Author Archives:
Quebec cattle farmers want Beyond Meat to stop marketing itself as plant-based meat
MONTREAL - Cattle producers across the country are backing Quebec colleagues who have filed a complaint over a popular new meatless burger that is being advertised as "plant-based meat....
May 15, 2019
Former US President Jimmy Carter has surgery for broken hip
ATLANTA - Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter broke his hip Monday at his south Georgia home when he fell while leaving to go turkey hunting, a spokeswoman for the Carter Center said. The 94-year-old f...
May 15, 2019
Local teen extracted from baby swing
You may have heard of a cat caught in a tree, but how about a teenager caught in a baby swing.This happened Monday night at Prince Albert's Kinsmen Park. The City's Deputy Fire Chief Alex Paul told pa...
May 15, 2019 (Nigel Maxwell/ paNOW Staff)
Area airport set to see improvements
The Birch Hills Airport will be able to make some valuable upgrades with new funding from the provincial government. Last week the Government of Saskatchewan announced nine municipal airports in the p...
May 15, 2019 The Birch Hills Airport is going to be getting some upgrades soon. (submitted photo/Bryce Meyer)
Army to remain in Quebec flood zones to help with cleanup operations
MONTREAL - The Canadian Forces will maintain soldiers in Quebec to remove sandbags and restore critical infrastructure in communities hit by flooding, Brig.-Gen. Jennie Carignan said Monday. And ...
May 15, 2019
Canada's feminist policy a perfect fit for South Sudan, says UN refugee official
OTTAWA - Canada could find a win for its feminist foreign policy in the spiralling famine and refugee crisis gripping South Sudan and neighbouring African countries, says a senior United Nations offic...
May 15, 2019
Scheer says Trudeau is a hypocrite who is using climate change as distraction
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says he will support a Liberal motion declaring climate change a national emergency if the Liberals agree to amend it to admit their climate-change plan...
May 15, 2019
B.C. to hold public inquiry into money laundering
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government will hold a public inquiry into money laundering. Premier John Horgan says money laundering has had numerous impacts on people in the province...
May 15, 2019
'Break from Drake': Milwaukee radio station bans rapper's music during Raptors-Bucks series
TORONTO - A Milwaukee radio station is giving superstar Drake the silent treatment heading into the NBA Eastern Conference Finals. Hosts of morning show Riggs & Alley announced this week they've&n...
May 15, 2019
Fishing season opens door for northern economy
Saskatchewan gets a bad rap for being flat, but our province makes up for that stigma with great natural resources, including fishing.Anglers in the Lakeland had May 15, marked on their calendar as th...
May 15, 2019 Anglers in the Lakeland may now break out the rod and reel. (Ronald Quaroni/paNOW Staff)
