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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
How to stick to your debt reduction goals, even during the holiday season
Managing your debt load during the holiday season can seem daunting. As holiday spending kicks into high gear, it is tempting to put debt reduction goals on the backburner. However, even considering a...
Dec 10, 2019
Brazil's Bolsonaro calls activist Greta Thunberg a "brat"
RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday called young Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg a "brat" after she expressed concern about the slayings of indigenous Brazilian...
Dec 10, 2019
Mule deer buck shot and left near St. Louis
Saskatchewan Conservation Officers are investigating another deer being shot illegally and then left to waste. This time it was a mule deer buck found south of Prince Albert near the community of St. ...
Dec 10, 2019 A mule deer buck left to waste east of St. Louis. (Facebook/SaskTip)
Handke takes Nobel Literature Prize amid protest
STOCKHOLM - Author Peter Handke received his Nobel Literature Prize on Tuesday amid criticism of him in Sweden and abroad as an apologist for Serb war crimes in the 1990s. Handke accepted the 9-millio...
Dec 10, 2019
Mexican ex-security chief charged in US in drug conspiracy
NEW YORK - A man who served as secretary of public security in Mexico from 2006 to 2012 has been indicted in New York City on drug charges alleging he accepted millions of dollars in bribes to let the...
Dec 10, 2019
