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Bonds with horses helping heal Wounded Warriors
Empower U Equine has hosted multiple groups of adults and children throughout its near two-year tenure outside of Nipawin, but never a group of military veterans and first responders.Shannon Dickey, J...
Aug 07, 2019 Military veterans and first responders begin their process of connecting with and leading a 1,200-pound horse. (Aaron Schulze/northeastNOW Staff)

All clear at USA Today HQ after report of man with weapon
MCLEAN, Va. - The northern Virginia office building that houses USA Today was evacuated for several hours Wednesday for what police said was an unsubstantiated report of an armed man. Fairfax County P...
Aug 07, 2019

Assault of elderly man: family says a hockey card deal went sideways
An 87-year-old man remains in hospital but is speaking to his family for the first time since he was stabbed in the neck last weekend in Prince Albert.Donnie Seaborne is the man's son, and told paNOW ...
Aug 07, 2019 (File photo/ Prince Albert Police Service)

Part-owner Steve Nash sees brighter times ahead for Vancouver Whitecaps
TORONTO - Part-owner Steve Nash sees brighter days ahead for the Vancouver Whitecaps under first-year coach Marc Dos Santos. The Whitecaps (5-11-9) have won just one of their last 10 league outings (1...
Aug 07, 2019

Fox: Jussie Smollett won't be on final season on 'Empire'
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Fox Entertainment chief Charlie Collier says Jussie Smollett won't be back on "Empire." Collier, speaking to TV critics Wednesday, affirmed series co-creator Lee Daniels' decis...
Aug 07, 2019

ABC executive withholding judgment on the 'The Rookie'
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - ABC Entertainment President Karey Burke said Monday she is withholding judgment on the fate of "The Rookie" pending an investigation into co-star Afton Williamson's claim that ...
Aug 07, 2019

Montreal Impact sign former Barcelona attacking midfielder Bojan Krkic
MONTREAL - The Montreal Impact have signed former Barcelona attacking midfielder Bojan Krkic through the end of the 2020 season. The Major League Soccer club said in a release Wednesday that Krkic was...
Aug 07, 2019

Karolina Pliskova knocks off Alison Riske at Rogers Cup
TORONTO - Former world No. 1 Karolina Pliskova continued her bid to get back to top spot with a 6-4, 6-7 (4), 6-2 win over American qualifier Alison Riske in second-round action on Wednesday at t...
Aug 07, 2019

Manitoba RCMP finds bodies believed to be those of murder suspects
The Manitoba RCMP announced Wednesday that it has found two bodies in the bush near Gillam, Man., that it believes to be those of two B.C. murder suspects.The RCMP has been searching for Kam McLeod an...
Aug 07, 2019 (file photo/CKOM News Staff)

Manitoba RCMP to provide update on hunt for B.C. murder suspects
WINNIPEG - RCMP in Manitoba say they will be making a significant announcement this afternoon regarding two British Columbia murder suspects. Mounties say they will be making the announcement at 2 p.m...
Aug 07, 2019