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Local producer lines up 13th country music awards gig
This weekend's 30th Saskatchewan Country Music Awards in Saskatoon will have a strong Prince Albert pulse beating backstage as well as upon it.Paul Lomheim, the marketing coordinator for Northern Ligh...
Apr 11, 2019 Local musician and producer Paul Lomheim hanging out at the Northern Lights Casino's Starlight Lounge. He'll be working under a lot more lights, and pressure come Saturday for the 30th edition of the Saskatchewan Country Music Awards in Saskatoon. (Glenn Hicks/paNOW Staff)
Right-wing group's brief on immigration shouldn't be played up: Legault
Quebec Premier Francois Legault says a far-right group whose opinions on a government immigration bill were published on the legislature website this week has the right to express ...
Apr 11, 2019
Canadian golfer Corey Conners is talk of the town in Listowel, Ont.
Residents of a small town in Southern Ontario were glued to their televisions on Thursday, rooting for a local hero playing on one of golf's biggest stages. Corey Conners, a 2...
Apr 11, 2019
Ex-Obama WH counsel charged with lying about lobbying work
WASHINGTON - Former Obama administration White House counsel Greg Craig was indicted Thursday on charges of making false statements and concealing information in a Justice Department foreign lobbying ...
Apr 11, 2019
Feds plan to limit uses of 'neonic' pesticides, but outright ban still likely
OTTAWA - Federal scientists are finalizing restrictions on a much-used class of pesticides to try to protect bees. The recommendations could be moot in less than a year, however, if the same agen...
Apr 11, 2019
Hospitalized Taylor Swift fan gets flowers, note from singer
NASHVILLE - A Kentucky woman recovering in the hospital from a car crash says her favourite singer, Taylor Swift, sent her flowers and a handwritten note. Lindsey Sizemore told WTVF-TV in Nashville th...
Apr 11, 2019
Senate confirms ex-lobbyist David Bernhardt to lead Interior
WASHINGTON - The Senate has confirmed acting Interior Secretary David Bernhardt to lead the department on a permanent basis, despite complaints by Democrats that the former oil and gas lobbyist used h...
Apr 11, 2019
Liberals nix opposition motion for investigation into top-court selection leak
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals have used their majority on a House of Commons committee to block an opposition attempt to investigate the leak of confidential information about applicants for a se...
Apr 11, 2019
Civil-rights and legal orgs urge Trudeau to drop asylum changes
OTTAWA - A group of civil-society and legal organizations has sent a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau denouncing changes to asylum laws included in a Liberal budget bill tabled this week, ...
Apr 11, 2019
Loughlin, husband, others hit with money laundering charge
BOSTON - Federal prosecutors added money laundering to the list of accusations against actress Lori Loughlin, her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, and 14 other prominent parents Tuesday in...
Apr 11, 2019
