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Alberta Appeal Court sides with Alberta on federal carbon tax
EDMONTON - The Alberta Court of Appeal has ruled that the federal carbon tax is not constitutional.In a 4-1 decision, the court says the legislation that brought in the tax erodes provincial jurisdict...
Feb 25, 2020 The Canadian Press
Teck withdraws application for Frontier mine, citing discourse over climate change
VANCOUVER - Teck Resources Ltd. has withdrawn its application for a massive oilsands mining project just days ahead of an expected government decision, citing the political discourse over climate chan...
Feb 24, 2020 The Canadian Press
FSIN not surprised by Scheer’s ‘check their privilege’ comment
The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) calls a recent comment by Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer disturbing and offensive but not surprising.On Friday, Scheer spoke to media at the pa...
Feb 19, 2020 Bobby Cameron, chief of the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations. (CKOM)
Poor deadly fashion statement
A new clothing line designed in Prince Albert can easily be described as hardly cute. Jyl Toews, owner of Kate Jacobs Baby Boutique,came up with the idea to create kids' clothes bearing slogans such a...
Feb 19, 2020 (Nigel Maxwell/paNOW Staff)
Unifor releases video on barricade north of Saskatoon
The union representing locked out Co-op Refinery workers has released a video on social media describing the motivation for it's latest labour dispute tactic - putting a fence around the Co-op cardloc...
Feb 15, 2020 Unifor members set up barricades around the entrances to the co-op cardlock, north of Saskatoon, just off highway 16 on Friday, February 14, 2020. (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)
P.A. sees minor house sale gains
There were some marginal gains in the Prince Albert housing market last month. And while the average sale price went up there's no indication of a positive trend after months of slowdown.According to ...
Feb 15, 2020 There was a small increase in the amount of homes sold in P.A. in January. (file photo/paNOW Staff)
Woman harassed in P.A. parking lot
Security concerns are being raised after an incident in the parking lot at Safeway at the South Hill Mall, but the store's owners say shoppers can continue to feel confident. A resident, who wanted to...
Feb 15, 2020 The Safeway next to the South Hill Mall in Prince Albert. (Ian Gustafson/paNOW Staff)
$1 million worth of expansions and upgrades for P.A. rec. facilities
Nearly $1 million worth of improvements to P.A. recreation facilities were announced on Friday at the Alfred Jenkins Field House.A partnership between P.A. Canadian Tire owner Malcolm Jenkins and the ...
Feb 14, 2020 Prince Albert Mayor Greg Dionne thanks Malcolm Jenkins on behalf of all P.A. residents. (Alison Sandstrom/paNOW Staff)
CN shuts down eastern rail network, FSIN and Hoback weigh in
Canadian National Railway Co. says it must shut down its entire train network in Eastern Canada due to protesters blockades.The company says that means stopping all transcontinental trains across its ...
Feb 13, 2020 (Canadian National Railway Company/Facebook)
SaskPower, electrical workers agree to new labour contract
Unionized electrical workers at SaskPower have a new contract with the company that takes them through to the end of 2022 and gives them a seven per cent wage increase spread out over six years.The Cr...
Feb 13, 2020 (Evan Radford/CJME News)
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