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Paratransit & Seniors Transportation Add Grocery Delivery to Pandemic Service
Seniors and Paratransit passengers will be able to place grocery orders from home and have the specialized transportation services of the Prince Albert Community Service Centre pick up and deliver gro...
Mar 27, 2020
2 Olympic champions among 4 Russians with new doping charges
MONACO - Two Olympic gold medallists were among four Russian track and field athletes charged with doping offences. Andrei Silnov, the 2008 Olympic high jump champion, and Natalya Antyukh, the 2012 ch...
Mar 27, 2020
Supreme Court rules against speeder in dangerous-driving case
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says a reasonable person should foresee the risk of driving almost three times the speed limit towards a major city intersection. The decision today comes in ...
Mar 27, 2020
Local photographer bringing 'Front Steps Project' to northeast communities
A local photographer is hoping to brighten some family's days, while also raising money for the North East SPCA (NESPCA).Tarynn Freed currently lives in Kinistino and was teaching before the COVID-19 ...
Mar 27, 2020 Freed's mother poses with her dogs as an example of what pictures could look like from the "Front Steps Project" shoots on Saturday, March 28. (Submitted Photo/Tarynn Freed Photography)
Canada stays at No. 8 in FIFA women's rankings, but now shares spot with Brazil
Canada remains eighth in the latest FIFA women's world soccer rankings, but now has some company. Brazil, which tied Canada 2-2 at the Tournoi de France earlier this month, moved up one spot to join t...
Mar 27, 2020
Shrinking economy and rate cuts as COVID cases surpass 4,000 in Canada
TORONTO - A shrivelling economy, sharply higher federal deficit and lower interest rates are among the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic as the steadily growing case load of infections in Canada surpas...
Mar 27, 2020
Let's race 2? NASCAR forced to consider schedule shakeup
It was bump day for the Indy 500. The Indianapolis 500 is now a summer event. The Monster Mile could be set for a monster-sized NASCAR weekend spectacle of racing. And a supersized shakeup of the sche...
Mar 27, 2020
Barcelona to reduce payroll during coronavirus stoppage
BARCELONA, Spain - Barcelona will reduce the salaries of its players amid the coronavirus outbreak. The Spanish club said late Thursday that its executive board decided to temporarily suspend player c...
Mar 27, 2020
Toddler death case skips preliminary hearing
The court case surrounding a young boy's death at a Prince Albert apartment building has been committed for trial.Kelvin McCallum Jr, 30, is facing a charge of manslaughter in connection to the death ...
Mar 27, 2020 A collection of toys and gifts left outside the Rivercrest Apartment building in March, 2019. (File photo/ paNOW Staff)
US consumer spending up modest 0.2% in February
WASHINGTON - Americans increased their spending by a modest amount in February but the expectation is that spending will be hit hard in coming months reflecting the shutdown of the American economy by...
Mar 27, 2020