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July boasts double average rainfall
While the amount of rainfall last month is above average, it isn't setting any new records.Meadow Lake sees an average of 72 mm of rain in July, however, this year, the precipitation was double that a...
Aug 02, 2019 Storm clouds move towards Meadow LakeĀ and with the clouds came nearly 27 mm of rain on July 18.. (Nikita Ganovicheff/meadowlakeNOW staff)

Byelection date set for PBCN
A little more than a year after its last election, Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation has secured a date for a new byelection.Band members will elect their urban councilor on Aug. 15 and the candidates rema...
Aug 02, 2019 (File photo/ paNOW Staff)

'Punks and cowards:' Tiki's mother Carol speaks after five charged in daughter's death appear in court
Carol Laverdiere said her daughter Tiki was just trying to be there for Nicole Cook at her son Tristen Cook-Buckle's funeral when "something terrible happened."Carol made those comments outside of cou...
Aug 02, 2019 Carol Laverdiere speaks outside of provincial court in North Battleford after five people charged in connection to her daughter Tiki's homicide appeared. (Tyler Marr/battlefordsNOW Staff)

July rainfall: Melfort below average, Nipawin well above average
If you think there was a high amount of rain in the northeast region in July, you may be right, depending on where you were.In Melfort, you'd be wrong as they only saw 72.7mm of precipitation over the...
Aug 02, 2019 Rainfall totals varied in the region, depending on where you were in July. (Mat Barrett/northeastNOW Staff)

How Trump's latest China tariffs could squeeze US consumers
WASHINGTON - The latest batch of tariffs that President Donald Trump plans to impose on Chinese goods would likely cost U.S. households an average of $200 a year, some economists have estimated. That ...
Aug 02, 2019

Cool, wet summer to continue in August
Despite Friday's 30C heat, August's weather outlook is rather damp.This would follow a weather pattern in July that despite plough winds and torrential rain was quite pedestrian.According to Environme...
Aug 02, 2019 (paNOW Staff/ Ronald Quaroni)

Canada earns Olympic berth in artistic swimming with duet gold in Lima
LIMA, Peru - Jacqueline Simoneau and Claudia Holzner developed a pre-swim routine to calm their nerves when they joined forces as an artistic swimming tandem. It involves a declaration of trust and a ...
Aug 02, 2019

NYPD judge recommends firing officer in Eric Garner death
NEW YORK - An administrative judge on Friday recommended firing the New York City police officer accused of using a chokehold in the 2014 death of an unarmed black man whose dying pleas of "I can't br...
Aug 02, 2019

Case of Markham homicides suspect put over to next week
NEWMARKET, Ont. - The case of a man accused in an alleged quadruple homicide north of Toronto has been put over to next week. Menhaz Zaman has been in custody ever since York Regional Police discovere...
Aug 02, 2019

'Incredible players': Sweden's Raymond, Holtz ready for big season
PLYMOUTH, Mich. - Lucas Raymond took a pass, cut to the middle and roofed his third goal of the game to send Sweden into a euphoria. Somewhere in the mass of humanity that swarmed the diminu...
Aug 02, 2019