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Meadow Lake honours veterans and first responders all year, not just on Remembrance Day
In Meadow Lake every day is Remembrance Day. George Wood, banner chair with Northern Light Masonic Lodge told meadowlakeNOW the partnership with the Royal Canadian Legion #76 and the City of Meadow La...
Feb 03, 2020 (Nicole Reis/meadowlakeNOW Staff)
Playoffs within reach for La Ronge Ice Wolves
With 10 games left in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League's regular season, chances are high the Ice Wolves will make the playoffs. "We're not in it for sure," Head Coach Kevin Kaminski said. "We ca...
Feb 03, 2020 The regular season ends Feb. 29 for the Ice Wolves. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)
Parti Quebecois says non-members can vote for new leader for first time
MONTREAL - Nearly 16 months after Jean-Francois Lisee stepped down from the top job, the Parti Quebecois on Saturday officially launched a leadership race where, for the first time, non-members will b...
Feb 03, 2020
Canadians returning from Wuhan to be quarantined in motel at CFB Trenton
OTTAWA - Health Minister Patricia Hajdu says Canadians returning home from Wuhan will need physical and mental support once they arrive at Canadian Forces Base Trenton, where they will spend...
Feb 03, 2020
Ben Platt named Hasty Pudding's 2020 Man of the Year
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Award-winning actor and musician Ben Platt was named 2020 Man of the Year by Harvard University's famed Hasty Pudding theatre troupe on Monday. Platt, 26, is the youngest recipient ...
Feb 03, 2020
Canada Post asks cannabis producers to stop shipping to Campobello Island
OTTAWA - Canada Post has asked cannabis producers to stop shipping marijuana to a small island in Eastern Canada, in order to curb a sharp increase in the number of mail trucks being st...
Feb 03, 2020
Lieutenant-governor visits residents at North Battleford care home
It was a busy day at Harwood Manor Saturday when Saskatchewan Lt.-Gov. Russ Mirasty visited the facility to meet residents.Mirasty was joined by his wife Donna as well as North Battleford Mayor Ryan B...
Feb 03, 2020 Saskatchewan lieutenant-governor Russ Mirasty, front left, tours Harwood Manor in North Battleford Saturday. He is shown with the home administrator Sharon Meena, front right, along with his wife Donna, centre, and Mayor Ryan Bater, back. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Late-arriving Maple Leafs winger Kasperi Kapanen contrite after scratch
TORONTO - The Maple Leafs sent Kasperi Kapanen a strong message. Now it's up to him to respond. Toronto scratched the speedy winger for Saturday night's game against the Ottawa Senators after Kapanen&...
Feb 03, 2020
Iraqi blocs select new PM-designate after weeks of jockeying
BAGHDAD - Former communications minister Mohammed Allawi was named prime minister-designate by rival Iraqi factions Saturday after weeks of political deadlock. The choice comes as the country weathers...
Feb 03, 2020
Notorious Utah brothel owner's interview eludes historians
OGDEN, Utah - Scholars at a Utah university are trying to unlock a mystery after discovering a nearly 70-year-old transcript of an interview with a notorious brothel owner that is written in a shortha...
Feb 03, 2020