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Alberta ending separate offices for climate change, environmental monitoring
EDMONTON - Alberta's United Conservative government plans to eliminate its stand-alone offices for climate change policy and environmental monitoring, a move some say will damage the province's standi...
Sep 15, 2019

Federal leaders scatter across country as campaign ramps up in earnest
OTTAWA - Federal party leaders have scattered across the country as the election campaign starts to ramp up in earnest. Sunday was the legal deadline for Justin Trudeau to ask the Governor General to ...
Sep 15, 2019

Saskatoon West incumbent Benson kicks off 2019 campaign
Saskatoon West New Democrat incumbent Sheri Benson is focusing on affordability, prescription drug coverage, and working on housing costs as her campaign officially kicks off.Benson was elected as the...
Sep 15, 2019 Sheri Benson is the incumbent for Saskatoon West. Her team kicked off its campaign on Sept. 13, 2019. (Brady Lang/650 CKOM)

Mental health services tackle spike in Ag communities
Farmers often struggle with difficult times in silence.It's sparked the creation of organizations like the Do More Agriculture Foundation.One of the driving forces behind it was a series of 2017 Twitt...
Sep 15, 2019 Farmers from the area around Milestone, Sask. gathered together to combine 450 acres for the family Brian Williams, who died on Aug. 17. (Jeff Brown/YouTube)

Mounties lay secrets-law charges against RCMP intelligence official
OTTAWA - Cameron Jay Ortis, a senior RCMP intelligence official, made a brief court appearance Friday on charges of breaching Canada's secrets law. Ortis, 47, was charged under thr...
Sep 15, 2019

Gasol completes historic double, Spain wins World Cup
BEIJING - Marc Gasol looked to the sky as confetti fell, some sticking to his massive shoulders, and then cradled and kissed the giant golden chalice that goes to the World Cup champions. He's getting...
Sep 15, 2019

Provincial cabinet minister resigns over 'race card' comment about Innu Nation
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A provincial cabinet minister in Newfoundland and Labrador has resigned for making comments in a voicemail message deemed racist by one of the province's largest Indigenous gro...
Sep 15, 2019

Connor McDavid cleared to practise as he rehabs knee at Oilers training camp
EDMONTON - It's so far, so good for Connor McDavid at training camp as he rehabs his knee. The Edmonton Oilers' superstar captain was cleared for practice and didn't require a non-contact jersey ...
Sep 15, 2019

Saturday's Scoreboard
WHLPrince Albert 5, Regina 2Moose Jaw 2, Brandon 1Saskatoon 6, Winnipeg 2Swift Current 2, Lethbridge 1Edmonton 2, Prince George 1 (OT)Calgary 2, Medicine Hat 1Kamloops 3, Kelowna 2Spokane 3, Tri-City ...
Sep 15, 2019 (File photo/paNOW Staff)

‘I knew I was going to make it’: Lauther’s last-minute field goal lifts Riders past Montreal
Saskatchewan Roughriders kicker Brett Lauther wasn't perfect Saturday night, but he hit the most important kick of the night when it mattered.Lauther kicked a 39-yard field goal with 25 seconds remain...
Sep 15, 2019 Saskatchewan Roughriders kicker Brett Lauther kicks a field goal against the Montreal Alouettes on Sept. 14, 2019. (Saskatchewan Roughriders)