and technical experts from Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba have gathered in Prince Albert this week to discuss ways to fix a document that was signed over 80 years ago.The Natural Re...
Aug 13, 2019 (Nigel Maxwell/ paNOW Staff)
Rafael Nadal cruises past Daniil Medvedev to win fifth Rogers Cup title
MONTREAL - A teenage Rafael Nadal's victory over Andre Agassi in the final of the 2005 Rogers Cup was a symbolic passing of the torch from one tennis generation to the next. Fast-forwar...
Aug 13, 2019
