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Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer looks for answers in return of House of Commons

OTTAWA - The Conservative Party is poised to press the government on numerous issues during a modified version of a House of Commons sitting today. Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says he's looking ...

Local restaurants feel squeezed by delivery apps' commission fees

VANCOUVER - Restaurants struggling to survive during the COVID-19 crisis have turned to take-out and delivery, but the fees charged by food-delivery companies are eating away their bottom line, s...

38 COVID-19 cases in La Loche area as elder death is confirmed

Community leaders and health officials have offered an update on the COVID-19 outbreak in La Loche and area that has claimed the life on an elder and has infected almost 50 people. 11 of the 12 new ca...

Apr 27, 2020 (Village of La Loche/Facebook)

Physical distancing a challenge for the blind in Saskatchewan

Keeping a proper social distance of two metres is not so simple for people who are blind or partially sighted.Ashley Nemeth is a Saskatchewan advocate for the blind community and for the Canadian Nati...

Apr 27, 2020 Ashley Nemeth and her guide dog. (Ashley Nemeth/Submitted)

Tri-community leaders concerned with lack of consultation about northern lockdown

Tri-community leaders believe there was a lack of consultation when the provincial government decided to lockdown northern Saskatchewan last week. Lac La Ronge Indian Band Chief Tammy Cook-Searson sai...

Apr 27, 2020 This checkpoint began Monday near Green Lake. (Northern Village of Green Lake/Facebook)

Parents urged to keep tabs on kids’ Internet interactions to stop online predators

Online predatory crimes against children have gone up significantly over the past few years.Police in Saskatchewan are noticing that while it's not spiking in this province, it has gone up as children...

Apr 27, 2020 (CJME News Staff)

P.A. hair industry prepares to re-open, backlogs expected

In recent weeks, the hair style trends of the 1970s have made a comeback, but there is now some relief in sight for those people who need a little extra off the top and sides.According to phase two of...

Apr 27, 2020 Salon 6 Owner Jaret Mayer smiles for a satisfied customer. (submitted photo/Meghan Mayer)

Critical milestone reached at Project Falcon diamond site

A major milestone has been reached at the massive diamond exploration project at Fort la Corne east of Prince Albert.Star Diamond Corporation is confirming the start up of the long-awaited processing ...

Apr 27, 2020 The big Lego set. Last year, mechanical engineer Emma Kirk oversaw the re-assembly of 117,000 components that make up the Bulk Sampling Processing Plant. (Ian Gustafson/paNOW Staff)

Plans underway for so-called salmon cannon to aid return at B.C. landslide: DFO

VANCOUVER - Officials with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans say plans are underway for a pneumatic fish pump, also known as the salmon cannon, to help fish migrate past a&nbs...

Blackhawks fire team president McDonough in surprising move

CHICAGO - The Chicago Blackhawks fired team president John McDonough on Monday, cutting ties with a key figure in the most successful decade in team history and raising questions about the direction o...