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Riders’ rookie receiver ready to roll
Justin McInnis is playing catch-up at the Saskatchewan Roughriders' training camp.The 22-year-old product of Pierrefonds, Que., missed most of the first two weeks of camp at Griffiths Stadium on the U...
Jun 03, 2019 Saskatchewan Roughriders receiver Justin McInnis during a training-camp practice on June 3, 2019 (Wray Morrison/650 CKOM)
Gymnastics fun meet to feature provincial standouts
The Battlefords Gymnastics Club will be hosting a fun meet June 9 from 1 to 6 p.m. President of the club, Natalie Jesney, said the event is a fun way for the athletes to close out the gymnastics seaso...
Jun 03, 2019 Makenzie Gidych placed second at Provincials competing in level 5A for Rhythmic Gymnastics. (submitted photo/Natalie Jesney)
MP calls MMIWG report 'very personal' for northerners
The final report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) found there's been a deliberate race, identity and gender-based genocide in Canada.The report call...
Jun 03, 2019 NDP MP Georgina Jolibois stated a national action plan would be extensive. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)
Trailer park owner claims lack of support from RM
The owner of the North Bay Trailer Park, which will close August 1, claims his efforts to provide affordable housing have been thwarted at every corner by local government.British Columbia based James...
Jun 03, 2019 The owner of North Bay Trailer Park says local government threw up roadblocks as he tried to resolve the sewer situation.(Tyler Marr/paNOW Staff)
East Flat home consumed by fire
The cause of an early morning house fire in Prince Albert's east flat area is under investigation.The Prince Albert Fire Department was dispatched to the 1000 blk. of fourth St. E. at approximately 2:...
Jun 03, 2019 Fortunately the homeowner was not injured. (Nigel Maxwell/ paNOW Staff)
Tisdale U16 Riverdogs take gold at Saskatoon Hustler tournament
The Tisdale Riverdogs continue to bring medals home during the 2019 softball season.After a silver medal in Regina on the weekend of May 24 to 26, the Riverdogs U16 team dominated in Saskatoon at the ...
Jun 03, 2019 The Tisdale Riverdogs U16 softball team won gold on the weekend in Saskatoon.
(Front
row: L to R(kneeling): Paige Woolsey, Amy Svenson, Keeley Becker,
Ashlyn Simoneau, Hailey Craig. Back Row: L to R: Coach Luc Simoneau, Coach Ashlyn Cooley,
Ashley Kidney, Stephanie Williams, Arianne Pollon, Macy Hall, Cadence Logan,
Emma Markwart, Coach Rob Pollon). (submitted photo/Lori Kidney)
Loan money for farmers available June 26, Ottawa says
Agriculture producers will have to wait another 3 1/2 weeks before they see loan money from the adjusted Advance Payments Program, Ottawa announced Monday.In an emailed media release, federal Agricult...
Jun 03, 2019 (file photo/CKOM News Staff)
'Now the real work begins:' Families call for action after inquiry report
Anita Ross knew the release of a report into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls would roil up difficult feelings about the untimely death of her teenage daughter, but she hopes openi...
Jun 03, 2019
Judge: Federal wagering law only applies to sports gambling
CONCORD, N.H. - A federal judge ruled Monday that a law prohibiting interstate wagering applies only to sports gambling, setting aside a Justice Department opinion that some states feared would make o...
Jun 03, 2019
Explained: Why the MMIWG commission invoked 'Canadian genocide'
The national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women was unequivocal in its assessment: "This is genocide." Chief commissioner Marion Buller was greeted by cheers when she spoke these ...
Jun 03, 2019