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Newspaper criticizes film's take on Olympic bombing coverage
ATLANTA - After a bomb exploded in a downtown Atlanta park midway through the 1996 Olympics, a security guard initially cast as a hero was transformed into a villain virtually overnight. More than 20 ...
Dec 10, 2019
Banana, duct tape add up to $150,000 at Art Basel Miami
MIAMI - 3D-printed cocktails, a traffic jam sculpture made of hundreds of tons of sand and more celebrity sightings than a Kardashian Christmas party were all part of over-the-top festivities during t...
Dec 10, 2019
Toronto Raptors fans more grateful than hateful of Kawhi Leonard
TORONTO - Two nights after Paul George's hostile treatment in Indiana, it should be nothing but love for his teammate Kawhi Leonard in Toronto Leonard will be presented with his NBA champion...
Dec 10, 2019
P.A. golfer inks letter of intent to U.S. college
It was an exciting weekend for Prince Albert's T.J. Baker.The 17-year-old golfer who attends Carlton Comprehensive Public High School signed a letter of intent with the University of Arkansas for the ...
Dec 10, 2019
Police launch initiative to help the city's less fortunate
A new campaign to help the city's less fortunate has the Prince Albert Police Service joining forces with the Prince Albert RCMP for a food drive. Residents and business owners are being encouraged to...
Dec 10, 2019 Food and monetary donations for the local food bank can be dropped off at the new police service substation on 10th St. E. from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday to Friday until Dec. 19. (Nigel Maxwell/ paNOW Staff)
Heavy gunfire reported in Jersey City neighbourhood
JERSEY CITY, N.J. - Heavy gunfire was exchanged Tuesday for at least an hour in a Jersey City neighbourhood. SWAT teams responded to the scene, and police have blocked off the major thoroughfare. Loud...
Dec 10, 2019
Northern Bears use weekend tourney as prep for Esso Cup
The Prince Albert Northern Bears finished out of the medals in tournament play this past weekend.They finished in eighth place at the 16 team Mandi Schwartz Memorial Tournament in Wilcox. The team's h...
Dec 10, 2019 The Prince Albert Northern Bears were in Wilcox this past weekend. (File photo/ Jeff D'Andrea/paNOW Staff)
Crews still battling fire from crude oil train derailment in central Saskatchewan
LANIGAN, Sask. - Saskatchewan's public safety agency says crews are working in frigid temperatures as they continue to battle a fire that started when a freight train carrying...
Dec 10, 2019
Tax cuts, flood fight and cost-control on Manitoba premier's agenda
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister is promising a "bolder" approach in 2020 with his Progressive Conservative government now in its second term. Pallister says despite fears of a potentially ...
Dec 10, 2019
Annual Boxing Day $30,000 BINGO
Every December 26th for the last number of years the Carnival BINGO hall hosts a $30,000 Boxing Day BINGO with warm ups starting at 5:30 pm and the main Bingo starting at 7:00pmThis year proceeds go t...
Dec 10, 2019
