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19th annual Santa Run touches down in Northern Saskatchewan
The reindeer got some time off this weekend, as Santa Claus traded in his sleigh for a more modern ride.Early Friday morning, Father Christmas and a small team of elves boarded an airplane in Prince A...
Dec 7, 2019 Nerf guns, L.O.L Surprise dolls, and AirPods were popular Christmas list requests. (Alison Sandstrom/paNOW staff)
Police warn of scams targeting elderly
The Prince Albert Police Service are warning the public about confidence scams directed at the elderly in the city.According to a media release from the police, there was a report of a fraud this week...
Dec 7, 2019 (File photo/paNOW Staff)
Canadian skiers Remme, Gagnon pursue downhill gains for combined success
LAKE LOUISE, Alta. - Canada lacks a classic downhiller in women's ski racing, but speed is vitally important to the all-rounders on the national alpine team. Roni Remme of Collingw...
Dec 7, 2019
Consensus comes 30 years later that Montreal massacre was an anti-feminist act
MONTREAL - Thirty years after the worst mass shooting in Canadian history, official acknowledgment has come that what happened on Dec. 6, 1989 at Montreal's Ecole Polytechnique was an attack on f...
Dec 7, 2019
Chinese ambassador warns Canada against adopting motion calling for sanctions
MONTREAL - China's new ambassador to Canada is threatening "very firm countermeasures" if Parliament adopts a motion calling for sanctions over alleged Chinese human rights abuses again...
Dec 7, 2019
Cale Makar making early run at Calder Trophy: 'I haven't seen anybody like him'
TORONTO - It was pointed out to Cale Makar back in September he didn't seem at all daunted by sky-high expectations. The defenceman had announced his arrival in the NHL some five months...
Dec 7, 2019
Laughton leads Flyers past Senators 4-3
PHILADELPHIA - Scott Laughton had a goal, an assist and a hard check in a chippy contest to lead the Philadelphia Flyers to a 4-3 victory over the Ottawa Senators on Saturday. Ivan Provorov, Travis Ko...
Dec 7, 2019
Pensacola naval base shooting tests US relations with Saudi
WASHINGTON - Just months after senior U.S. officials delivered substantial military aid to Saudi Arabia to counter threats from Iran, America's relationship with the kingdom is being tested by a Saudi...
Dec 7, 2019
Turkey trouble: Quebec village looks to dump wild bird running afoul in town
MONTREAL - In the small Quebec town of St-Prosper-de-Champlain - population 552 - a newly arrived resident has been trotting around like it owns the place. Mayor France Bedard said its ...
Dec 7, 2019
Saudi Aramco plans $25.6B share sale in biggest ever IPO
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Saudi Arabia's state-owned oil company Aramco on Thursday set a share price for its IPO - expected to be the biggest ever - that puts the value of the company at $1.7 tri...
Dec 7, 2019
