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City council seeks to impose curfew on pathways
P.A. city council has taken a further step towards a bylaw that could restrict the movement of people in parts of the city at night. An amendment to the current parks bylaw that would ban access to th...
Jan 31, 2020 Access to city walkways like the Rotary Trail would be closed at night under the extended bylaw. (Alison Sandstrom/paNOW Staff)
Regulators revisit environmental review for Line 3 pipeline
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Minnesota regulators opened a hearing Friday o n an updated environmental review for Enbridge Energy's plan to replace its aging Line 3 crude oil pipeline across the state, but most ...
Jan 31, 2020
Britain leaves the European Union, leaps into the unknown
LONDON - So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, adieu. With little fuss and not much fanfare, Britain left the European Union on Friday after 47 years of membership, taking a leap into the unknown in a h...
Jan 31, 2020
La Ronge experiencing above normal temperatures for January
It might not be record-breaking temperatures, but residents of the tri-communities have been enjoying the weather the last couple of days.According to Environment and Climate Change Canada Meteorologi...
Jan 31, 2020 The record for La Ronge on this day is 8 C set in 1993. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)
Senate committee urges renewed suspension for Ontario Sen. Lynn Beyak
OTTAWA - The Senate ethics committee is recommending that Sen. Lynn Beyak be suspended again without pay. Beyak's colleagues ousted her from the upper chamber temporarily last spring after c...
Jan 31, 2020
Several thefts in Lanigan and area under investigation
Humboldt RCMP are looking for information on several local thefts.Between Jan. 11 and 14, someone entered a shop on a rural property in the RM of Bayne and stole about $3000 worth of tools.A quonset o...
Jan 31, 2020 (File photo/paNOW Staff)
Canada captain Christine Sinclair breaks world scoring record with goal No. 185
EDINBURG, Texas - Canada captain Christine Sinclair broke Abby Wambach's world-record total of 184 goals on Wednesday, scoring for the second time against St. Kitts and Nevis at the CONCACAF Wome...
Jan 31, 2020
Police request assistance finding man wanted for sexual assault of minor
The Prince Albert Police Service and the Prince Albert RCMP detachment are looking Brett Elliot Trevor Bear.According to a media release they're requesting public assistance in locating the 27-year-ol...
Jan 31, 2020 Brett Elliot Trevor Bear. (Submitted photo/Prince Albert Police Service)
Eight accused in Laverdiere homicide investigation starting to move through court process
The eight accused facing charges related to Tiki Brook-Lyn Laverdiere's homicide investigation are now starting to move through the court process. Shayla Orthner is charged with first-degree murder, k...
Jan 31, 2020 Edmonton woman Tiki Laverdiere, 25, was last seen in North Battleford. (supplied photo/Battlefords RCMP)
Fed chair sees China virus as possible risk to world economy
WASHINGTON - Just as the outlook for the global economy had been brightening in recent months, a new threat has suddenly emerged in the form of the viral outbreak in China. That was the cautionary mes...
Jan 31, 2020