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What'sHappeningNOW Jan. 16, 2020
News Director Glenn Hicks speaks with Reporter Michael Joel-Hansen about Hockey Day in Shellbrook.
Jan 16, 2020
'I tried to tell him not to shoot again': Victim recalls encounter with strangers
The victim of last week's shooting in Prince Albert's midtown area says the incident happened very fast, but its impact on his mental health is ongoing. The 26-year-old, who requested his name not be ...
Jan 16, 2020 The Prince Albert Police Service is investigating a shooting which happened in this midtown alley on Jan. 10. (Nigel Maxwell/ paNOW Staff)
'It's not safe': La Ronge RCMP officer critical about lack of winter tires on detachment fleet
La Ronge RCMP Const. Kaitlin Moore told town councillors the new vehicle she and two other municipality-paid police officers use for day-to-day operations is unsafe. She made the remark at a regular c...
Jan 16, 2020 The vehicle used by enhanced policing officers has no winter tires. (file photo/paNOW Staff)
French village with wartime connection to P.A. seeks sister city status
Prince Albert city council appears enthusiastic about becoming the sister city of a small French village.Thorey-en-Plaine, located just outside the regional capital of Dijon in the east of the country...
Jan 16, 2020 A ceremony marking the 75th anniversary of the liberation of France takes place at the site of a plane crash near Thorey-en-Plaine. (Website/Le Bien Public)
Building permit values drop in Melfort in 2019
The value of building permits issued in Melfort in 2019 was slightly lower than the previous year.The value of all permits issued in the city was $9,439,000, compared to $12,119,700 in 2018."Looking a...
Jan 16, 2020 (Cam Lee/northeastNOW Staff)
Meadow Lake shatters cold temperature records this week
Meadow Lake set two records for cold temperatures this week. Terri Lang, meteorologist with Environment and Climate Change Canada told meadowlakeNOW, regional record keeping is the reason for record b...
Jan 16, 2020 (Nicole Reis/meadowlakeNOW Staff)
Canada's Dabrowski prepares to resume doubles partnership with Ostapenko
Canada's Gabriela Dabrowski and Latvia's Jelena Ostapenko have enjoyed some success on the handful of occasions they've teamed up together in the past. They're hoping to reki...
Jan 16, 2020
Five facing charges after police search P.A. home
Three men and two women are facing charges after the Prince Albert Police SWAT team executed a search warrant on a home Wednesday afternoon.The raid comes on the heels of an investigation involving th...
Jan 16, 2020 Five people are facing an array of charges after police searched a home Wednesday afternoon. (File Photo/paNOW Staff)
Bills seek to end 'conversion therapy' in Kentucky
FRANKFORT, Ky. - Twice a week for four years when he was in high school, gay student Zach Meiners underwent "conversion therapy," a practice that attempts to change a person's sexual orientation or ge...
Jan 16, 2020
Harry and Meghan's royal move to Canada signals generational change: experts
VICTORIA - Prince Harry and Meghan Markle wouldn't be the first couple to visit Victoria and end up wanting to make British Columbia's capital city their home, says a royal expert....
Jan 16, 2020