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Wildfire season off to hot start
As of Tuesday morning, over 40 fire bans were issued across the province in response to hot, dry and windy conditions, and the list is expected to grow.During a media briefing, Provincial Fire Commiss...
Apr 23, 2019 Visibility on Highway 3 near Holbein was very poor Monday night. (Nigel Maxwell/ paNOW Staff)
Calgary Flames, James Neal start relationship repair after playoff-game benching
CALGARY - Amid the fallout from the Calgary Flames' early playoff ejection is a frayed relationship with James Neal. The veteran winger was a healthy scratch for the first time in ...
Apr 23, 2019
Saudi Arabia beheads 37 for terrorism crimes; most Shiites
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Saudi Arabia on Tuesday beheaded 37 Saudi citizens, most of them minority Shiites, in a mass execution across the country for alleged terrorism-related crimes. It also pu...
Apr 23, 2019
Raiders' education fund seeing benefits from team's impressive season
The continued success of the Prince Albert Raiders hockey club over the past season and into the playoffs has contributed to an increase in support for the team's education fund as well, thanks to blo...
Apr 23, 2019 One lucky fan took home just over $15,000 at a Raider playoff game over the weekend. (Charlene Tebbutt/paNOW Staff)
Moe urges feds to help canola farmers ‘immediately’
Premier Scott Moe is pushing the federal government to move quickly to help canola farmers who are facing an unsure market as the dispute with China continues.Moe tweeted photos of a letter Tuesday mo...
Apr 23, 2019 Premier Scott Moe. (file photo/CKOM News Staff)
SaskPower looking for location of utility-scale solar project
The province is looking for some bright ideas on a new utility-scale solar power project.SaskPower wants to build a 10-megawatt (MW) solar power project but has not decided on a location. SaskPower is...
Apr 23, 2019 (Submitted photo/CJME)
Saskatchewan again asking Ottawa to help canola farmers after China ban
REGINA - Saskatchewan's premier is again asking Ottawa to increase its cash advances to canola farmers. Scott Moe says in a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, posted on Twitter, that he's b...
Apr 23, 2019
Michelle Obama headlines college signing day event at UCLA
LOS ANGELES - Former first lady Michelle Obama and a host of celebrities will join thousands of students to celebrate college signing day. Obama, Conan O'Brien, Kelly Rowland, Bebe Rexha, Jesse Willia...
Apr 23, 2019
Protecting nature also fights climate change, says federal environment minister
Federal Environment Minister Catherine McKenna says there's more than one way to fight climate change. Speaking ahead of an international conservation conference, McKenna says protecting natural areas...
Apr 23, 2019
Feds to offer provinces fast-track reviews for flood projects, Champagne says
OTTAWA - Infrastructure Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne says he is willing to fast-track reviews of projects that could help communities deal with floods as part of an offer to provinces and...
Apr 23, 2019
