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After five seasons with Toronto FC, Jay Chapman looks forward to life in Miami
Midfielder Jay Chapman is among familiar faces with Canada in camp in California. But a new MLS adventure looms for the 26-year-old with expansion Inter Miami CF after five seasons playing in his...
Jan 10, 2020
California lawmakers eye back-up power for cellphone towers
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - When the nation's largest electric utility preemptively shut off power last fall to prevent wildfires in California, customers lost more than just their lights - some lost their p...
Jan 10, 2020
Spiritual guru Marianne Williamson ends 2020 White House bid
DES MOINES, Iowa - Democratic presidential candidate Marianne Williamson, the spiritual guru and bestselling author, ended her campaign on Friday, weeks before voting begins, saying she did not want t...
Jan 10, 2020
National Observer, MBC hiring La Ronge-based reporters with federal funds
The federal government is providing funding for two new reporters to be based out of La Ronge. Canada's National Observer and Missinipi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) were both successful applicants i...
Jan 10, 2020 The two federal grants have a combined total of $100,000. (Alison Sandstrom/paNOW Staff)
New preliminary inquiry dates to be set for one accused in Jonson homicide
New preliminary inquiry dates are to be set for one of the two accused in the Mark Douglas Jonson homicide investigation.The preliminary inquiry will determine if there is sufficient evidence for tria...
Jan 10, 2020 Mark Douglas Jonson was found dead in a home on 15 Ave. and 100 St. on July 5, 2019. (File photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Canadian curling team posts comeback win to open Youth Olympics
LAUSANNE, Switzerland - Canada's mixed curling team opened the Youth Olympics with a 7-4 extra-end win over Russia on Friday. Skip Nathan Young's rink scored one in the seventh and two in the eighth b...
Jan 10, 2020
Ticats head coach Steinauer to let Masoli, Evans battle for No. 1 job
Orlondo Steinauer will let the Hamilton Tiger-Cats quarterback situation sort itself out in training camp. Hamilton has two bona fide starters under contract after re-signing veteran Jeremiah Mas...
Jan 10, 2020
Home invader pleads guilty, receives four-year jail sentence
One of two people charged following a violent home invasion in Prince Albert last fall, admitted responsibility for her actions and received a federal prison sentence. At a hearing Friday morning at P...
Jan 10, 2020 (File photo/ paNOW Staff)
Ecstatic Dance in La Ronge
Do you love to dance and want to step out of your comfort zone? This is starting Saturday, January 11th from 1-2:00 p.m. at the Senior's HallThe fee is $15 per adult. Come experience a non-judgemental...
Jan 10, 2020
Iran crash and missile claims put Ukraine president in bind
MOSCOW - As allegations swirl and denials clash over what caused the fatal crash of a Ukrainian airliner in Iran this week, Ukraine's president is caught in the middle. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy o...
Jan 10, 2020