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Hillary Clinton to 2020 Democratic voters: pick a winner
PASADENA, Calif. - Hillary Rodham Clinton has advice for Democratic voters faced with an unsettled field of presidential contenders: pick a winner. "This is an election that will have such profound im...
Jan 17, 2020

Pacino, De Niro among Producers Guild Awards presenters
LOS ANGELES - Al Pacino, Robert De Niro and Melissa McCarthy are among the presenters for Saturday's Producers Guild of America Awards. The guild announced Friday that other presenters include Jane Fo...
Jan 17, 2020

Resident hummingbirds suffer in British Columbia's frigid weather
BURNABY, B.C. - Harsh winter weather on British Columbia's south coast has frozen out the area's resident hummingbirds. The Wildlife Rescue Association says it has responded to more than 75 ...
Jan 17, 2020

Burgess aiming for record third national junior women's curling title
Karlee Burgess already boasts national and world titles on her impressive junior curling resume. A championship at the 2020 Canadian playdowns can give her yet another achievement: a re...
Jan 17, 2020

Who's who on Trump's legal team for impeachment trial
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's legal team for his Senate impeachment trial will include a pair of well-known attorneys who have vigorously defended Trump on television and played roles in some ...
Jan 17, 2020

Preliminary hearings scheduled for three accused in Tiki Laverdiere homicide
Preliminary hearing dates have been set for three of the eight people charged in connection to the death of Tiki Brook-Lyn Laverdiere. Jesse Sangster, Soaring Eagle Whitstone, and Danita Thomas appear...
Jan 17, 2020 Edmonton woman Tiki Laverdiere, 25, was last seen in North Battleford before her remains were discovered outside the city. (supplied photo/Battlefords RCMP)

Health authority provides update on influenza numbers
The number of cases of lab-confirmed influenza dropped during the second full week of 2020.According to the Saskatchewan Health Authority, there were 174 cases in the week of Jan. 11. That was down fr...
Jan 17, 2020 Saskatchewan’s chief medical health officer, Dr. Saqib Shahab. (Joseph Ho/980 CJME)

Saskatoon man guilty of setting up fake fundraiser after Humboldt Broncos crash
SASKATOON - A Saskatoon man has been convicted of setting up a fake GoFundMe account for the Humboldt Broncos after the junior hockey team's bus crashed. A provincial court judge found Andrij Ole...
Jan 17, 2020

U.S. sanction law not enough to prove Canadian fraud: Meng's lawyers
VANCOUVER - Lawyers for a Huawei executive wanted on fraud charges in the United States are accusing Crown attorneys of relying on American sanction law to make its case for extradition from Cana...
Jan 17, 2020

Redden on the Raiders: A rivalry renewed
When the Prince Albert Raiders and Edmonton Oil Kings met for the first time after the Raiders dispatched their inter-provincial rival in the 2019 Eastern Conference Final, there wasn't much for firew...
Jan 17, 2020 Raiders forward Ilya Usau finds some room in the middle of the ice against the Oil Kings on Saturday at the Art Hauser Centre. Jeff D'Andrea/paNOW Staff