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Visa, Mastercard shun Facebook's Libra digital currency plan
NEW YORK - Visa and Mastercard on Friday announced their departure from Facebook's Libra project, a major setback to the social network's plan for a worldwide digital currency. Along with the two paym...
Oct 11, 2019
Impaired driving charges dropped this year versus 2018
According to statistics released by city police, there are fewer impaired driving charges in Prince Albert this year versus last. For September's monthly crime stats, there has been a nearly 21 per ce...
Oct 11, 2019 (File photo/paNOW Staff)
British Columbia premier defends chief of staff over handling of allegations
VICTORIA - Premier John Horgan defended how his chief of staff handled allegations made against the former clerk of the B.C. legislature when he first learned of them in July 2018 as the Liberals...
Oct 11, 2019
Boeing, FAA both faulted in certification of the 737 Max
A panel of international aviation regulators found that Boeing withheld key information about the 737 Max from pilots and regulators, and the Federal Aviation Administration lacked the expertise to un...
Oct 11, 2019
US suspends plans to hike tariffs Tuesday on Chinese imports
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration is suspending a tariff hike on $250 billion in Chinese imports that was set to take effect Tuesday, and China agreed to buy $40 billion to $50 billion in U.S. far...
Oct 11, 2019
Girl recalls stabbing that injured her and killed her friend at B.C. high school
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - A teenage girl wrote the words "this is amazing grace" on a piece of paper moments before she and her friend were attacked by a man with a knife inside a British Columbia high ...
Oct 11, 2019
Olivia Howe enters uncharted territory, joining Moose Jaw WHL coaching staff
MOOSE JAW, Sask. - The Moose Jaw Warriors are believed to have hired the first female coach in Western Hockey League history. Olivia Howe, a native of Moose Jaw, Sask., has been named a coaching assis...
Oct 11, 2019
Pedestrians hit by U-Haul van in Edmonton testify at trial of alleged attacker
EDMONTON - Paul Biegel was about to light a cigarette moments before he found himself lying on the ground with a broken vehicle mirror beside him. Biegel was in an alley outside a downtown Edmont...
Oct 11, 2019
Blue Bombers acquire veteran quarterback Collaros from Toronto Argonauts
TORONTO - Zach Collaros is off to his third CFL team this season. The Toronto Argonauts dealt the veteran quarterback to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on Wednesday just prior to the league's trade de...
Oct 11, 2019
Early voting underway in P.A.
Voters are making their way to the polls in Prince Albert.For the next three days people looking to cast their votes will be able to do so at a few locations around the city, including Midtown Hall, P...
Oct 11, 2019 The Prince Albert Exhibition was an active place with many people looking to cast their ballots early. (Michael Joel-Hansen/paNOW Staff)
