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December snowfall amounts drop drastically
If not for a snowfall on Christmas Day, this December would be the driest month on record in Prince Albert's 134 years of weather record-keeping."We were looking at the driest on record with only abou...
Dec 31, 2019 (Ronald Quaroni/paNOW Staff)
Prince Albert's economy in 2019, from the chamber's perspective
The CEO of the Prince Albert and District Chamber of Commerce thinks 2020 could be a very exciting year for the region.Elise Hildebrandt is basing her statement on several announcements made in 2019, ...
Dec 31, 2019 (Nigel Maxwell/paNOW Staff)
Lawyers: Robert Durst wrote incriminating 'cadaver' note
LOS ANGELES - Lawyers for New York real estate heir Robert Durst acknowledge that he penned a note tipping off police to the location of the body of a friend he's accused of killing, according to cour...
Dec 31, 2019
Police investigating after inmate death at P.A. jail
Police are investigating the death of an inmate who was found unresponsive in his cell on Dec. 27. The Prince Albert Police Service Criminal Investigation Division and the coroner's office are both in...
Dec 31, 2019 (file photo/paNOW Staff)
Police seek break and enter suspects in white truck
Police are asking the public to be on the lookout for a white truck and flat deck trailer that has been involved in a string of break and enters in rural towns throughout the province.Biggar RCMP said...
Dec 31, 2019 Police are looking for suspects driving a white truck and flat bed trailer. (submitted photo/RCMP)
Mintos run out of gas at Mac's tourney
The Prince Albert Mintos are on their way home from the Mac's Midget AAA World Invitational Tournament in Calgary after losing in the play-off round. They were eliminated Tuesday after five intense da...
Dec 31, 2019 (PA Mintos/Twitter)
No changes to Saskatchewan cannabis regulations as Quebec raises age of consumption
The Saskatchewan Government says it's keeping an eye on changes to cannabis legislation in Quebec but have no plans to modify the age of consumption for the drug in this province. "The province is clo...
Dec 31, 2019 (The Canadian Press/ Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Year in Review: Commodity markets could rebound in 2020
Exceed Grain Marketing senior consultant Wayne Palmer said farmers got a quick and difficult education on what it means to be shut out of Chinese markets.But he said the news isn't all bad heading int...
Dec 31, 2019 ID 126198187 © Roman Volskiy Dreamstime.com
Mounties eyed Cold War candid camera scheme, declassified documents show
OTTAWA - RCMP intelligence officials devised a secret Cold War plan to use a hidden briefcase camera to photograph Communists and Soviet Bloc personnel travelling through Toronto's airport, ...
Dec 31, 2019
Atoskewin Success Centre sees positive stories in past year
Laverne Benson already had a casual job but she needed full time employment.She already had computer skills so that wasn't an obstacle.But she needed a boost to her self confidence and an opportunity ...
Dec 31, 2019 Laverne Benson shown at Atoskewin Success Centre where she is now employed full-time. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff)