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Two works by local writer nominated for Saskatchewan Book Awards
Two works by La Ronge's Miriam Krner are up for Saskatchewan Books Awards. She's been nominated for Fox and Bear (Red Deer Press/Fitzhenry & Whiteside) in the Children's Literature category. The b...
May 02, 2024
Lawyer says Surrey had pathway to keep RCMP but made 'no effort' to meet conditions
VANCOUVER - A lawyer for B.C.'s Public Safety Ministry says the City of Surrey was given a pathway to retain the RCMP as its police force, but "made no effort at all" to meet conditions to do so. Trev...
May 02, 2024
Quesnel, B.C., censures mayor, saying his actions jeopardize Indigenous relations
QUESNEL, B.C. - Councillors in Quesnel, B.C., have voted unanimously to censure their mayor, saying his actions related to a book denying the harms of Canada's residential school system jeopardize the...
May 02, 2024
Alberta, Saskatchewan sign agreement to share, swap information on nuclear energy
Saskatchewan and Alberta have agreed to share and swap information about nuclear power generation. The governments of the two provinces have signed a memorandum of understanding.The two sides agree to...
May 02, 2024
Quebec premier says pro-Palestinian encampment at McGill 'has to be dismantled'
MONTREAL - Quebec Premier Franois Legault has called on the police to dismantle the pro-Palestinian protest encampment on the lower field of McGill University's downtown campus in Montreal. His commen...
May 02, 2024
Police order B.C. woman who praised Hamas not to protest for 5 months, says her group
VANCOUVER - A pro-Palestinian activist group says its international co-ordinator, who was arrested in a Vancouver hate-crime investigation, was released with an order not to attend any protests for th...
May 02, 2024
'Cruel and mean-spirited': NDP calls out government on paid parking for cancer patients
The story of a Prince Albert man frustrated that hospitals no longer offer free parking for cancer patients has made its way to the provincial legislature. Last month, paNOW, spoke with Prince Albert ...
May 02, 2024
Vegas and Nashville face elimination in Game 6 showdowns vs. Dallas and Vancouver
Home sweet home ice? For Vegas, maybe. Nashville, not so much lately. The defending Stanley Cup champion Golden Knights return home to their "Fortress" on the Strip looking to avoid being eliminated i...
May 02, 2024
NHL players are refining the art of the bank shot via ricochet off the masks of the goaltenders
Off the goaltender's mask, off a defenseman's back, nothing but net. Well, at least in the net. That is how Colorado's Casey Mittelstadt got his first goal of the NHL playoffs this year, and it is not...
May 02, 2024
Two more women file suits alleging sexual assault by Newfoundland police officer
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Two more women have filed lawsuits alleging they were sexually assaulted by an on-duty member of the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary who offered them rides home from a night of drin...
May 02, 2024