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Reports: Forward Kelly Olynyk out for Canada at upcoming FIBA World Cup
Forward Kelly Olynyk will reportedly be unable to compete for Canada at the upcoming FIBA World Cup. Several media reports say that Olynyk will be sidelined by a knee injury he sustained last wee...
Aug 13, 2019

Former Rider reacts to weather-shortened game
Former Saskatchewan Roughriders receiver Matt Dominguez isn't a stranger to extreme weather when it comes to playing for the Green and White.During a game at Taylor Field between the Roughriders and E...
Aug 13, 2019 (Craig Boehm/Twitter)

Cavalry FC have nothing to lose against Impact in Canadian Championship semi
CALGARY - According to coach Tommy Wheeldon Jr., Calgary's Cavalry FC has nothing to lose and everything to gain. After dropping the first leg of the Canadian Championship semifinal 2-1 on the road to...
Aug 13, 2019

Behavioural analysis can help answer the 'why' in B.C. murders: expert
VANCOUVER - A certified criminal profiler says investigators should find clues about why two men might have killed three people in northern British Columbia and whether there was a leader and a follow...
Aug 13, 2019

P.A. among communities with walk-in mental health service
Just getting people in the door is huge.That's the response from a mental health advocate to expanded free walk-in mental health services in Prince Albert.Louise Zurowksi, the executive director of Ca...
Aug 13, 2019 (Tyler Marr/paNOW Staff)

P.A. ball players return home from Nationals with silver
The second best team this at the U19 Men's Fastpitch Nationals is from Saskatchewan and two of its players call Prince Albert home.The Delisle Pride, which included Troy Preymack and Ryan Bicknell, lo...
Aug 13, 2019 (submitted photo/ Kevin Preymack)

Melfort MLA named provincial and legislative secretary to the premier
A year and a half after he won a byelection in March 2018, Todd Goudy has assumed another role in the legislature.The Saskatchewan Party member of the legislative assembly (MLA) for Melfort was offici...
Aug 13, 2019 Premier Scott Moe (left) with Melfort MLA and new Provincial Secretary Todd Goudy (right) during a cabinet meeting at the Kerry Vickar Centre in July. (Aaron Schulze/northeastNOW Staff)

Battlefords Handi-Bus Saskatoon medical transit helps patients reach appointments
Getting to Saskatoon for a medical appointment has never been easier.The Battlefords Handi-Bus Saskatoon Medical Transit program has run since 2018. It is a Handi-Bus that runs from the Battlefords to...
Aug 13, 2019 Handi-Bus travels between the Battlefords and Saskatoon (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)

Melfort and Tisdale amongst northeast communities receiving flood mapping
Multiple northeast communities that are viewed to have a high risk of flooding will receive flood mapping.On Monday, Aug. 12, federal Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Ralph Goodale...
Aug 13, 2019 (Mat Barrett/northeastNOW Staff)

At unveiling of memorial to democracy activist, fears of crackdown in Hong Kong
OTTAWA - Prominent human rights activists and Chinese political dissidents warned Tuesday about the potential for a brutal crackdown on protesters in Hong Kong. People in Hong Kong have...
Aug 13, 2019