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Freeland say lifting U.S. tariffs is part of ratification of the new NAFTA
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland is linking the lifting of "absurd" U.S. tariffs on Canadian and Mexican steel to the ratification of the new North American free-trade deal. Dealing...
Apr 05, 2019
EDC investigating claim it backed SNC-Lavalin on corrupt Angola dam contract
OTTAWA - Export Development Canada is reviewing its decision to provide up to half a billion dollars worth of insurance in 2011 for an SNC-Lavalin contract in Angola afte...
Apr 05, 2019
Raiders fever taking hold in P.A.
The puck is set to drop at the Art Hauser Centre this evening as the Raiders open their second round series as they welcome the Saskatoon Blades to town.People and local businesses are getting in on t...
Apr 05, 2019 Employees for Lakeland Ford before heading to Saskatoon (submitted photo/Lakeland Ford)
Oh Baby! Legendary broadcaster Bob Cole set to make one final call
Bob Cole still remembers the butterflies flapping in his stomach as he walked into the old Boston Garden in the spring of 1969. Calling games on "Hockey Night in Canada" was his dream. This ...
Apr 05, 2019
Rep: Jagger doing well after receiving medical treatment
NEW YORK - A representative for Mick Jagger says he has successfully undergone treatment, though no details were provided. In a statement released Friday, Jagger's rep says he "is doing very well and ...
Apr 05, 2019
B.C. public schools to provide free menstrual products for students
BURNABY, B.C. - Free menstrual products are being made available in every British Columbia public school. Education Minister Rob Fleming says a ministerial ordered requires all public schools to provi...
Apr 05, 2019
Former sports radio co-host Carton gets 3 1/2 years in prison
NEW YORK - Sports radio personality Craig Carton has been sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison for a ticket reselling scam that ended his decade-long show with ex-NFL quarterback Boomer Esiason. Carton ...
Apr 05, 2019
CCHS students receive provincial recognition for Remembrance Day essays
Sisters who attend Churchill Community High School in La Ronge have received provincial recognition for essays they wrote about Remembrance Day. It was all part of a national contest organized by the ...
Apr 05, 2019 Lily and Hannah Preikschat stand with Royal Canadian Legion Branch 371 President Shaune Lapworth. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)
Enhanced bin safety expected from new products
Farm safety is always top of mind, and a company owner hopes a new product will change how producers navigate grain bins. Northern Strands has developed its Bin Safe System, which is OH&S complain...
Apr 05, 2019 Martin Toews demonstrates the product at the Agrimex show in North Battleford (Brady Lang/battlefordsNOW staff)
North Saskatchewan River ice expected to break within the week
Viewers of the North Saskatchewan River will soon be able to watch a parade of ice-islands flow by the city.Water Security Agency spokesperson Patrick Boyle said that ice on the river should start to ...
Apr 05, 2019 With warmer weather increasing the risk of breakup, the Water Security Agency said the ice on the North Saskatchewan River is extremely dangerous. (Ronald Quaroni/paNOW Staff)