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Newcomers celebrate first holiday season in Canada
Prince Albert welcomed over 100 refugees this summer.On Friday, many of them celebrated the holidays at a party at YWCA Settlement Services. The event included plenty of food and a line dancing lesson...
Dec 23, 2019 YWCA Settlement Services staff, clients and volunteers learn some line dancing steps from an instructor during a holiday celebration. (Alison Sandstrom/paNOW staff)
A few safety tips for holiday travellers from SGI
Whether you're braving the roads to get in some last minute shopping or driving hours away to spend time with family, you need to be prepared for winter conditions on Saskatchewan roadways. With that ...
Dec 23, 2019 SGI is encouraging the public to drive safely and smartly this holiday season. (ID 106757753 © Radila Radilova | Dreamstime.com)
Woman enters guilty plea after running from police
Details of how a young woman was able to escape police custody last month were laid out in a Prince Albert courtroom Monday morning.Courtney Sinclair, 23, had been at Victoria Hospital at the time of ...
Dec 23, 2019 (File photo/paNOW Staff)
Body of unidentified woman discovered on Hwy 102
An unidentified woman has been found dead along Hwy 102. Her body was discovered around 5:30 a.m. Monday about 8 kilometres north of La Ronge. Police said its an Indigenous woman who appears to be bet...
Dec 23, 2019 The body was discovered Monday morning on Hwy 102, north of La Ronge. (file photo/larongeNOW )
Year in Review: The city's six homicide investigations
Prince Albert's first homicide victim of 2019, was described by people close to him as a talented cook and a family man.Cody McAdam, 27, was stabbed early in the morning of Feb. 9. According to police...
Dec 23, 2019 (File photo/ paNOW Staff)
Chinese embassy takes swipe at 'some politicians' over talk of freeing Canadians
OTTAWA - The Chinese embassy is taking a swing at "some Canadian politicians" over what it describes as "erroneous remarks" about the relationship between the two countries and the cases of two Canadi...
Dec 23, 2019
Sports Year in Review; Buzz in Raiderland
The Prince Albert Raiders success both on and off the ice makes our Top Sports Stories from 2019. The buzz around the Raiders was obvious, especially throughout the playoff run.In one year, the Raider...
Dec 23, 2019 Raiders superfan Lee Philipenko followed the team from coast to coast. (Submitted photo/Lee Philipenko)
N.S. sawmills seeking new markets in wake of announced Northern Pulp closure
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia sawmill operators say their outlook after the closure of Northern Pulp is one of troubling uncertainties and, so far, few answers from the provincial government&nb...
Dec 23, 2019
Conservative party's fundraising boss takes over temporary helm of party
OTTAWA - The director of fundraising for the federal Conservatives has taken over as acting director of the party as it continues to grapple with the fallout from the resignation of leader Andrew Sche...
Dec 23, 2019
Bump in low-income rates expected as StatCan sets to redraw poverty line
OTTAWA - The national statistics office is looking at changes to the federally adopted poverty line which, if approved, could mean more people are considered to live below the low-income threshold. Th...
Dec 23, 2019
