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Wildcats stave off three-game sweep from the Bears with Sunday win
The Prince Albert Northern Bears couldn't complete the rare three-game sweep over the Swift Current Wildcats in three consecutive days, but they'll exit the weekend with a pair of wins on the Wildcats...
Jan 05, 2020 Bears defender McKenzie Mayo is stripped of the puck by Wildcats forward Sara Kendall. Jeff D'Andrea/paNOW Staff
New leader to be chosen by federal Conservative members on June 27
OTTAWA - Federal Conservatives will gather in Toronto on June 27 to pick their next leader. A decision to set the date for the vote was made Friday, the latest development in the effort to replac...
Jan 05, 2020
Canada's world junior returnees looking for redemption vs. Finland in semis
OSTRAVA, Czech Republic - It's a loss Joe Veleno knows he'll never truly get over. The same goes for Barrett Hayton. Canada was leading Finland 1-0 with under a minute to go in the quar...
Jan 05, 2020
Medical Health Officer urges public to get flu immunizations
The flu season in the northeast has been similar to previous years, if not a little slower than usual.That's according to Dr. Khami Chokani, Medical Health Officer, Saskatchewan Health Authority Popul...
Jan 05, 2020 Dr. Khami Chokani hopes to see more people getting their flu shots. (File photo/northeastNOW Staff)
Police looking for inmate who escaped in La Ronge
Police are searching for an inmate who escaped custody in La Ronge, Sask. John Riley Sanderson, 32, was set to appear at La Ronge Provincial Court today. Roughly around 12 p.m., he escaped custody whe...
Jan 05, 2020 John Riley Sanderson. (submitted photo/RCMP)
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 existing patchwork of efforts to feed hungry children. The Liberals promi...
Jan 05, 2020
New cannabis products may not eat into black market, experts say
TORONTO - The arrival of legal cannabis edibles, vapes and other products in Ontario won't necessarily meet the government's stated goal of cutting into the black market, according to industry observe...
Jan 05, 2020
Passengers removed from WestJet aircraft after it skids off Halifax runway
HALIFAX - A passenger jet skidded off the end of a runway at the Halifax Stanfield International Airport on Sunday, but a spokeswoman for WestJet said there were no injuries. The city a...
Jan 05, 2020
Killing of Iranian general sparks concerns for safety of Canadian troops
OTTAWA - The safety of Canadians in the Middle East is the government's "paramount concern" following the death of a top Iranian general in an American airstrike, Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Phi...
Jan 05, 2020 A Canadian Forces door gunner keeps watch as his Griffon helicopter goes on a mission, February 20, 2017 in northern Iraq. A former foreign policy adviser to the Canadian government says there could be concerns for the safety of Canadian Forces following the killing of a top Iranian general. (Ryan Remiorz/ The Canadian Press)
6 arrested in killings of 4 men at California backyard party
FRESNO, Calif. - Police in California announced Tuesday that they have arrested six suspected gang members in the shooting deaths of four men last month at a backyard gathering of family and friends t...
Jan 05, 2020