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Ex-coach gets 6 months in college scam, runs from courthouse
BOSTON - The former men's tennis coach at the University of Texas at Austin sprinted away from a scrum of reporters and his own lawyers Monday after he was sentenced to six months in prison for taking...
Feb 24, 2020
La Ronge biathletes heading to national competition in Quebec
Flight Sergent Lilly Markwart will be travelling to Quebec next month with others from La Ronge for the National Cadet Biathlon Championships. She secured her spot to represent Team Saskatchewan at th...
Feb 24, 2020 Lilly Markwart is one of several local cadets headed to Quebec. (submitted photo/Chief Warrant Officer Shelby Proznick)
Teachers sanctions vote historic: P.A. local union president
The president of the Prince Albert and Area Teachers' Association is calling the overwhelming vote for sanctions an historic moment.Ted Zurakowski was speaking to the 90 per cent of Saskatchewan Teach...
Feb 24, 2020 Ted Zurakowski, the president of the P.A. and Area Teachers' Association, calls the 90 per cent job sanctions vote historic. (Alison Sandstrom/paNOW Staff)
Canada wins opener against El Salvador at CONCACAF U-20 Championship
SAN CRISTOBAL, Dominican Republic - Second-half goals by captain Tanya Boychuk and Kaila Novak lifted Canada to a 2-0 win over El Salvador in its opening match Saturday at the CONCACAF Women...
Feb 24, 2020
Einarson wins way into Tournament of Hearts final, downs Jones 6-4
MOOSE JAW, Sask. - A team made up entirely of former skips is a win away from a Canadian women's curling championship. Manitoba's Kerri Einarson downed the Jennifer Jones wild-card team 6-4 on Sa...
Feb 24, 2020
Living Sky School Division hopes new provincial budget better meets its needs
Living Sky School Division hopes the new provincial budget offers more for education when it is released next month."We're asking to have a budget that is sufficient to meet the needs that we have," D...
Feb 24, 2020 Living Sky School Division is hopeful the new provincial budget offers more funding for education when it is released this spring. (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Parkland Ambulance's first all-women paramedic shift in action on Friday
For the first time in Parkland Ambulance's history, both its paramedic crews were staffed entirely by women on Friday. "To me I don't find it should be shocking," Erica Hnidek, one the seven women who...
Feb 24, 2020 Three members of the Parkland Ambulance's first all-women shift on Friday. (Twitter/Parkland Ambulance)
Vancouver Canucks acquire goalie Louis Domingue in deal with New Jersey Devils
VANCOUVER - With Jacob Markstrom nursing a lower-body injury, the Vancouver Canucks have added some goaltending insurance. The club acquired Louis Domingue from the New Jersey Devils in exchange for m...
Feb 24, 2020
UN disarmament chief warns of 'dark side' of AI, as Liberals tout benefits
OTTAWA - The United Nations' top disarmament official says governments need to pay more attention to the "dark side" of artificial intelligence, including the implications of so-called killer robots t...
Feb 24, 2020
Trudeau says reconciliation requires a 'peaceful' end to rail blockades
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says reconciliation requires a "peaceful resolution" to the blockades that have kept rail traffic from operating across the country. In question period in the Ho...
Feb 24, 2020