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Plaintiff drops diamond case fight with P.A. company
The Belgian firm that had been suing the Prince Albert company run by city councillor Evert Botha in an eight-year diamond debt saga, has dropped its fight. They cited ongoing frustrations with the le...
Oct 03, 2019 (File photo: Tyler Marr/paNOW Staff)
Police appeal to public for help in locating escaped prisoner
Police are on the lookout for an escaped prisoner in Stanley Mission. Officers were transporting Ethan Merasty to the Stanley Mission detachment last Saturday after he was arrested for breaching a cou...
Oct 03, 2019 Police are trying to locate Ethan Merasty, who escaped shortly after he was arrested. (submitted photo/RCMP)
Western utility to quicken move away from coal-fired power
CHEYENNE, Wyo. - A major Western utility said Thursday it plans to speed up its move away from coal-fired power and get more juice from the sun and wind. Citing financial incentives, Portland, Oregon-...
Oct 03, 2019
Police: Power tool used to vandalize ‘America’s Stonehenge’
SALEM, N.H. - Police in New Hampshire say it appears someone used a power tool to vandalize a stone at group of rock configurations called America's Stonehenge. The vandalism was reported to the Salem...
Oct 03, 2019
Carbon offsets helpful to address airplane emissions but not ideal
OTTAWA - Carbon offsets such as the ones the Liberals are buying for their campaign planes are the standard way to compensate for greenhouse-gas emissions from air travel, though even people who sell ...
Oct 03, 2019
Evans has Hamilton Tiger-Cats on cusp of clinching top spot in East Division
HAMILTON - Dane Evans has the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on quite a roll. The second-year quarterback is 6-2 since replacing starter Jeremiah Masoli (season-ending knee injury). Hamilton (11-3...
Oct 03, 2019
Golden Spade Award winners announced
The 2019 winners of the Golden Spade Awards were announced today.According to a media release from the City of Prince Albert, the third annual City of Prince Albert Landscape Promotion Program's Golde...
Oct 03, 2019 Morris Sadlowski was one of three Golden Spade Award winners. (submitted photo/City of Prince Albert)
Promise tracker: What the parties are pitching on the campaign trail
OTTAWA - A running list of specific promises announced by the Liberals, Conservatives, NDP and Green party since the official start of the federal election campaign on Sept. 11. Liberal...
Oct 03, 2019
US authorities seek access to Facebook encrypted messaging
NEW YORK - U.S. Attorney General William Barr and other U.S., U.K. and Australian officials are pressing Facebook to give authorities a way to read encrypted messages sent by users, re-igniting tensio...
Oct 03, 2019
Aquarium nursing tropical turtle found 'cold-stunned' off Vancouver Island
VANCOUVER - A turtle that is much more comfortable in tropical waters washed up in Port Alberni on central Vancouver Island with what experts say was a dangerously low body temperature. Vancouver...
Oct 03, 2019
