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Apple overcomes iPhone slump with strong fiscal 4Q showing
SAN FRANCISCO - Apple is still running a well-oiled moneymaking machine despite cooling demand for its hottest product, the iPhone. Sales and revenue in the July-September quarter exceeded analyst est...
Oct 30, 2019
Calgary Stampeders look to get ground game going for CFL playoffs
CALGARY - When the weather outside is frightful, football teams need to be able to run the ball. Looking beyond Saturday's regular-season finale in Vancouver where Mother Nature won't m...
Oct 30, 2019
La Ronge RCMP seeking owner of collection coins
La Ronge RCMP is looking for the owner of a number of collection coins. According to an RCMP media release, at approximately 1:30 p.m. on Oct. 30, the detachment received a package containing a number...
Oct 30, 2019 RCMP are looking for the owner of a number of coins. (file photo/paNOW Staff)
Canadian Olympian Newman drops misdemeanour charges against Steelers linebacker
UNIONTOWN, Pa. - Misdemeanour charges have been dropped against a Pittsburgh Steelers backup linebacker who had been accused of injuring his girlfriend, Canadian Olympic pole vaulter Alysha Newman,&nb...
Oct 30, 2019
New Democrats want ballot recount in B.C. riding of Port Moody-Coquitlam
VANCOUVER - The New Democratic Party has asked for a judicial recount in the British Columbia riding of Port Moody-Coquitlam. NDP candidate Bonita Zarrillo's application for a recount t...
Oct 30, 2019
Timber Bay School investigation expected to conclude today: NLSD Director of Education
An investigation into a recent incident at Timber Bay School is expected to wrap up today.That's according to Northern Lights School Division Director of Education Jason Young, who said the final inte...
Oct 30, 2019 The findings of the investigation could be made public as early as Friday. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)
Wildfire forces residents, celebrities to flee
LOS ANGELES - A wildfire swept through the star-studded hills of Los Angeles on Monday, destroying several large homes and forcing LeBron James and thousands of others to flee. Meanwhile, a blaze in N...
Oct 30, 2019
Wildfires outside L.A. threaten homes, spare Reagan library
SIMI VALLEY, Calif. - A wind-whipped outbreak of wildfires outside Los Angeles on Wednesday threatened thousands of homes and horse ranches, forced the smoky evacuation of elderly patients in wheelcha...
Oct 30, 2019
Strengthening Families Affected by Incarceration Day
The Strengthening Families Affected by Incarceration Day will be Saturday, November 16 from 1 - 3:00 p.m. at the John M. Cuelenaere Library.This is a chance for kids to meet Sesame Street friends and ...
Oct 30, 2019
Memorial service set for Meadow Lake paramedic killed in collision near Beauval
Leigh Schroeder died doing what he loved to do - serving others. That is what the 28-year-old's family said in an obituary published Wednesday about the paramedic from Meadow Lake who died during a co...
Oct 30, 2019 Leigh Schroder was a paramedic who died in a collision south of Beauval on Oct. 25. (supplied photo/Speers Funeral Chapel)