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Quebecor wins battle with Bell over disagreement about TVA Sports
MONTREAL - Quebecor Inc. has finally won its battle against Bell Canada over the broadcasting of its TVA Sports channel. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission ruled in favour...
Dec 19, 2019
Local police go Christmas shopping with kids
Twenty-five Prince Albert police officers reported for special holiday duty on Wednesday.They were at Canadian Tire to do some Christmas shopping.The annual yuletide tradition gives kids the chance to...
Dec 19, 2019 (Alison Sandstrom/paNOW Staff)
After impeachment, House bestows big trade victory on Trump
WASHINGTON - One day after its historic impeachment votes, the Democratic-led House gave President Donald Trump an overwhelming bipartisan victory Thursday on a renegotiated trade agreement with Canad...
Dec 19, 2019
Crown says former SNC-Lavalin exec Bebawi should be sentenced to 9 years
MONTREAL - The Crown is recommending a prison sentence of nine years for Sami Bebawi, the former SNC-Lavalin executive found guilty of fraud and corruption. Defence lawyers said in a court hearing tod...
Dec 19, 2019
'Meet the Press' to shine light on political disinformation
NEW YORK - A special "Meet the Press" episode on disinformation in politics was in the works even before host Chuck Todd's interviews with two Republican senators made its pertinence clear. The deep d...
Dec 19, 2019
US man jailed in Russia on spying charges loses job
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. - A Michigan man who has been imprisoned in Russia on spying charges for nearly a year has lost his job with an automotive parts supplier in a corporate restructuring, a move his b...
Dec 19, 2019
Winter festival names honourary chair
The honourary chair for the Prince Albert Winter Festival is a familiar voice for festival goers.Gordon 'Gordie' Sproull, who served as the announcer for the festival's sled dog races in decades past ...
Dec 19, 2019 Gordon Sproull is presented with his jacket recognizing him as this year's honourary chair. (Michael Joel-Hansen/paNOW Staff)
Ottawa moves to restrict vaping advertisements to prevent youth exposure
OTTAWA - Health Canada is proposing to ban advertising of vaping products in spaces where young people can see them in a bid to rein in the rise of underage e-cigarette use. Minist...
Dec 19, 2019
Canada's show jumping team dropped from Tokyo 2020 for doping violation
Canada's show jumping team has been expelled from next summer's Tokyo Olympics because of a doping violation. Nicole Walker of Aurora, Ont., is appealing the decision to the Court of Arbitration ...
Dec 19, 2019
RCMP calls for more ice safety after near-tragic incident
A recent incident on Dore Lake, about 115 km north of Big River, is drawing attention to ice safety. Earlier this month, two people drove an SUV onto the lake to join other vehicles who were ice fishi...
Dec 19, 2019 (Submitted/RCMP Facebook)
