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Amid impeachment and Iowa, 2020 top tier jilts New Hampshire
MANCHESTER, N.H. - New Hampshire isn't used to being neglected. The most prominent candidates in the 2020 presidential race spent months last year making their case to New Hampshire voters, but many o...
Jan 29, 2020

China virus outbreak rams global tourism, costing billions
Businesses around the world that have grown increasingly reliant on big-spending tourists from China are taking a heavy hit, with tens of millions of Chinese residents restricted from leaving their co...
Jan 29, 2020

Ashley Charles named CEO of regional economic development alliance
The Prince Albert region's new economic development organization has named a CEO. Ashley Charles comes to the position with years of experience in management, business and human resources, primarily w...
Jan 29, 2020 Ashley Charles. (Alison Sandstrom/paNOW Staff)
What'sHappeningNOW Jan. 29, 2020
News Director Glenn Hicks speaks with reporter Alison Sandstrom about the first two contenders who seem to have thrown their hats in the ring for the mayoral election in November.
Jan 29, 2020

MLA's respond to Prince Albert's housing slump
A new report from the Saskatoon and Region Home Builders' Association (SRHBA) confirms 2019 was a much slower year for the construction industry.From 2018 to 2019, single family home permits in Prince...
Jan 29, 2020 While demand increases for multi-family home permits in Prince Albert, single family home construction continues to slump. (Nigel Maxwell/paNOW Staff)

Leadership hopes new Bell's Point Youth Centre will make an impact
Lac La Ronge Indian Band Coun. Michael Bird wants students to feel at home at the new Bell's Point Youth Centre along Elders Road. The approximately $300,000 facility opened earlier this week and incl...
Jan 29, 2020 Roxanne Roberts, Coun. Michael Bird and Allen Morrow are seen inside the youth centre. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)

City seeks assistance in identifying those responsible for illegal disposal
The City of Meadow Lake is seeking the public's assistance is locating individuals who have illegally dumped large waste on private land. According to city manager Diana Burton, the city is not involv...
Jan 29, 2020 (submitted photo/Voyent Alert)

Lakers' next game postponed after Kobe Bryant's death
LOS ANGELES - The NBA has postponed the Los Angeles Lakers' next game against the Clippers on Tuesday night after the deaths of retired superstar Kobe Bryant, his daughter and seven others in a helico...
Jan 29, 2020

‘We don't have to use as much medication’: adopted cat a positive influence for Parkland Place
A six-week-old stray kitten arrived on Parkland Place's memory care house patio in September 2017.Residents began feeding and interacting with the kitten before eventually welcoming him into the house...
Jan 29, 2020 Patches has helped Parkland Place memory care house residents with behavioural outbursts and memory loss issues during his two-plus year stay. (submitted photo/Jacquie Sundelin).

New employment and training site opens
A special facility for a First Nation community northwest of Prince Albert has opened with the hopes it can help get young people into the workplace. The Ahtahkakoop Employment, Training and Social Bu...
Jan 29, 2020 Chief Larry Ahenekew (centre) is joined by his councillors and Elder Senator Fred Sasakamoose who cut the ribbon on the new employment and training building in Ahtahkakoop on Wednesday. Also with the ribbon are from left, Director of Education and Training Kerry Sasakamoose, Ashton Williams, Albertine Masuskapoe and Director of Social Development Christine Pechawis. (submitted photo/Alexis Christensen, BATC)