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'The chill is real,' Canada's ambassador to China says of fraught relationship

OTTAWA - Canada's ambassador to China says there is a chill in relations between the two countries since the People's Republic imprisoned two Canadians, but his top priority remains winning their...

Son clinches Tottenham's 3-2 win over Southampton in FA Cup

LONDON - Son Heung-min's late penalty secured Tottenham's progress in the FA Cup on Wednesday, clinching a 3-2 victory over Southampton in a fourth-round replay. Son was awarded the penalty despite go...

Autopsy: Nick Gordon died from heroin overdose

ORLANDO, Fla. - Bobbi Kristina Brown's ex-partner died last month from a heroin overdose, an autopsy found. Nick Gordon, whose legal name is Nicholas Bouler, died from an accidental overdose on New Ye...

Battleford Beaver Blues on hunt to defend championship, as playoffs begin

For the Battleford Beaver Blues men's hockey team, winning is something that has become synonymous with the team's name amongst the senior hockey ranks in the region. Fresh off winning the league cham...

Feb 07, 2020 The Battleford Beaver Blues took home the Saskatchewan Prairie Hockey League championship last season, pictured here. With a league-best 14-2 record heading into the playoffs this year, the Beaver Blues are amongst the favorites to win the title once again. (File photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)

PNLS set for northern author tour

SaskPower's Northern Reading Program will have an author tour this month at 10 schools including Gordon Denny Community School in Air Ronge. The tour is organized by Pahkisimon Nuyeh Library System (P...

Feb 07, 2020 The author tour begins Feb. 24 in Cumberland House. (file photo/paNOW Staff)

Older adult job training opens doors

The P.A. Mtis Women's Association is preparing to start the second year of a successful job training program for older adults. The 13-week provincially funded program is aimed at giving people aged 55...

Feb 07, 2020 Seventy-seven per cent of participants in the previous session of the older workers initiative at the P.A. Métis Women's Association found jobs through the program. (submitted photo/Bernadette Aubichon)

Three Sask. communities hoping to be first in province named Kraft Hockeyville

A rink from Saskatchewan has never won Kraft Hockeyville.Three communities from the province are looking to be the first.Dinsmore, Moose Jaw and Pense are all hopeful 2020 is the year a Saskatchewan c...

Feb 07, 2020 The village of Dinsmore (top left), City of Moose Jaw (bottom left), and Town of Pense (top right) are all competing for Kraft Hockeyville 2020. (krafthockeyville.ca)

Guernsey residents allowed home 34 hours after oil car derailment, fire

Nearly 90 people who live in Guernsey, Sask. are allowed to return to their homes after an evacuation order was lifted by emergency officials at 4 p.m. Friday.The order was initially placed Thursday m...

Feb 07, 2020 A track view of the derailment on the eastern outskirts of Guernsey on Feb. 6, 2020. (Brent Bosker/650 CKOM)

Toronto FC signs veteran Argentina winger/forward Pablo Piatti as third DP

Toronto FC has signed Argentine winger/forward Pablo Piatti as its new designated player. The 30-year-old Piatti leaves Barcelona-based Espanyol for Major League Soccer on a free transfer. Having pass...

Tories decry judicial appointment amid renewed scrutiny of MacKay's record

OTTAWA - Conservatives are accusing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of stacking Canada's courts with Liberal partisans, pointing to a recently appointed judge who has donated almost $26,000 to...