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City signs with new auction service
Prince Albert City Council has voted to go with a new auction service for municipal auctions, a must in order to comply with city policy of selecting the lowest bid for tendered projects.Despite a ple...
Mar 11, 2019 (File photo/paNOW Staff)

Stars to face Bombers in quarterfinals
The North Stars were 1-2-1 over the four game season-series with the Bombers. The two teams combined for 31 goals, 274 penalty minutes through the four games. Since their win in the final game of the ...
Mar 11, 2019 The North Stars were 1-2-1 over the four game season-series
with the Bombers. The two teams combined for 31 goals, 274 penalty minutes through
the four games. (illustration/Tyler Marr/battlefordsNOW Staff) : Tyler Marr

P.A. Police seek assistance locating missing woman
The Prince Albert Police Service is asking for the public's help locating 28-year-old missing person Danesha Clarke.Clarke was reported missing on March 10, 2019 and was last seen on Friday March 8, 2...
Mar 11, 2019 (Submitted photo/PAPS) : Travis Willie

Google paid former exec $35 million after harassment claim
SAN FRANCISCO - Google paid former search executive Amit Singhal $35 million in an exit package when he was reportedly forced to resign after a sexual assault investigation, according to court documen...
Mar 11, 2019

Crown, attorney general to appeal mosque gunman Alexandre Bissonnette's sentence
MONTREAL - Quebec's Crown prosecutors' office and the provincial attorney general will appeal the sentence handed down to the gunman who killed six worshippers in a Quebec City mos...
Mar 11, 2019

Multiple Sask. communities to receive family resource centres
Families with young children will soon be able to access reliable information, services and support to help raise healthy kids in the community. The province announced that The Battlefords, Meadow Lak...
Mar 11, 2019 (Submitted photo/Government of Saskatchewan) : Tyler Marr

Melfort Minor Football registration begins
As the snow begins to melt, young athletes in the Melfort area will get ready to hit the gridiron.Melfort Minor Football is hosting registration for its 2019 season at Melfort & Unit Comprehensive...
Mar 11, 2019 Melfort Minor Football aims to develop public school players from ages 10 to 14 (Melfort Minor Football/Facebook).

Drive to ratify new North American trade deal gets lift from U.S. TV exposure
OTTAWA - The push for the speedy passage of the new NAFTA is getting a boost from a big advertising campaign in the United States. An alliance of U.S. companies, trade associations and lobbyists&...
Mar 11, 2019

P.A. snowboarder wins big at provincials
Prince Albert's Ethan Inman picked up a gold medal at 2019 Provincial Snowboard Slopestyle Championships at Asessippi, Manitoba Saturday.Inman won the first place prize of $1,000 in the Under-17 men's...
Mar 11, 2019 Ethan Inman won big at the snowboarding provincials. (Submitted photo/Bob Inman)

As winter ends, P.A. family reflects on snow fortress
With warm weather just over the horizon, most Prince Albert residents are thinking of ways to say good riddance to the abundance of snow.Yet one Prince Albert family had a different plan in mind when ...
Mar 11, 2019 Almost two months of work led to the creation of this impressive snow fortress. (File photo/Brady Bateman) : Brady Bateman