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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 is winning their release a...

Northern ice roads begin opening to light traffic

Ice roads from Stony Rapids to Fond du Lac and Uranium City opened today to light traffic. That's according to Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure spokesperson David Horth, who said traffic is cur...

Feb 05, 2020 Ice roads are opening about one week earlier compared to 2019. (Facebook)

Lanigan raised doctor to speak in Humboldt about Doctors Without Borders

People in Humboldt are going to get the chance to learn a bit more about Doctors Without Borders and hear some stories from a local doctor.On Thursday, Feb. 13, Dr. Deirdre Nunan of Lanigan will be at...

Feb 05, 2020 Deirdre Nunan (Left) performs surgery while working with Doctors Without Borders. (Submitted Photo/Doctors Without Borders)

Not Guilty: Split Senate acquits Trump of impeachment

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump won impeachment acquittal Wednesday in the U.S. Senate, bringing to a close only the third presidential trial in American history with votes that split the cou...

Feb 05, 2020 In this image from video, Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts arrives for the vote in the impeachment trial against President Donald Trump in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol on Feb. 5, 2020. (Senate Television via AP)

2 women killed, child hurt in shooting at Texas dormitory

COMMERCE, Texas - Two women were killed and a child was wounded in a shooting Monday morning at a university dormitory in Texas, officials said. A recommendation for students and employees to shelter ...

Star Canadian canoeist says her return to team training is like coming back home

Laurence Vincent Lapointe credits a "weird little flame" inside her for helping her stay strong when it looked like her Olympic dreams would be dashed. The star Canadian canoeist faced a fou...

Canadian Golf Hall of Famer Stephen Ames adapting on the Champions Tour

Stephen Ames is learning how to adapt on the Champions Tour. The Canadian Golf Hall of Fame member finished second at last weekend's Morocco Champions, rocketing to fourth on the Charles Schwab Cup st...

Verdict reserved in Vandewater murder trial

It's up to a Court of Queen's Bench Justice to determine whether Tyler Vandewater was defending himself when he stabbed his prison cellmate to death. The 31-year-old was charged with second degree mur...

Feb 05, 2020 The fate of Tyler Vandewater is now in the hands of a Queen's Bench Justice. (Nigel Maxwell/ paNOW Staff)

Suicide crisis, alcohol hours topics at annual provincial convention

La Ronge Counc. Jordan McPhail believes a response to a question he asked Minister of Health Jim Reiter about the lack of a provincial suicide strategy was "woefully inadequate."During the bear pit se...

Feb 05, 2020 The Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association has rebranded itself as Municipalities of Saskatchewan. (SUMA/Twitter)

Bloc Quebecois MP among new faces on national security committee

OTTAWA - The new crop of parliamentarians overseeing the security-and-intelligence community includes the first Bloc Quebecois MP to sit on the committee. The Prime Minister's Office says Bloc MP Chri...