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Canadian veterans prepare to return to Juno Beach for 75th anniversary of D-Day
OTTAWA - Albert Roy was a fresh-faced 20-year-old from St. Jean Baptiste, Man., when Canadian, American and British troops stormed ashore on D-Day to begin the liberation of Western Europe from Nazi c...
Jun 06, 2019
New charges laid against father in death of 7-year-old Quebec girl
GRANBY, Que. - New charges have been laid against the father of a seven-year-old Granby girl who died in late April after being found badly injured in the family home east of Montreal. The 3...
Jun 06, 2019
Agency watchdog slams conditions at ICE detention facilities
WASHINGTON - The Homeland Security Department's internal watchdog says rotting food, mouldy and dilapidated bathrooms and agency practices at immigration detention facilities may violate detainees' ri...
Jun 06, 2019
UNB prof under fire for immigration views to retire, school says
FREDERICTON - A University of New Brunswick professor denounced by colleagues for promoting what they say are racist arguments about immigration has agreed to retire. The school announced Tuesday that...
Jun 06, 2019
Feds have failed to explain 'inaction' in Grassy Narrows: UN rapporteur
OTTAWA - A United Nations human-rights expert says the case of a northern Ontario First Nation plagued by mercury contamination is "emblematic" of an overall pattern of inaction in the face of grave r...
Jun 06, 2019
Police say house fire 'suspicious'
The Prince Albert Police Service has confirmed they are treating a house fire in the city's east flat area as suspicious, and are investigating with the assistance from the Prince Albert Fire Departme...
Jun 06, 2019 Neighbours have told paNOW the heard what sounded like an explosion come from the home early Monday morning. (Nigel Maxwell/paNOW Staff)
Scheer vows internal free-trade deal as part of vision for stronger federation
OTTAWA - Andrew Scheer is promising that a Conservative government would negotiate a deal to eliminate trade barriers among Canada's provinces. The Conservative leader made the commitment Tuesday...
Jun 06, 2019
Machine in public works yard causes fire
A nasty fire at the public works yard on 10th Street East this morning turned out to be a piece of operating equipment that caught alight. The PA Fire Department was called to the incident around 8:15...
Jun 06, 2019 Crews were able to get to the piece of equipment that was ablaze and ventilate the toxic fumes. (Glenn Hicks/paNOW Staff)
Local Jiu-Jitsu student prepares for big fight
Some of the best grapplers in the province will be competing Friday night in Saskatoon at the latest Modern Fighting Championship event (MFC3), and a man from Prince Albert is on the card.Lee Gareau, ...
Jun 06, 2019 Lee Gareau with Instructor Corey Lillis. (Nigel Maxwell/paNOW Staff)
Policing community eyes change after missing, murdered Indigenous women inquiry
OTTAWA - Melanie Morrison says her sister went missing in June 2006 - a unusual disappearance because she was a young mother. She says when their mom went to police, her sister was presumed to be "out...
Jun 06, 2019
