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P.A. Daily Herald receives federal funding to hire two new reporters
Prince Albert's 126-year-old local newspaper is getting a boost from the federal government. On Thursday The Prince Albert Daily Herald announced it was one of 94 publications across the country to re...
Jan 03, 2020 The Prince Albert Daily Herald is one of nearly 100 publications across the country that will benefit from $50 million in federal funding for local journalism. (Alison Sandstrom/paNOW Staff)
Federal Reserve last month saw a declining risk of recession
WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve's policymaking committee saw much less risk of recession at its meeting last month, when it kept interest rates steady after three straight cuts and signalled that it ...
Jan 03, 2020
North Stars kick off New Year with home-and-home versus Klippers
Following a 12-day hiatus over the Christmas break, the Battlefords North Stars will return to the ice Friday for their first game action of the new 2020 calendar year.Adding additional spring to the ...
Jan 03, 2020 Forwards, Matthias Urbanski and Tyler Traptow are key cogs to their respective team’s attack, each in their third season of SJHL play. Urbanski sits third in Stars’ scoring with 36 points, while Traptow ranks fourth on the Klippers with 18 points this year. (Martin Martinson/battlefordsNOW Staff)
North East SPCA looking forward to busy 2020
The calendar has turned to 2020 and it looks to be a busy year for the North East SPCA (NESPCA).The most notable event from 2019 though was the opening of the Harry and Eve Vickar Shelter in Melfort i...
Jan 03, 2020 The Harry and Eve Vickar Shelter. (file photo/northeastNOW Staff)
Shaw ready for bounce-back opportunity with Blue Jays after tough 2019
The biggest lesson Travis Shaw took away from a disappointing 2019 season is that 2020 can't get much worse. Shaw, who signed a one-year deal worth US$4 million with the Toronto Blue Jays&nb...
Jan 03, 2020
Montreal airport refuellers to resume negotiation process tomorrow
MONTREAL - The union representing employees who refuel the planes at two Montreal airports will return to the negotiating table Thursday morning after a second straight day on the ...
Jan 03, 2020
Saskatchewan to see sudden warm temperatures over weekend
Warm air blowing in from the Pacific is bringing an early January warm spell to Saskatchewan, says Environment Canada's David Phillips."Across Alberta, Saskatchewan, we see this balmy kind of conditio...
Jan 03, 2020 (Jessie Anton/980 CJME)
Liberals set table for school-food program, warned to avoid top-down approach
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals are being told to avoid creating a one-size-fits-all national school-food program to replace the patchwork of efforts to feed hungry children that exist now. The Liberals...
Jan 03, 2020
Tim Stutzle leading next generation of Germany's elite hockey talent
OSTRAVA, Czech Republic - Like most kids in Germany, Tim Stutzle started out playing soccer. He liked tennis, too, and fell in love with both. There was also another itch that need...
Jan 03, 2020
Correction: California Party Shooting story
FRESNO, Calif. - In a story Dec. 31, 2019, about the arrests of six men in the killings of four people at a home in central California, The Associated Press erroneously reported the age of one of the ...
Jan 03, 2020