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Smollett indicted on 16 counts stemming from reported attack
CHICAGO - A grand jury in Chicago indicted "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett on 16 felony counts related to making a false report that he was attacked by two men who shouted racial and homophobic slurs. ...
Mar 08, 2019
Tobacco firm JTI-Macdonald obtains creditor protection after Quebec court ruling
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - JTI-Macdonald Corp. says it's been granted creditor protection following a Quebec Court of Appeal decision upholding a landmark judgment ordering it and two other companies to...
Mar 08, 2019
Sask Polytechnic honours Indigenous students
Indigenous students at Saskatchewan Polytechnic's Prince Albert campus were honoured Friday.In the school's gym, they along with their families sat and listened to speeches from a number of administra...
Mar 08, 2019 Desiree Dreaver spoke about her experience at Sask Poly in P.A. (Michael Joel-Hansen/paNOW Staff)
Alfa Romeo recalls vehicles; cruise control can go haywire
DETROIT - Fiat Chrysler is warning owners of more than 60,000 Alfa Romeo cars and SUVs worldwide not to use the adaptive cruise control because it might not stop working even when a driver taps the br...
Mar 08, 2019
City, local-area municipalities to work together to promote economic development
The City of Prince Albert has officially signed on to a new agreement to work with surrounding communities to promote economic development in the region. Mayor Greg Dionne signed an official memorandu...
Mar 08, 2019 Craig Guidinger, left, with the City of Prince Albert, speaks ahead of the official signing of a new agreement for a regional economic development initiative. The founding members include, from left: Reeve Don Fyrk, RM of Buckland; Acting Reeve Richard Wilson, RM of P.A.; Chief Austin Bear with the Muskoday First Nation; Shellbrook Mayor George Tomporowski and Prince Albert Mayor Greg Dionne. (Charlene Tebbutt/ paNOW Staff)
CP Rail appealing minister's order for use of handbrakes on stopped trains
CALGARY - Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. says it is appealing Transport Minister Marc Garneau's order requiring railways to immediately use handbrakes on all trains stopped on mountain s...
Mar 08, 2019
Local R.M.s prepare for SARM convention
The impending carbon tax has been a hot button issue across the country in recent months, and at least two reeves in the Prince Albert area are hinting they will ask questions about it at next week's ...
Mar 08, 2019 (File photo/ paNOW Staff)
'Jeopardy!' host Alex Trebek says he has pancreatic cancer
LOS ANGELES - "Jeopardy!" host Alex Trebek said he has been diagnosed with advanced pancreatic cancer but intends to fight the disease and keep on working. In a video posted online Wednesday, the 78-y...
Mar 08, 2019
Alex Trebek announces cancer diagnosis in YouTube video
Canadian "Jeopardy!" host Alex Trebek announced he's been diagnosed with advanced pancreatic cancer in a YouTube video on Wednesday that had a positive tone despite the grim prognosis. "Just...
Mar 08, 2019
Bissonnette to appeal sentence for murders in Quebec City mosque
QUEBEC - The gunman who killed six worshippers in a Quebec City mosque is appealing his sentence of life in prison with no possibility of parole for 40 years. Lawyers for Alexandre Bissonnet...
Mar 08, 2019
