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'You never know what you are going to get': local dispatcher
This week is National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week, and a Prince Albert woman is sharing her experiences being on the other end of the phone.Raeanne Detillieux has worked as an emergency medic...
Apr 15, 2019 (File photo/ paNOW Staff)
Complaint: Man went to Mall of America intending to kill
MINNEAPOLIS - The man charged with throwing a 5-year-old boy off a third-floor balcony at the Mall of America told police he was angry at being rejected by women at the Minnesota mall and was "looking...
Apr 15, 2019
Judge sends Canadian to US prison for risky tunnel scheme
DETROIT - A Canadian cab driver who made extra money by steering desperate immigrants to a railroad tunnel under the Detroit River was sentenced Monday to 16 months in a U.S. prison. Juan Garcia-Jimen...
Apr 15, 2019
Catastrophic fire engulfs Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris
PARIS - A massive fire engulfed the roof of Notre Dame Cathedral in the heart of the French capital Monday, toppling its spire and sending thick plumes of smoke high into the blue sky as tourists and ...
Apr 15, 2019 (Submitted photo/Associated Press)
Catastrophic fire engulfs Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris
PARIS - A massive fire engulfed the roof of Notre Dame Cathedral in the heart of the French capital Monday, toppling its spire and sending thick plumes of smoke high into the blue sky as tourists and ...
Apr 15, 2019 (file photo/Associated Press)
Capital Gazette's Pulitzer citation: 'rollercoaster moments'
ANNAPOLIS, Md. - The editor of the Capital Gazette of Maryland said Monday that his staff experienced some "rollercoaster moments" as it won a special Pulitzer Prize citation for its coverage and cour...
Apr 15, 2019
Raptors coach Nick Nurse takes some of the blame for Lowry's poor shooting night
TORONTO - If Kyle Lowry had played in Toronto's final game of the regular season, would his shot still have been M.I.A. against Orlando? Or could he have used the rhythm of a game just five days ...
Apr 15, 2019
Special forces unit seizes drugs, cash
The Prince Albert Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit (CFSEU) seized two kilograms of methamphetamine and $1,000 in cash in a vehicle stop near North Battleford last week. CFSEU also executed fiv...
Apr 15, 2019 The Prince Albert Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit (CFSEU) seized two kilograms of meth, along with two handguns, cash and a money counting device. (Submitted photo/Prince Albert Police Service)
Sask. literacy programs get new government funding
The provincial and federal governments invested more than $2 million in children's literacy programs in Saskatchewan on Monday.At a media conference at the Regina Public Library, Saskatchewan Educatio...
Apr 15, 2019 (file photo/CKOM News Staff)
Russian company to invest in Kentucky aluminum mill
FRANKFORT, Ky. - An aluminum company planning to build a $1.7 billion plant in Appalachia said Monday it's forging a partnership with a Russian company that until recently faced U.S. sanctions. Russia...
Apr 15, 2019