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SHA shows off new children's hospital
Thursday was a big day for the Jim Pattison Children's Hospital as the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) officially took possession of the new building.Corey Miller, vice president of provincial pro...
May 02, 2019 The reception desk for the pediatric unit at the new Jim Pattison Children's Hospital in Saskatoon (Michael Joel-Hansen/paNOW Staff)
CP NewsAlert: Toronto Argos take OL Shane Richards first in CFL draft
TORONTO - The Toronto Argonauts selected offensive lineman Shane Richards with the first pick in the CFL Canadian college draft Thursday night. Toronto secured the first overall selection after p...
May 02, 2019
Mueller frustrated with Barr over portrayal of findings
WASHINGTON - Special counsel Robert Mueller expressed frustration to Attorney General William Barr last month about how the findings of his Russia investigation were being portrayed, saying he worried...
May 02, 2019
Justin Bieber working with YouTube on 'top secret project'
NEW YORK - Justin Bieber got his start posting cover songs on YouTube and now he's working with the platform on a "top secret project." YouTube announced Thursday that it is planning a project with th...
May 02, 2019
Student tackled campus gunman, slain while saving lives
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A North Carolina college student tackled a gunman who opened fire in his classroom, saving others' lives but losing his own in the process, police said Wednesday. Riley Howell, 21, w...
May 02, 2019
Government rebates ‘good start,’ says electric vehicle advocate
You have to look pretty hard to find an electric vehicle in Saskatchewan.According to SGI data, there were barely more than 100 on the road as of February.Jason Cruickshank, founder of the advocacy gr...
May 02, 2019 (file photo/CKOM News Staff)
Convicted poacher back in court
A Prince Albert-area man who engaged in illegal hunting activities four years ago and was fined over $6,000, is again accused of hunting violations. Douglas Carl Risling, 59, appeared Tuesday at Princ...
May 02, 2019 (Dreamstime)
19-year-old director wins top award at Tribeca Film Festival
NEW YORK - Nineteen-year-old filmmaker Phillip Youmans has won the top award at the Tribeca Film Festival. "Burning Cane," which Youmans finished as a 17-year-old graduating high school, on Thursday t...
May 02, 2019
The Giants have landed
It might've been a comfortable flight for the Vancouver Giants, but members were hit with chillier temperatures when they landed in Prince Albert. The temperature at the time of their arrival was 7 Ce...
May 02, 2019 Prince Albert Mayor Greg Dionne helps welcome the Giants' team to Prince Albert. (Nigel Maxwell/ paNOW Staff)
Raiders’ Brownlee rounds up the 2019 Raider draft
After winning the Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy, the Prince Albert Raiders had to allow the rest of the teams in the WHL have a chance to select before them in the 2019 WHL Bantam Draft. But according ...
May 02, 2019 The Raiders kicked off their draft by selecting Niall Crocker in the opening round of the 2019 WHL Bantam Draft. (Garrett James/Twitter)
