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Street sweeping gets underway
An estimated eight-week street sweeping process is getting underway in Prince Albert and after the brutal winter there is a lot more sand and debris to remove."It'll slow us down somewhat but we shoul...
Apr 12, 2019 On most of the city's streets the remnants of the harsh winter are extensive.(Glenn Hicks/paNOW Staff)
Broncos player to be remembered with hockey day in Saskatoon
Friends, family and their supporters will be gathering this weekend to play hockey in memory of one of the players killed in the Humboldt Broncos bus tragedy.Evan Thomas was among 16 people who died a...
Apr 12, 2019 (file photo/CKOM News Staff)
NDP legislators urge Ottawa to provide 'stable funding' to Indigenous Theatre
New Democrat legislators are calling on the Liberal government to reconsider a decision that denies funding to the National Arts Centre's Indigenous Theatre. Five NDP members of parliament signed...
Apr 12, 2019
Raptors and Leafs playoff games highlight Toronto's super Saturday
TORONTO - When Nick Nurse sat down at his post-practice media availability on Friday, a reporter remarked "Nice hat." The Raptors coach was wearing a Toronto Maple Leafs cap, a gif...
Apr 12, 2019
Assange arrest leads to interest in book of Vidal interviews
NEW YORK - The arrest of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has made a book of interviews with Gore Vidal an unexpected bestseller. Assange was carrying a copy of "Gore Vidal: History of the National Se...
Apr 12, 2019
Lakers, coach Luke Walton part ways after 3 losing seasons
LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles Lakers say they have mutually agreed to part ways with coach Luke Walton after three losing seasons. Lakers general manager Rob Pelinka announced Walton's departure Frida...
Apr 12, 2019
Fox host questions whether Omar is 'an American first.'
NEW YORK - Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar said Wednesday that Fox News Channel host Brian Kilmeade is guilty of a "dangerous incitement" for questioning her loyalty to the United States, since she's been t...
Apr 12, 2019
Canadian international Janine Beckie signs contract extension with Man City
TORONTO - Canadian international forward Janine Beckie has signed a one-year contract extension with Manchester City. Beckie, 24, joined the English club last August on a one-year deal from ...
Apr 12, 2019
Drive-in theatre returning to Gateway Mall
A little piece of nostalgia is returning to the Gateway Mall, in the form of a drive-in theatre on the roof.The mall's General Manager Sharon Faul said the plan is to run the drive-in from mid May unt...
Apr 12, 2019 View of the drive-in at the mall in August, 2011. (Facebook/ Kevin Tetz)
Feds win 'interim interim' stay for 15-day cap on solitary confinement
TORONTO - The federal government won't have to comply immediately with a court decision that limited solitary confinement to 15 consecutive days, the Supreme Court of Canada has decided. In granting O...
Apr 12, 2019
