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Bootleggers busted near Deschambault Lake
Two alleged bootleggers have been charged by RCMP following separate incidents April 29 near Deschambault Lake. According to an RCMP press release, officers received information a suspected local boot...
May 04, 2020 This alcohol was seized in one of the incidents. (submitted photo/RCMP)
Nicolas Cage to star as Joe Exotic in limited TV series
LOS ANGELES - The Joe Exotic phenomenon keeps growing, with Nicolas Cage to star in a TV miniseries about the colorful wild animal owner made famous by the "Tiger King" docuseries. The TV series is th...
May 04, 2020
Twenty nine of the province's new COVID-19 cases in Far North
There are 34 new cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan, 29 of which are in the Far North region. Four and are in the North. There remains one confirmed case at Prince Albert's Victoria Hospital.According ...
May 04, 2020 Saskatchewan's Chief Medical Officer Dr. Saqib Shahab. (Lisa Schick/CKOM News Staff)
Not all medical services ready for first phase of Re-Open plan
It is day one of the first phase of the Re-Open Saskatchewan plan amid the COVID-19 pandemic, but it's a mixed bag regarding which medical services have chosen to open their doors today.Broker's Activ...
May 04, 2020 A welcoming smile, you just can't see it. Office staff at Broker’s Active Care Klinic from left, Tanya Giesbrecht and Diana Broker with Dr. Blaine Broker, re-opened for business Monday. (Glenn Hicks/paNOW Staff)
Iran chief's link to 1988 massacre raises obstacles in crash probe: Cotler
OTTAWA - A former Canadian justice minister says Canada's quest for compensation from Iran for shooting down a Ukrainian airliner is fraught with obstacles because Tehran's lead investigator is a mass...
May 04, 2020
La Ronge council to request public health order exemption be rescinded
La Ronge council has bowed down to public pressure and has asked the provincial government to rescind a public health order exemption given to the municipality last week.That's according to Coun. Jord...
May 04, 2020 Council backtracked on a decision originally made last week. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)
New this week: A Bieber reality show, comics and their moms
Bored with your surroundings? Justin and Hailey Bieber are showing off their lives in their Toronto home in a new series, while Hulu this week is premiering a documentary looking back at an early 1990...
May 04, 2020
New book aims to portray 'real' Prince Harry and Meghan
LONDON - Freed from the constraints of life as full-time royals - and enmeshed in a feud with Britain's tabloid press - Prince Harry and his wife Meghan plan to tell their story in a book penned by sy...
May 04, 2020
Taika Waititi to direct new 'Star Wars' film
NEW YORK - Taika Waititi, the New Zealand filmmaker of "Jojo Rabbit" and "Thor: Ragnarok," will direct a new "Star Wars" film. Waititi had for months been expected to take the reins of the galaxy far,...
May 04, 2020
Hanks, who survived COVID-19, calls graduates 'the chosen'
DAYTON, Ohio - Tom Hanks says graduates of an Ohio university that named a film centre after him are "the chosen ones." The Oscar-winning actor delivered a surprise virtual speech Saturday to the grad...
May 04, 2020