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Canada Post forecasts continuing sector losses despite booming parcel deliveries
OTTAWA - Parcel delivery is booming, but Canada Post says it will struggle to meet its government-mandated goal of self-sustainability in coming years due to an ongoing decline in letter mail, higher ...
Apr 18, 2019
Legislation overhauls Maryland medical network's board
BALTIMORE - Maryland's governor signed fast-tracked legislation Thursday to overhaul a major medical network's board of directors following revelations of numerous questionable financial arrangements ...
Apr 18, 2019
U.S. Trade czar trumpets new NAFTA auto provisions amid skepticism
OTTAWA - The Trump administration is launching a new charm offensive to sell the merits of the new North American free trade pact to counter growing skepticism about the economic benefits of the deal....
Apr 18, 2019
Wildfire risk in northern Saskatchewan "low": Fire centre manager
Provincial fire fighters may be in store for a quieter summer, according to one expert who looks after forecasting wildfire activity.Dennis Truman, manager of the Provincial Fire Centre in Prince Albe...
Apr 18, 2019 The Rabbit Creek wildfire at Prince Albert National Park was among the biggest wildfires in the province in 2018. (File photo/ paNOW Staff)
Mark Norman's lawyers target government over solicitor-client privilege claims
OTTAWA - Vice-Admiral Mark Norman's legal team accused the federal government on Tuesday of hiding behind solicitor-client privilege to prevent the release of documents they believe will prove the cas...
Apr 18, 2019
Publishers hurry to release book editions of Mueller Report
NEW YORK - With the Mueller Report finally out, at least in redacted form, publishers are hurrying to release book editions. Two Mueller Report books already are in the top 100 on Amazon.com. Digital ...
Apr 18, 2019
Legault cites equalization, hockey as reasons to be proud Canadian
QUEBEC - As "gotcha" questions go, it was pretty mild, but Quebec Premier Francois Legault stumbled this week when asked why he is proud to be Canadian. Appearing before a legislature committee Wednes...
Apr 18, 2019
Attendance low at public meetings for new 10-year education plan
The provincial government spends billions of dollars every year funding kindergarten to Grade 12 education in Saskatchewan, but only seven residents of the tri-communities attended public engagement s...
Apr 18, 2019 Gordon Denny Community School was the location of one of the public engagement sessions. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)
Canada's emissions target gets further away as 2017 report shows increase
OTTAWA - The return of oil and gas production following the devastating Fort McMurray wildfire and a colder than usual winter pushed Canada's national greenhouse gas emissions up in 2017 for the ...
Apr 18, 2019
FSIN wants Indigenous kids in Indigenous care, says gov. isn’t helping
"Saskatchewan First Nations are ready to take over and to assert that jurisdiction and to bring our children home to our communities," said David Pratt, vice-chief with the Federation of Saskatchewan ...
Apr 18, 2019 David Pratt, Vice-Chief of the FSIN, speaks with reporters at the Legislature on April 17, 2019. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)