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Access Communications hosts La Ronge meeting to discuss Internet speeds
La Ronge resident Curtis Skalicky, who launched a petition last month seeking higher internet speeds, walked away from a recent meeting with Access Communications with a better sense of the challenges...
Nov 08, 2019 Faster Internet speeds could be coming to La Ronge in 2020. (File photo/paNOW Staff)

Symposium learns about different methods of justice
Restorative Justice was on the agenda at the Prince Albert Grand Council's (PAGC) First Nation Policing and Indigenous Justice Symposium Wednesday in Saskatoon.Delegates at the convention got the oppo...
Nov 08, 2019 Volunteers sit in a circle during the demonstration of a healing circle Wednesday afternoon in Saskatoon. (Michael Joel-Hansen/paNOW Staff)

R.M. green lights new cell tower application
The solution to addressing cell phone coverage in the Rural Municipality (R.M.) of Prince Albert appears to be location.On Thursday, The R.M's council approved an application for a brand new, 350-foot...
Nov 08, 2019 (submitted photo/ SaskTel)

Rotary Club of Hudson Bay names Meagan Dickson as Citizen of the Year
Since she was 10 years old, Meagan Dickson grew up in the Town of Hudson Bay, left for school, returned, and raised her family.Dickson is on numerous boards for organizations and events within Hudson ...
Nov 08, 2019 (Submitted photo/Meagan Dickson).

Halifax museum honours legacy of former member of Canadian-U.S. Black Devils
HALIFAX - A new museum exhibit was unveiled today honouring a Nova Scotia member of a famed Canada-U.S. army unit during the Second World War known as the Black Devils. Herb Peppard of Truro...
Nov 08, 2019

Veteran defensive end Bowman back in CFL playoffs with Montreal Alouettes
He's back in the CFL playoffs for the first time in five years, still playing at an all-star level, and has a head coach who's making him feel more than a decade younger. But even all that's...
Nov 08, 2019

Alberta alters rules on oil production limits to spur more conventional drilling
EDMONTON - Alberta's energy minister says the government is adjusting its rules on oil production limits to give producers incentive to drill more conventional wells. Sonya Savage says, star...
Nov 08, 2019

Judge strikes down new Trump rule on religious objections
NEW YORK - A federal judge on Wednesday struck down a new Trump administration rule that could open the way for more health care workers to refuse to participate in abortions or other procedures on mo...
Nov 08, 2019

Almost half of all First Nations families are 'food insecure': 10-year study
OTTAWA - Rates of obesity and diabetes are higher among First Nations adults than in the general Canadian population, while almost half of all Indigenous families have difficulty putting eno...
Nov 08, 2019

Green coalition says feds must admit true costs of climate change
OTTAWA - Almost two dozen Canadian environment groups are urging the federal Liberal government to make sure its next budget acknowledges that climate change is costing the country hundreds ...
Nov 08, 2019