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Ticks make their spring return
The Prince Albert SPCA and Gateway Veterinary Services clinic in Melfort are reporting furry friends are starting to pick up some unwanted critters.Tick season is here."In the last couple of weeks her...
May 09, 2019 Pet owners beware, ticks are once again active. (file photo/paNOW Staff)
Hundreds of Canadians to receive postcards detailing Second World War link
Hundreds of Canadians are about to receive proof of their personal, largely unknown links to one of the defining events of the 20th century. An organization dedicated to commemorating Canada's ro...
May 09, 2019
CFLPA says its players could stage partial strike at the start of training camps
The CFL Players' Association has informed players on four CFL teams not to report to camp if a new collective bargaining agreement isn't reached by May 18. Union executive director Brian Ramsay said i...
May 09, 2019
Plans for new daycare spaces at St. Catherine Catholic School taking shape
Plans for a new daycare centre at one of Prince Albert's local schools are taking shape.Prince Albert city council recently approved a discretionary use application for a new daycare centre at St. Cat...
May 09, 2019 St. Catherine Catholic School. (Charlene Tebbutt/paNOW Staff)
'Good teams push through': Whitecaps continue points hunt vs. Portland Timbers
VANCOUVER - As Marc Dos Santos readies his Vancouver Whitecaps for a rivalry matchup this week, another task nags at the back of the coach's mind. Dos Santos still needs to find the perfect bottle of ...
May 09, 2019
Controversial environment-review bill faces major changes in Senate as clock ticks
OTTAWA - Canadian senators are trying to make more than 100 amendments to the government's environmental-assessment bill that overhauls how major energy and transportation projects are reviewed. The&n...
May 09, 2019
Refugee who lost fingers to frostbite pleads with MPs not to pass new asylum law
OTTAWA - A man from Ghana who lost all his fingers to frostbite after crossing irregularly into Manitoba - and whose story focused attention on the border - is pleading with MPs not to pass ...
May 09, 2019
Disney slates Fox films, 'Avatar' pushed another year
NEW YORK - Now armed with the upcoming releases of 20th Century Fox, the Walt Disney Co. on Tuesday set forth a shock-and-awe release schedule spanning the next eight years, including the yet-again-po...
May 09, 2019
Matters of politics, race accompany Red Sox to White House
WASHINGTON - For decades, championship teams have visited the White House in a moment of ritual and tradition. Athletic excellence is celebrated, lame jokes are told and the president is given yet ano...
May 09, 2019
Kashechewan First Nation gets agreement from feds, Ontario to relocate
OTTAWA - A northern Ontario First Nation has an agreement with the federal and provincial government that lays out a plan to move the reserve annually threatened by flood waters. Kashechewan...
May 09, 2019
