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Downtown to receive second snow lift of the season
While it may be earlier than the city would like, Prince Albert's downtown is getting its second snow lift of the season.Beginning on Sunday evening and wrapping up early Monday morning, crews will be...
Feb 08, 2020 (file photo/paNOW Staff)

Tisdale hosting five provincial curling championships in February 2021
In CurlSask's 113-year history, no community has held five major provincial curling championships in one year.Until the Town of Tisdale next year.CurlSask officially named Tisdale as the host communit...
Feb 08, 2020 Nearly 200 athletes will be in Tisdale over a nine-day period as the town will be the first community to host five of Saskatchewan's curling provincials in one year. (Aaron Schulze/northeastNOW Staff)

Sask. entrepreneur’s DIY candles to be featured in Oscar swag bags
At this time last year, Michelle Bieber was just starting to learn how to craft candles. Fast forward to today, and - less than six months into her new business - the Wolseley entrepreneur's sending h...
Feb 08, 2020 Do-it-yourself candle kits made by Wolseley's Michelle Bieber, the CEO and founder of Mood The Candle Revival Co., are being featured in the 2020 Oscar swag bags, given to award nominees. (Michelle Bieber/Submitted)

Quebec school board renounces federal funding for its Bill 21 court challenge
MONTREAL - A Montreal school board on Thursday said it would renounce the money it was slated to receive from the federal government for a court challenge against Quebec's seculari...
Feb 08, 2020

Hamilton head coach Orlondo Steinauer unveils 2020 Ticats coaching staff
HAMILTON - Orlondo Steinauer will have plenty of familair faces on the sidelines with him this season. The Hamilton Tiger-Cats head coach unveiled his 2020 coaching staff Thursday and it includes nine...
Feb 08, 2020

Slowdown ordered after second train carrying oil derails near Saskatchewan town
GUERNSEY, Sask. - The federal government on Thursday ordered lower speed limits for all trains carrying large amounts of dangerous goods, hours after a fiery derailment in rural Saskatchewan...
Feb 08, 2020

Quebec legislature adopts education bill in contentious early-morning vote
QUEBEC - The Coalition Avenir Quebec has successfully forced through its education reform following an early-morning vote on a bill that abolishes school boards and immediately kicks ma...
Feb 08, 2020

Top Ontario health official says coronavirus surveillance is widening
TORONTO - Monitoring for the novel coronavirus in Canada will now shift into a new phase, focusing on people returning from areas of China that haven't been quarantined, top provincial and federal med...
Feb 08, 2020

Toronto Wolfpack comeback falls short in 24-16 Super League loss to Salford
SALFORD, England - Dan Sarginson and Niall Evalds scored late tries as Salford Red Devils survived a Toronto rally Saturday to down the Wolfpack 24-16 in Betfred Super League play. Toronto, which saw ...
Feb 08, 2020

It's show time at the winter festival
The Prince Albert Winter Festival's Classic Rock Show kicked off Friday night.A healthy crowd came out to the P.A. Exhibition Centre to take in the event, which featured rock music from a number of di...
Feb 08, 2020 The Prince Albert Winter Festival's Classic Rock Show took place Friday evening. (Michael Joel-Hansen/paNOW Staff)