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After heavy spring floods, demolition work begins in Ste-Marthe-sur-le-Lac
STE-MARTHE-SUR-LE-LAC, Que. - Four months after a dike ruptured and forced 6,000 people from the town of Ste-Marthe-sur-le-Lac, demolition work has begun on flood-stricken homes in the community west ...
Aug 16, 2019

Toronto FC chasing vital points in Columbus after disappointing draw with Orlando
TORONTO - Captain Michael Bradley can appreciate why it may look like desperate times for his Toronto FC squad. Toronto faces the Crew on Saturday in Columbus, where the Reds will be trying for a vita...
Aug 16, 2019

P.A.'s Parent outlasted in Junior Lobstick finals
It was a two-man showdown between Prince Albert's Noah Parent and Calgary's Nikko Sebjanic, throughout the week at the 2019 Pepsi Junior Men's Lobstick at Waskesiu.Both had a pair of head-to-head batt...
Aug 16, 2019 Prince Albert's Noah Parent escapes the bunker on hole 15 in the 2019 Pepsi Junior Men's Lobstick. Jeff D'Andrea/paNOW Staff

Bo Knows: Rookie Blue Jay Bichette nearing history with 17-game on-base streak
TORONTO - Bo Bichette knows where he stands in his chase for history. The Blue Jays 21-year-old rookie shortstop claims he's not thinking too much about his career-opening on-base streak that reached ...
Aug 16, 2019

Report says salaries for Crown executives fell 18 per cent last year
The pay for members of the upper management of Saskatchewan's Crown corporations fell by nearly 18 per cent over the past year.According to the Crown Investments Corporation's 2018-19 Payee Disclosure...
Aug 16, 2019 (file photo/CJME News Staff)

Melfort Spirit hopes to have a new norm following U14A girls’ nationals appearance
The Melfort U14A Spirit softball team returned from the Canadian Fast Pitch Championship which wrapped up in Montreal on Aug. 11, and they hope to have brought back a new standard to the Melfort Minor...
Aug 16, 2019 (Facebook/2019 U14A Spirit Softball).

Dorintosh Central School receives grant to fund land-based education research project
Dorintosh Central School received a $20,000 grant from the McDowell Foundation for a new research project called "Developing Sense of Belonging."The school will collect data on the effect of tradition...
Aug 16, 2019 Dorintosh Central School has received $20,000 in funding for a research project based on their land-based education. (Facebook/Dorintosh Central School)

Roof repairs scheduled for Mel Hegland Uniplex
La Ronge Council approved $50,000 for infrastructure improvements at the Mel Hegland Uniplex.The decision was made at a regular council meeting Wednesday where Thorpe Industries Ltd. was chosen as the...
Aug 16, 2019 The roof will be repaired starting this month at the Mel Hegland Uniplex. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)

Prairie provinces have no plans to put carbon tax stickers on pumps
EDMONTON - Carbon-tax-fighting governments in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba say they have no plans to follow Ontario's lead and force gas stations to put anti-carbon tax stickers o...
Aug 16, 2019

August oil and gas public offerings net $1.5M
Public offerings in August for rights to explore for petroleum and natural gas in Saskatchewan brought in $1.5 million. The sales from the third of six public offerings bring total revenues for the cu...
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