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City begins public consultation on back alley bylaw
As Prince Albert city council appears posied to ban access to public walkways at night, the city's politicians are also making progress on the more complicated potential curfew in back alleys. People ...
Feb 18, 2020 (Alison Sandstrom/paNOW Staff)
Trudeau cancels Caribbean trip amid pressure to end pipeline protests
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has cancelled his planned trip to the Caribbean this week amid criticism over his government's handling of a series of anti-pipeline protests that have disrupted...
Feb 18, 2020
Speargun among weapons seized by police
The Prince Albert RCMP Crime Reduction Team has charged a man and two women from the Sturgeon Lake First Nation with weapons offences following a search warrant last week.On Feb. 12, officers from the...
Feb 18, 2020 This speargun, sawed-off shotgun and replica handgun were among items seized during a search warrant on Sturgeon Lake First Nation. (submitted photo/RCMP)
Quebec boxing promoter faces hearing after Hells Angels seen at bout
MONTREAL - A well-known Quebec boxing promoter is defending himself before a tribunal against accusations stemming from two of his boxing cards, including claims he fixed a bout and hosted members of ...
Feb 18, 2020
Quebec boxing promoter faces hearing after Hells Angels seen at bout
MONTREAL - A well-known Quebec boxing promoter is defending himself before a tribunal against accusations stemming from two of his boxing cards, including claims he fixed a bout and hosted members of ...
Feb 18, 2020
Halifax couple thanks public a year after house fire claimed their 7 children
HALIFAX - The parents of seven children who died in a Halifax house fire a year ago are offering thanks to the public for the love and support they've received since the tragedy. Syrian refugees Ebrah...
Feb 18, 2020
Israeli Opera to host Placido Domingo despite protest
JERUSALEM - Despite objections from sexual abuse activists, the Israeli Opera will host a week-long singing competition organized by Spanish opera star Placido Domingo in Tel Aviv later this year. Dom...
Feb 18, 2020
Desmond inquiry looks at how Afghanistan veteran legally obtained firearm
GUYSBOROUGH, N.S. - The inquiry investigating why an Afghanistan war veteran killed his family and himself in 2017 has turned its attention to how the mentally ill former infantryman wa...
Feb 18, 2020
Trump commutes former Illinois Gov. Blagojevich's sentence
CHICAGO - President Donald Trump says he has commuted the 14-year prison sentence of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, Trump on Tuesday told reporters the former governor's sentence was "ridiculou...
Feb 18, 2020
Carey coach apologizes for "shut up" to ump at Tournament of Hearts
MOOSE JAW, Sask. - Chelsea Carey's coach and father apologized to an official for telling her to "shut up" at the Canadian women's curling championship. An exchange between Dan Carey and an umpire&nbs...
Feb 18, 2020
