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Six-time Canadian curling champion Jennifer Jones denied a seventh
MOOSE JAW, Sask. - Jennifer Jones will have to wait for another chance to win a record seventh Canadian women's curling championship. The decorated skip believes she has the team and the time to ...
Feb 25, 2020
City seeking public input in developing new recreation facility
The City of Meadow Lake is seeking public input to gauge the community's interest in developing a new multipurpose recreation facility. Robin Mitchell, Parks and Recreation manager told meadowlakeNOW,...
Feb 25, 2020 Meadow Lake City Hall. (file photo/meadowlakeNOW Staff)
P.A. high school set to host regional competition
cole St. Mary High School is set to host athletes from all over the province this coming weekend.The Saskatchewan High School Athletic Association Regional High School Wrestling Tournament will begin ...
Feb 25, 2020 École St. Mary High School will be hosting wrestlers from all over the province this weekend. (file photo/paNOW Staff)
3 courts, 3 rulings: Carbon tax seen differently in different courts
EDMONTON - Legal experts say rulings from provincial Appeal Courts on the federal carbon tax aren't about the tax itself, but rather the government's legal grounds for it.The Alberta Court ruled on Mo...
Feb 25, 2020
Hurricanes to bring emergency backup goalie Ayres to Raleigh for game
TORONTO - The Carolina Hurricanes aren't done with David Ayres just yet. Ayres, a 42-year-old Zamboni driver, was forced to be Carolina's emergency goalie for its road game Saturday night against...
Feb 25, 2020
Vets with PTSD treated like 'lepers,' doctor tells Desmond fatality inquiry
GUYSBOROUGH, N.S. - A New Brunswick doctor who specializes in treating veterans with PTSD apologized today for comments he made about the Department of Veterans Affairs during testimony before a fatal...
Feb 25, 2020
Planning well underway for NEOSS Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event in Tisdale
An annual event in the northeast returns to Tisdale for the second straight year.Walk a Mile in Her Shoes will be held May 26 at the Tisdale Town Square.North East Outreach and Support Services (NEOSS...
Feb 25, 2020 Last year's event in Tisdale raised over $17,000. (Aaron Schulze/northeastNOW Staff)
Drugmaker Mallinckrodt reaches $1.6B opioid settlement
The generic drugmaker Mallinckrodt has a tentative $1.6 billion deal to settle lawsuits over its role in the U.S. opioid crisis, it announced Tuesday. The deal is intended to end hundreds of lawsuits ...
Feb 25, 2020
Oilers' Kailer Yamamoto listed as week to week with ankle injury
Edmonton Oilers winger Kailer Yamamoto has been sidelined with an ankle injury. The team says Yamamoto is week to week. Yamamoto was hurt Sunday night in a win over the Los Angeles Kings. A first-roun...
Feb 25, 2020
Violent ends to past Indigenous protests haunt Trudeau government
OTTAWA - The ghosts of Indigenous protests past have hovered over Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as his government struggles to bring a peaceful end to blockades that have disrupted traffic o...
Feb 25, 2020