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Prison death trial: deceased's mother points finger at system
Lauren Laithwaite sat calmly in a Prince Albert courtroom Monday, listening intently as the trial for Tyler Vandewater officially began at Prince Albert Court of Queen's Bench.Vandewater, 31, is facin...
Jan 27, 2020 (File photo/ paNOW Staff)
Lakers' next game postponed after Kobe Bryant's death
LOS ANGELES - The NBA has postponed the Los Angeles Lakers' next game against the Clippers on Tuesday night after the deaths of retired superstar Kobe Bryant, his daughter and seven others in a helico...
Jan 27, 2020
At Sundance, Clinton warns of voter suppression in election
PARK CITY, Utah - Since losing the 2016 election to Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton has released a memoir about that defeat, launched a political action committee and penned another book about "gutsy wo...
Jan 27, 2020
Hospital gets donation to help kids
The Victoria Hospital Foundation received a unique kind of donation Monday morning.Mann Northway GMC donated two toy battery powered vehicles to the hospital. The dealership's general manager Mark Rip...
Jan 27, 2020 The toy vehicles were unveiled Monday morning at the Victoria Hospital. (submitted photo/Victoria Hospital Foundation)
RCMP intelligence official faces new charges in secrecy case
OTTAWA - The federal prosecution service says a senior RCMP official faces three new charges for alleged secrecy breaches. Cameron Jay Ortis, director general of the RCMP's National Intellig...
Jan 27, 2020
Dominic LeBlanc back in Commons for first time since cancer diagnosis
OTTAWA - Veteran Liberal MP and cabinet minister Dominic LeBlanc took his front-bench seat in the House of Commons on Monday for the first time since he was diagnosed with a form of blood ca...
Jan 27, 2020
New contract for P.A. mill workers but restart date still unknown
Calling it "a piece to the puzzle," the UNIFOR local membership in Prince Albert approved a new contract with the owners of the shuttered Paper Excellence mill. The contract will apply to those recall...
Jan 27, 2020 The Prince Albert mill has been closed since 2006 and was bought by Paper Excellence in 2011. (Glenn Hicks/paNOW Staff)
Leaders pay tribute, MPs call for justice for Canadians who died on Flight PS752
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has paid tribute in the House of Commons to those who died on the Ukraine International Airlines passenger jet shot down outside Tehran earlier this month, as MP...
Jan 27, 2020
Kenney wants Ottawa to approve Teck mine for benefit of First Nations
CALGARY - Alberta's premier says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau needs to move swiftly to approve the Teck Frontier oilsands mine north of Fort McMurray. Jason Kenney says there is no reason to del...
Jan 27, 2020
St. Louis Blues assign veteran forward Troy Brouwer to San Antonio
VANCOUVER - The St. Louis Blues have assigned Troy Brouwer to the American Hockey League's San Antonio Rampage after the veteran forward cleared waivers. Brouwer has one goal in 10 games with the Blue...
Jan 27, 2020
