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Canadian women beat Mexico, move within one win of making Tokyo Olympics
EDINBURG, Texas - Captain Christine Sinclair scored career goal No. 186 to help Canada beat Mexico 2-0 Tuesday and move within one win of qualifying for the Tokyo Olympics. The eighth-ranked Cana...
Feb 4, 2020
Raptors forward Pascal Siakam to compete in skills challenge at all-star weekend
Toronto Raptors forward Pascal Siakam was named a participant in the skills challenge on Tuesday for the upcoming NBA all-star weekend. Siakam is the third player in franchise history to compete ...
Feb 4, 2020
Province could soon start financing pipelines; new committee struck
Citing their economic importance to the province and a shaky political climate, the provincial government could soon start helping out with financing for pipeline projects.Evaluating the projects will...
Feb 4, 2020 Trade and Export Minister Jeremy Harrison. (file photo/CKOM News Staff)
Former MP Jim Pankiw charged with drunken disturbance aboard airplane
A controversial political figure in Saskatchewan is accused of causing a scene and delaying a flight recently on board a plane in Ontario.Police in Hamilton said they were contacted at 9:30 p.m. on Ja...
Feb 4, 2020
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 4, 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 4, 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 4, 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 4, 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 4, 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 4, 2020
