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RCMP evacuate apartment complex after pot forgot on stove
It was a close call for residents of a six-unit apartment complex in Deschambault Lake.On the afternoon of April 7, 2019, two members of the Deschambault Lake RCMP were on patrol and spotted heavy smo...
Jun 12, 2019 Two officers and a resident were treated for smoke inhalation. (file photo/paNOW Staff)

Edmonton murder trial hears child went from chunky, happy to skin and bones
EDMONTON - A woman who lived with two people charged in the death of a toddler found outside an Edmonton church says she often heard crying, yelling, smacking and more crying from their bedr...
Jun 12, 2019

Quebec trying to speed up process to adopt secularism bill ahead of summer break
Quebec Premier Francois Legault says his government is showing good faith by specifying what kinds of religious symbols it plans to ban for many public sector workers. The government tabled an am...
Jun 12, 2019

Trudeau appoints first ambassador to advance women, peace and security
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has appointed Canada's first ambassador for women, peace and security. Jacqueline O'Neill, who has served on a number of related international bodies, assumes&nb...
Jun 12, 2019

How to Prepare Your Children for Life After Graduation
Graduating without debt in Canada is an admirable accomplishment. The question is, should parents shoulder any of the responsibility of repaying loans where post-secondary graduates were unable to avo...
Jun 12, 2019

St. George's Anglican Community Garage Sale
St. George's Anglican Church in Battleford is hosting a Community Garage Sale Saturday, June 15.See the poster for details.
Jun 12, 2019

In Tel Aviv, Neil Patrick Harris says he's no gay icon
TEL AVIV, Israel - This year's official international ambassador to Tel Aviv's Gay Pride Parade says he has no interest in being a gay activist. Neil Patrick Harris arrived in Israel Wednesday along w...
Jun 12, 2019

The Stories Were Not Told
The Chapel Gallery will celebrate the release of Sandra Semchuck's book, The Stories Were Not Told - Canada's First World War Internment Camps on Friday, July 12.See the poster for details.
Jun 12, 2019

Canada's treatment of Indigenous women not a 'genocide', Scheer says
OTTAWA - "Genocide" isn't the right word to describe what's been done to generations of Indigenous women and girls in Canada, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer said Monday. Last week, the federal...
Jun 12, 2019

Husky pleads guilty over oil leak into North Saskatchewan River
LLOYDMINSTER, Sask. - Husky Energy has pleaded guilty in a pipeline leak that sent oil spilling into a major river that is the source of drinking water for a number of Saskatchewan communiti...
Jun 12, 2019