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On eve of impeachment verdict, Trump tees up State of Union
WASHINGTON - Stepping to the dais in extraordinary times, President Donald Trump on Tuesday will deliver his State of the Union address on the eve of his likely impeachment acquittal and in the afterm...
Feb 04, 2020
Public school division hoping for more provincial dollars
The Saskatchewan Rivers Public School Division is expecting the coming provincial budget to be a better one for education compared to last year with a provincial election on the horizon. "We're antici...
Feb 04, 2020 Representatives from the Saskatchewan Rivers Public School Division are set to meet with provincial counterparts this week. (File Photo/paNOW Staff)
Province says 75 per cent of inmates in Sask. jails are Indigenous
New information from the Ministry of Corrections and Policing show that three-quarters of people incarcerated in Saskatchewan correctional facilities are Indigenous.Although the government recently re...
Feb 04, 2020 Saskatoon Tribal Council chief Mark Arcand says more action is needed to address the high number of indigenous people in Saskatchewan jails. (650 CKOM)
Hyundai halts Korea output as China outbreak fallout spreads
WASHINGTON - Hyundai Motors is suspending production in South Korea, a sign that the economic fallout from China's viral outbreak is spreading. For other companies bracing for losses from coronavirus,...
Feb 04, 2020
Disney Plus hits nearly 29M subscribers in 3 months
NEW YORK - Disney said its Disney Plus streaming service reached nearly 29 million paid subscribers in less than three months, an impressive start for what the company has positioned as its future as ...
Feb 04, 2020
Macy's to close 125 stores, shed 2,000 corporate jobs
NEW YORK - Macy's said Tuesday it is closing 125 of its least productive stores and cutting 2,000 corporate jobs as the struggling department store tries to reinvent itself in the age of online shoppi...
Feb 04, 2020
Canadian Liam Millar starts for young Liverpool side in FA Cup replay
Canadian international Liam Millar started for Liverpool on Tuesday as the Premier League leaders, fielding its youngest-ever team, reached the fifth round of the FA Cup for the first time under ...
Feb 04, 2020
Trio of land deals as City of P.A. plans for growth
P.A. city council has approved nearly $650,000 in land purchases designed to make room for the city's long-term growth. At the same meeting on Monday night, councillors agreed to sell two plots of lan...
Feb 04, 2020 The shaded areas on the edge of the city show planned future developments and roads. (Council Agenda Package/City of P.A.)
Prosecutors seek to drop rape case against California doctor
SANTA ANA, Calif. - Prosecutors on Tuesday said they will seek to drop a high-profile rape case against a California surgeon who appeared in a reality TV dating show. "There's insufficient evidence to...
Feb 04, 2020
'There was no excuse for this': guilty pleas in care home threats case
The two men who traumatized staff and residents at Prince Albert's Herb Bassett care home last fall, have been released from custody and instructed by a judge not to set foot again near the facility.R...
Feb 04, 2020 A photo taken of Herb Bassett Home at the time of the incident last September. (Nigel Maxwell/ paNOW Staff)
