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First big payout in new Sask. lottery
The opening payout in the new Touchdown for Kids Millionaire Lottery has gone to a woman in Swift Current. Christine Newton won $500,000.The lottery is a partnership between the Saskatchewan Roughride...
Dec 05, 2019 Jim Pattison Children's Hospital Foundation along with the Saskatchewan Roughrider Foundation are partners in the new lottery. (File photo/paNOW Staff)
Traffic figures show P.A.bridge a bigger priority than Regina project: PCP
The Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan (PCP) says the vehicle numbers for the new Regina bypass highlight the $2 billion project is just "a monument to the Sask Party," and a second bridge...
Dec 04, 2019 The Regina bypass project (reginabypass.ca)
Food prices set to climb nationally
It looks like Canadians will be paying more for food in the future.Researchers from the University of Guelph and Dalhousie University estimate the average Canadian family could spend an extra $400 on ...
Dec 04, 2019 Vegetable prices are expected to climb. (file photo/paNOW Staff)
Saskatchewan's plan for small nuclear reactors sees local fallout
Environmental advocates are railing against plans announced by the Saskatchewan, Ontario and New Brunswick governments to further explore the development of small modular nuclear reactors or SMRs. Whi...
Dec 03, 2019 The federal government is engaging with interested provinces on small modular reactors (SMRs) for possible development and deployment across Canada. This image shows the Pickering Nuclear Generating Plant as seen from Lake Ontario.(ID 146384282 © Anjelagr/Dreamstime)
Hoback named to Scheer's shadow cabinet
Randy Hoback has been given more responsibility, and he seems perfectly okay with it.The Member of Parliament (M.P.) for the Prince Albert riding has been named to Andrew Scheer's shadow cabinet, and ...
Nov 29, 2019 (File photo/ paNOW Staff)
Prince Albert shoppers take advantage of Black Friday sales
Who knew parking lots could be so busy at 6:30 a.m.?Numerous Prince Albert retailers flung their doors open to eagerly awaiting customers this morning for Black Friday.Despite inches of snow covering ...
Nov 29, 2019 Black Friday shoppers lined up outside Prince Albert Walmart early Friday morning. (submitted photo/Norma Lee)
Downtown businesses ready for Santa Claus parade
The downtown is ready for the annual Santa Claus parade. The parade is set to get underway this Saturday at 11 a.m. The event, which is organized by the Prince Albert Downtown Business Improvement Dis...
Nov 29, 2019 Last year's Santa Claus parade saw a good number of people turnout. (Michael Joel-Hansen/paNOW Staff)
Teamsters say they have reached a tentative deal with CN, work set to resume
MONTREAL - Teamsters Canada says it has reached a tentative agreement with Canadian National Railway Co. to renew the collective agreement for over 3,000 conductors, trainpersons and yard workers. The...
Nov 26, 2019
What's the future for P.A. Quality Inn?
The Prince Albert YWCA wants community groups to come together to discuss the best future use of the closed-down Quality Inn hotel in the downtown, if it becomes a city asset. With the city set to tak...
Nov 25, 2019 What might the closed-down Quality Inn become if the city takes it over? (Glenn Hicks/paNOW Staff)
Local man says he found insects in son's formula
A Prince Albert man says he got an unwelcome surprise earlier this month when his wife opened a can of powdered baby formula to feed their one-year-old son."When she opened the seal, there were two bl...
Nov 25, 2019 A Prince Albert man says his wife found these two small bugs in a can of President's Choice powdered baby formula. (submitted photo/Motasem Zidan)
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