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Boeing capsule launches to wrong orbit, skips space station
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Boeing's new Starliner capsule ended up in the wrong orbit after lifting off on its first test flight Friday, a blow to the company's effort to launch astronauts for NASA next y...
Dec 20, 2019
Call for tender to replace Northland Pioneer Lodge
The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) is proceeding with a provincial budget commitment to develop a new long-term care facility in Meadow Lake. The SHA issued a call for tenders for construction of...
Dec 20, 2019 (File Photo/meadowlakeNOW Staff)
PM says he might have acted differently if knew how SNC-Lavalin case would end
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government might have acted differently had it known the criminal case against SNC-Lavalin would be resolved without crippling the company or throw...
Dec 20, 2019
'Good life' still left in Canada's submarines: Navy commander
OTTAWA - Canada's top sailor is standing by the Royal Canadian Navy's submarine fleet, saying there is still "good life" in the vessels and that with some "modest investments," they will be able to op...
Dec 20, 2019
You Down With O-T-T? Direct-to-consumer options at sports media forefront
TORONTO - Sports fans have never had as much choice when it comes to watching live events as they do right now. The remote control - and the wallet - are getting workouts because of it. Long...
Dec 20, 2019
Navy Probe finds no racism intent in hand gestures
WASHINGTON - Hand gestures flashed by West Point cadets and Naval Academy midshipmen during the televised Army-Navy football game were not racist signals, military investigations have concluded. A Nav...
Dec 20, 2019
Local service club spreading the warmth
The Prince Albert Kinsmen Club is trying to help kids stay warm this winter.On Thursday, members from the club visited St. John's, St. Catherine's, John Diefenbaker and King George schools to hand out...
Dec 20, 2019 Jared Devers talks to students at St. Catherine's School Thursday. (Michael Joel-Hansen/paNOW Staff)
Holiday support: Prince Albert invited to share fellowship and cheer
The Christmas season can be a difficult one.The annual Community Christmas Dinner is taking place at St. Mary's Highschool, Dec. 25, at 1 p.m. For the organizers and the 200 volunteers, it's more than...
Dec 20, 2019 Community Christmas Dinner with Flo Hallett and Glen Ahenakew. (File Photo/ paNOW Staff)
Missing heavy icebreaker back on drawing board: Coast Guard
OTTAWA - Call it the case of the missing icebreaker. The fate of the Canadian Coast Guard's next heavy icebreaker has been wrapped in mystery since the federal government quietly removed the $1.3-bill...
Dec 20, 2019
Regimental funeral in Winnipeg for RCMP officer who died in highway crash
WINNIPEG - More than 1,000 police officers, first responders and members of the public have gathered at a funeral for a Winnipeg Mountie killed in a highway crash. Const. Allan Poapst, who served with...
Dec 20, 2019