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Métis Family Day a time to celebrate culture, cuisine, traditions
The Battlefords Indian and Mtis Friendship Centre is planning a Mtis Family Day on Oct. 26 to celebrate everything Mtis - from the traditional meals to the dance and crafts."It's to gather Mtis people...
Oct 23, 2019 Métis Family Day festivities at the Friendship Centre this Saturday include a jigging performance and a traditional Métis meal. (file photo/ paNOW Staff)

Roberts, JRMCC receive Facility Operations Award
The Jonas Roberts Memorial Community Centre (JRMCC) and its Director of Sports and Recreation Kevin Roberts have been recognized for outstanding achievement in the operation or enhancement of a facili...
Oct 23, 2019 Kevin Roberts has been with the JRMCC for seven years. (submitted photo/Tonia Logan)

NewsAlert: Trudeau says new cabinet to be sworn in on Nov. 20
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he will unveil his new cabinet on Nov. 20 and is vowing to work with opposition parties - his first public comments since election night when voters handed ...
Oct 23, 2019

What goes up must come down: Election signs given one week notice
Now that the voters have had their say, election signs will have to vanish from view.Candidates and volunteers have until next Monday to ensure election signage is no longer visible in Prince Albert."...
Oct 23, 2019 (Glenn Hicks/paNOW Staff)

Five Key Ideas for New Parents
A caring community and a healthy start for all children.You can help your child learn better and be happier just by following these five simple guidelines.1. Understand and respond to your baby's need...
Oct 23, 2019

Halifax ceremony marks 50th anniversary of Navy's worst peacetime accident
HALIFAX - A ceremony was held today to commemorate the worst peacetime accident in the history of the Royal Canadian Navy, which happened 50 years ago in seas off England. An explosion ...
Oct 23, 2019

'Everything is interrelated:' Scientists write family tree for tree of life
Scientists have written the family tree for the tree of life. Researchers from around the world and several Canadian universities say it's taken nine years of work to analyze the genetics of 1,100 pla...
Oct 23, 2019

Former Ottawa Rough Riders head coach George Brancato dead at age 88
OTTAWA - George Brancato, who won Grey Cups with the Ottawa Rough Riders as a player, assistant coach and head coach, has died. He was 88. The Redblacks, Ottawa's current CFL team, confirmed...
Oct 23, 2019

Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Today, Canadians are living longer and fuller lives thanks to research that has resulted in a nearly 20% increase in the breast cancer survival rate since the 1980s. Today, almost 90% of women will su...
Oct 23, 2019

Movie Night at Crossroads Pentecostal - "Unplanned"
Movie Night, featuring the Movie, Unplanned will be held Friday, November 29 at 7:00 p.m. at Crossroads Pentecostal Assembly located at 1510 Olive Diefenbaker Drive, Prince Albert.Unplanned is the ins...
Oct 23, 2019