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Senators forward Ryan recovering from alcohol problem, says he is doing 'very well'
Ottawa Senators Bobby Ryan forward said Friday that he has been dealing with an alcohol problem, but is doing "very well" on his road to recovery. Ryan met with the media for the first time since...
Feb 21, 2020

Florida homeless group helps top chefs prep food festival
MIAMI - From Rachael Ray to Bobby Flay, celebrity chefs are in town this weekend for the South Beach Wine & Food Festival, where fine-palated foodies might not know that some of their dishes have ...
Feb 21, 2020

City of Meadow Lake takes a proactive approach to roadwork
It's still winter, but administrators at the City of Meadow Lake are starting to take an early look at contractors for street paving this June. City Manager Diana Burton told meadowlakeNOW the project...
Feb 21, 2020 (file photo/meadowlakeNOW Staff)

P.E.I.'s Birt through to championship round at Tournament of Hearts
MOOSE JAW, Sask. - Suzanne Birt reached the championship round at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts a second straight year with higher ambitions. The Prince Edward Island skip upped her workload ...
Feb 21, 2020

P.A. demonstrators stand in solidarity with Wet'suwet'en
Around 10 people gathered near the South Hill Mall on Thursday afternoon to show support for Wet'suwet'en Hereditary Chiefs. "This is an opportunity for Canada to honour the U.N.'s Declaration on the ...
Feb 21, 2020 Demonstrators in support of the Wet'suwet'en Hereditary Chiefs drumming on Second Ave. W. on Thursday. (Alison Sandstrom/paNOW Staff)

Saskatchewan Royal Purple Celebrates its $100,000 donation
"It's been six exciting and rewarding years for our organization"says Sandi Lougheed, the chairman of the Saskatchewan Royal Purple's Charity Partnership Committee. "We started off proudly donating le...
Feb 21, 2020

Province freezes lease fees for remote recreational properties
Annual lease fees for remote recreational properties on Crown land will be frozen at $888 with a review to be conducted in five years. The freeze was announced Thursday by Environment Minister Dustin ...
Feb 21, 2020 The changes were announced by Environment Minister Dustin Duncan. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)

Former R.M. administrator accused of theft
A former administrator for the Rural Municipality (R.M.) of Buckland is facing a serious charge.Tara Kerber has been charged with theft over $5,000.Kerber was not present when the matter was discussed...
Feb 21, 2020 (File photo/ paNOW Staff)

Case of alleged RCMP secret-leaker could head behind closed doors
OTTAWA - Federal prosecutors are signalling they want to move the national-secrets case against a senior RCMP official behind closed doors, at least temporarily, while they sort out how to handle...
Feb 21, 2020

Privacy watchdogs to probe Clearview AI's facial-recognition technology
OTTAWA - The federal privacy watchdog and three of his provincial counterparts will jointly investigate Canadian use of facial-recognition technology supplied by U.S. firm Clearvie...
Feb 21, 2020