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Prince Albert Winter Festival Fiddle Show showcases Saskatchewan talent
Yesterday's Prince Albert Winter Festival Fiddle Show at the E.A. Rawlinson Centre showcased performers of all ages. "The Fiddle Show is a gathering of fiddle players from across Saskatchewan coming t...
Feb 18, 2020 Angela Hoffman performs at the Prince Albert Winter Festival Fiddle Show at the E.A. Rawlinson Centre Monday night. (Ian Gustafson/paNOW Staff)

Scotties honours longtime Sask. curling umpire from P.A.
Curling was always a part of the lives of Bryan Rindal and his wife, Deanna."I was a university student in Saskatoon. My mom and dad had moved to P.A., so we went up there to curl. I bought a ticket l...
Feb 18, 2020 A tribute for CurlSask chief umpire Deanna Rindal (centre) was held Monday at the 2020 Scotties Tournament of Hearts. (CurlSask)

US sanctions Russian oil company for role in Venezuela
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration is imposing sanctions on the trading unit of Russian state-controlled oil company Rosneft for helping Venezuela skirt an embargo on oil from the South American co...
Feb 18, 2020

JMC March and April Activities
MARCH EVENTSMonday, March 2Registration begins for Tween and Teen Craft on Monday, March 9, 7:00Registration begins for Teen Craft on Monday, March 16, 7:00Registration begins for Seniors Computer Cla...
Feb 18, 2020

Elections Canada reports no serious cyberthreats to last fall's federal election
OTTAWA - Chief electoral officer Stephane Perrault says there were no cybersecurity incidents of significance during last fall's federal election campaign. In a preliminary report to Parliament a...
Feb 18, 2020

Aging Shiite cleric a powerhouse in Iraq. What comes after?
NAJAF, Iraq - When Iraq's top Shiite cleric underwent surgery for a fractured bone last month, it sent shivers around the country and beyond. "May God heal Iraq," read a photo of Grand Ayatollah Ali a...
Feb 18, 2020

Jury to begin deliberating in Harvey Weinstein's rape trial
NEW YORK - A jury is expected to begin deliberations Tuesday in Harvey Weinstein's trial after often-emotional testimony from multiple women who accused him of sexual assault. The panel of five women ...
Feb 18, 2020

Elton John cancels New Zealand shows as he battles pneumonia
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - Elton John cancelled his two remaining New Zealand shows late Tuesday as he continued to suffer from a bout of pneumonia. The shows have been rescheduled for next year. Earli...
Feb 18, 2020

White House correspondents' dinner returns to comedic roots
WASHINGTON - Comedians are making their return to the White House Correspondents' Dinner after last year's hiatus. Kenan Thompson of "Saturday Night Live" and Hasan Minhaj of Netflix's "Patriot Act wi...
Feb 18, 2020

Whitey Bulger juror says she regrets murder conviction
EASTHAM, Mass. - The notorious crime boss James "Whitey" Bulger terrorized Boston from the 1970s into the 1990s with a campaign of murder, extortion, and drug trafficking, then spent 16 years on the l...
Feb 18, 2020