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SaskPower to replace underground lines
SaskPower is putting shovels in the ground this summer.The power utility plans to spend $15 million replacing underground cables and installing duct work across the province. The work is slated to tak...
Jul 16, 2019 SaskPower will be digging up underground lines this summer in a number of cities including P.A. (File Photo/paNOW Staff)
New head coach Nick Nurse preparing Canada for long FIBA World Cup run
TORONTO - Nick Nurse is going to prepare Canada's men's basketball team for a long haul. A group of 29 players - including 17 NBAers - were invited to Canada's training camp on Tuesday ahead of t...
Jul 16, 2019
Chuckwagon safety questioned after Calgary Stampede
A high number of horse deaths during the 2019 Calgary Stampede chuckwagon races has led to some calling for the event to be banned.A total of six horses died during this year's races, bringing the num...
Jul 16, 2019 A photo of the chuckwagon races during Sport Days in 2017. (File photo/paNOW Staff)
Canada opts for blend of experience and youth for rugby sevens Pan Am teams
Some familiar faces will be missing as Canada looks to defend its Pan American Games titles in men's and women's rugby sevens. Injuries and the desire to rest some veterans and to test ...
Jul 16, 2019
Arbitrator upholds CFL’s suspension against Ticats’ linebacker Lawrence
TORONTO - The Hamilton Tiger-Cats will be without linebacker Simoni Lawrence for two games.Arbitrator William Kaplan rejected Lawrence's appeal Tuesday of the two-game suspension levied against him la...
Jul 16, 2019 (Submitted photo/CKOM News)
Former gun panel chair Jack Major says committee was 'an afterthought' for feds
OTTAWA - A former chairman of the federal advisory panel on firearms says he found the committee to be a well-meaning but ultimately pointless exercise because members were not all...
Jul 16, 2019
Powell says financial crisis accelerated economic changes
WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Tuesday that the 2008 financial crisis accelerated major changes in the U.S. and global economies, leading to slower growth, lower inflation an...
Jul 16, 2019
P.A. group accused of robbery to face preliminary inquiry
All four members of a Prince Albert group accused of committing a string of robberies are set for preliminary inquiries.The two women in the case, 22-year-old Rikki Steinkey and 23-year-old Tonisha Fu...
Jul 16, 2019 Melfort Provincial Court. (file photo/northeastNOW Staff)
Lawyer sentenced to 5 years for scamming Barkley, others
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A lawyer convicted of swindling NBA star Charles Barkley and using the name of former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to bolster an investment scam was sentenced to five years i...
Jul 16, 2019
City to request more funding from province for bus pass subsidy
The money the City receives from the province to offset the cost of discounted bus passes, is not enough according to council and they've asked that a letter be sent to Regina to request more.The curr...
Jul 16, 2019 (File photo/ paNOW Staff)
