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Pittsburgh takes Canadian-born receiver Claypool in second round of NFL draft
The Pittsburgh Steelers selected Canadian receiver Chase Claypool in the second round of the NFL draft Friday night. Claypool was the 17th player taken in the round, 49th overall. Claypool, ...
Apr 24, 2020
Sask. RCMP respond to 78 COVID-19-related calls in the past week, one charge laid
From April 17 to Thursday inclusive, Saskatchewan RCMP had 78 calls for service related to COVID-19 and laid one charge.RCMP received 43 complaints of social gatherings of more than 10 people, eight c...
Apr 24, 2020 (CKOM News Staff)
Vancouver Whitecaps look to help financially troubled aquarium survive
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Whitecaps have joined forces with the Vancouver Aquarium to sell face masks with proceeds going to help keep the financially troubled aquarium afloat. The aquarium, a not-for...
Apr 24, 2020
Residents can book campsites starting next month
The Government of Saskatchewan has released a schedule for when people can start reserving campsites at the province's parks.In a media release sent out Friday morning the province set a range of date...
Apr 24, 2020 Starting next month Saskatchewan residents will be able to start booking campsites online. (File Photo/paNOW Staff)
U.S. seals the deal on USMCA, says trade agreement can now take effect July 1
WASHINGTON - The United States has cleared the way for its long-awaited trade agreement with Canada and Mexico to go into effect July 1. The U.S. notified its North American trading partners...
Apr 24, 2020
Indigenous leaders say opening province 'too soon', install regional perimeter check points in the North
Northern municipal leaders are implementing a series of regional perimeter check points on the main arteries coming in and out of Saskatchewan's Northwest region as well as reserve check points to hel...
Apr 24, 2020 (Northern Saskatchewan Administration District/ Government of Saskatchewan)
NHL's hub-city concept intrigues Flames general manager Brad Treliving
CALGARY - Where, when and how are Calgary Flames general manager Brad Treliving's questions for the NHL as the league considers a hub-city concept to resume the season. There were 189 g...
Apr 24, 2020
COVID-19 will force feds to reconsider health-care funding, Trudeau says
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the government will have to consider increasing health-care funding after seeing the toll the novel coronavirus has taken on the country. Before the pa...
Apr 24, 2020
'We miss the kids so much': P.A. teachers show appreciation for students
Staff and students at Arthur Pechey and W.J. Berezowsky school took to the streets Friday to show their appreciation for one another.As a result of COVID-19, schools have been shut down since mid-Marc...
Apr 24, 2020 Students at Arthur Pechey school eagerly await a special opportunity to see their teachers again. (Nigel Maxwell/ paNOW Staff)
RCMP offer details about timeline for mass killing in Nova Scotia
HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia RCMP provided a partial timeline of what happened last weekend when a man posing as an RCMP officer killed 22 people before he was fatally shot by police on Sunday - a little...
Apr 24, 2020
