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Organ donation advocate applauds funds for provincial registry in budget
A North Battleford organ donation advocate is applauding moves by the province to earmark dollars to create a provincial organ donor registry.The $558,000 in funding was included in the Saskatchewan g...
Mar 25, 2019 Cheryl Olson is a two time heart transplant recipient and welcomes new money in the provincial budget to create a provincial organ donor registry. (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Man charged in stabbing of Montreal priest sent for psychiatric evaluation
MONTREAL - A man charged with the attempted murder of a Montreal priest has been sent to a psychiatric hospital for evaluation. The Crown and defence agreed that Vlad Cristian Eremia should go to...
Mar 25, 2019
Refugee who sheltered Edward Snowden in Hong Kong en route to Canada
A woman who helped shelter former CIA whistleblower Edward Snowden when he fled to Hong Kong is coming with her daughter to Canada after being granted refugee status. Their lawyer Rober...
Mar 25, 2019
Kansas' new Democratic governor vetoes GOP tax relief bill
TOPEKA, Kan. - Kansas' new Democratic governor on Monday vetoed a tax relief bill approved by the Republican-controlled Legislature, arguing it would repeat an infamous fiscal experiment that failed u...
Mar 25, 2019
Family members celebrate birthday of late 'Queen of Soul'
DETROIT - Family members are celebrating Aretha Franklin on what would have been the Queen of Soul's 77th birthday with a memorial service and a screening of a documentary film. The service was held M...
Mar 25, 2019
Brazilian judge orders release of former president Temer
RIO DE JANEIRO - A Rio de Janeiro federal judge has ordered the release of former President Michel Temer from jail. Judge Antonio Ivan Athie says in Monday's ruling that there's no need to jail Temer ...
Mar 25, 2019
Helicopters rescue Norway cruise ship passengers amid storm
HELSINKI - Rescue workers off Norway's western coast rushed to evacuate 1,300 passengers and crew from a disabled cruise ship by helicopter on Saturday, winching them one-by-one to safety as heaving w...
Mar 25, 2019
Sources say Trudeau rejected Wilson-Raybould's conservative pick for high court
OTTAWA - Jody Wilson-Raybould recommended in 2017 that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau nominate a conservative Manitoba judge to be chief justice of the Supreme Court, even though he wasn't a sitti...
Mar 25, 2019
Trudeau sells housing plan in visit to hot real estate market in B.C.
MAPLE RIDGE, B.C. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau touted efforts by the Liberal government to help first-time homebuyers put more down on their mortgages during a visit to a region of the co...
Mar 25, 2019
P.A. pumps projected to see another rise in petrol price
Filling up your gas tank in Prince Albert is going to take a bigger bite out of your wallet.Dan McTeague, a senior petroleum analyst at GasBuddy.com said since the beginning of March there has been an...
Mar 25, 2019 Driving by gas stations in Prince Albert, motorists may have noticed an increase in pump prices.(File photo/paNOW Staff)
