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‘A dream come true’: North East SPCA's Harry and Eve Vickar Shelter opens
Years of building, planning, and fundraising came to fruition with a snip of a ribbon.The Harry and Eve Vickar Shelter for the North East SPCA officially opened on Friday, Sept. 27 after groundwork fo...
Sep 28, 2019 Eve Vickar (centre) is comforted by her son Kerry (second left) after she cut the ribbon to open the Harry and Eve Vickar Shelter. (Aaron Schulze/northeastNOW Staff)
Local skating gets in on Battle of the Blades
The Prince Albert Skating Club is getting in on the fun as a longtime television show returns to the airwaves.CBC's Battle of Blades, which features a pairs skating competition is asking local skate c...
Sep 28, 2019 Luke Vedress and Ashley Vezeau took to the ice at the Art Hauser Centre Thursday afternoon for their skating routine. (Michael Joel-Hansen/paNOW Staff)
Iranian president: US should end 'maximum pressure' policy
NEW YORK - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani urged the United States on Thursday to "cease this policy of maximum pressure" on his nation, saying it was driving the possibility of negotiations even fur...
Sep 28, 2019
Scheer promotes Conservative plan to create national energy corridor
EDMONTON - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is in Edmonton today, promoting his plan to create a national energy corridor. Scheer says a Conservative government would build the corridor&nbs...
Sep 28, 2019
Indigenous water activist Autumn Peltier speaks at UN sustainability forum
NEW YORK - Indigenous water activist Autumn Peltier addressed hundreds of international guests at UN headquarters in Manhattan Saturday. The 15-year-old activist from Wiikwemkoong First Nation on...
Sep 28, 2019
Suspects confessed to B.C. murders in videos but showed no remorse: RCMP
SURREY, B.C. - Two suspects confessed to the murders of three people in northern British Columbia in several videos taken before they shot themselves in a suicide pact, the RCMP said Friday.The Mounti...
Sep 28, 2019 RCMP Asst. Comm. Kevin Hackett, who oversees the RCMP's federal organized crime investigations in B.C., reads a statement about Bryer Schmegelsky and Kam McLeod and the homicides of three people in northern B.C., during a news conference in Surrey, B.C., Friday, Sept. 27, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Winter is coming—time to switch to winter tires
With snow expected in Saskatchewan this weekend along with cooler temperatures, it's a good time to switch over.At Market Tire on 8th Street in Saskatoon Colton Ritchot said it's been busy."Friday was...
Sep 28, 2019 (File photo/CKOM News Staff)
Riders not taking Argos lightly with playoff spot in sight
Saskatchewan Roughriders fans could be cheering on the Green and White in the CFL playoffs for the third straight season if the team gets a win Saturday.The Roughriders will clinch their third straigh...
Sep 28, 2019 Saskatchewan defensive back Ed Gainey says the Roughriders aren't looking past the Toronto Argonauts, who play host to Saskatchewan on Sept. 28, 2019. (File photo courtesy of the Saskatchewan Roughriders)
Canadian women's soccer team names roster for Japan trip
OTTAWA - Canada will go with a familiar roster for its women's soccer friendly against host Japan next month. Twenty-one of the 24 players on the roster for the Oct. 6 game in Shizuoka return fro...
Sep 28, 2019
Martin gets first shutout in Mustang victory over Hounds
It was the Tanner Martin show on Friday, Sept. 27 in Melfort as the Mustangs and the Notre Dame Hounds battled in Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) action.The Mustangs defeated the Hounds 2-0 i...
Sep 28, 2019 Tanner Martin shows off the puck from his first SJHL shutout. (Mat Barrett/northeastNOW Staff)