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Issues related to boarded up homes 'complicated': City councillor
There are currently 17 homes boarded up in Prince Albert, and 28 outstanding files.Those figures are contained in a report, which was discussed briefly during Monday's Board of Police Commissioners me...
Jan 14, 2020 This house in the 1000 block of 18th St. W. is among over a dozen boarded up homes in the city, and in this specific case the file has been forwarded for prosecution. (Nigel Maxwell/paNOW Staff)
Canada's Dabrowski prepares to resume doubles partnership with Ostapenko
Canada's Gabriela Dabrowski and Latvia's Jelena Ostapenko have enjoyed some success on the handful of occasions they've teamed up together in the past. They're hoping to reki...
Jan 14, 2020
Bills seek to end 'conversion therapy' in Kentucky
FRANKFORT, Ky. - Twice a week for four years when he was in high school, gay student Zach Meiners underwent "conversion therapy," a practice that attempts to change a person's sexual orientation or ge...
Jan 14, 2020
Ottawa Redblacks re-sign Canadian defensive back Justin Howell
OTTAWA - Canadian defensive back Justin Howell has signed a one-year contract extension with the Ottawa Redblacks. The native of Bradford, Ont., has 21 defensive tackles and 16 special-teams tackles o...
Jan 14, 2020
Veteran Canadian centre Tristan Thompson setting tone in Cleveland
Tristan Thompson gleefully bounded around the Cleveland dressing room, his teammates enthusiastically showering him with buckets of water. The Canadian centre had just scored a career-high 35 poi...
Jan 14, 2020
Officials: Jet fuel lands on Los Angeles school playground
CUDAHY, Calif. - Jet fuel dumped by an aircraft returning to Los Angeles International Airport fell onto an elementary school playground where children were playing Tuesday, fire officials said. The L...
Jan 14, 2020
Haitian-Canadians commemorate 10 year anniversary of deadly earthquake
MONTREAL - Gael Stephenson Chancy remembers the time following the earthquake that struck Haiti ten years ago as the moment he was forced to grow up. As his family rode in a transport towards the...
Jan 14, 2020
Woman in P.A. group accused of robberies given conditional discharge
One of the four people accused in a string of robberies and attempted robberies, including in Prince Albert, was given a conditional discharge - a sentence where no punishment is imposed.Tonisha Fulto...
Jan 14, 2020 Melfort Provincial Court (File photo/northeastNOW Staff).
Four charged with first-degree murder in death of La Ronge woman
Charges have been laid in the homicide investigation of 28-year-old Sheena Marie Billette of La Ronge.That's according to an RCMP news release, which notes four individuals were charged with first-deg...
Jan 14, 2020 The body of Sheena Marie Billette, 28, was found on Hwy 102 north of La Ronge. (Sheena Marie/Facebook)
Jewish group seeks removal of anti-Semite's name from Quebec street and park
MONTREAL - A Jewish advocacy group is calling on a city south of Montreal to rename a street and a park honouring a man who sought to prevent Jews from ever buying his land. David Ouellette,...
Jan 14, 2020
