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City looking to make a better impression
The City of Prince Albert wants to put its best foot forward, and is looking at ways to beautify entrance ways and corridors to make them more aesthetically pleasing for tourists and residents.City Pa...
May 16, 2019 The city is looking at ways to beautify city entrance ways, including doing some cleanup along the Second Avenue meridian. (Charlene Tebbutt/paNOW Staff)
Battlefords’ MS Walk just around the corner
The Saskatchewan Blue Cross is hosting its annual MS walk May 26. Meeting at Lawrence Elementary School in North Battleford, check-in time for the walk will open at 12 p.m. with the walk itself beginn...
May 16, 2019 Last year the Battlefords’ MS Walk raised about $13,000, or about $2,000 more than their goal heading in. (submitted photo/Kat Matlock)
Christine Sinclair sounds call for women's professional soccer in Canada
TORONTO - On the eve of the Women's World Cup, Canada captain Christine Sinclair is sounding the call for women's pro soccer in Canada. Sinclair has made a career of growing the sport of women's socce...
May 16, 2019
Fire department converts donated ambulance into ice water rescue vehicle
The La Ronge Regional Fire Department is now better equipped to respond to ice water rescue calls thanks to a donation of a former ambulance by La Ronge EMS. "The working relationship we have with La ...
May 16, 2019 La Ronge EMS donated a previously-used ambulance to the fire department. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)
Elton John and 'Rocketman' touch down in Cannes
CANNES, France - Elton John and his biopic "Rocketman" landed Thursday at the Cannes Film Festival, where the 72-year-old pop star came dressed in a tuxedo with "Rocket Man" emblazoned on the back and...
May 16, 2019
Students to get a chance to help set educational policy
A group of teenagers in the province is going to get a chance to help influence the future of education in Saskatchewan.The provincial government announced Thursday that it will soon be seeking applic...
May 16, 2019 (file photo/CJME News Staff)
Friends of the Riders lottery ends after long run
A fixture in Saskatchewan for the past 33 years is shutting down.Tom Shepherd, the founder and president of the Friends of the Riders Touchdown Lottery, announced Thursday that the lottery is being di...
May 16, 2019 (file photo/CJME News Staff)
Skapski heading to RMC for post-secondary hockey
A Melfort Mustang defender is heading out to Ontario for his post-secondary hockey and schooling.Marshall Skapski announced his commitment to the Royal Military College of Canada (RMC) for the 2019/20...
May 16, 2019 (Facebook/Broad Leaf Media)
Liberals stymie Commons defence committee inquiry into Mark Norman case
OTTAWA - The Liberals have used their majority on a House of Commons committee to block an attempt to launch an inquiry into the failed prosecution of Vice-Admiral Mark Norman. Opposition members on t...
May 16, 2019
Kenney lauds Senate committee rejecting tanker ban, promises to continue fight
CALGARY - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney is calling for a full-court press to kill Ottawa's proposed B.C. coast tanker ban now that it has been defeated in a Senate committee. Kenney says he hopes ...
May 16, 2019