Author Archives:
Minor baseball players get early start
Baseball season my still be a little while off, but some young Prince Albert players are working to get ready.Wednesday afternoon at the Alfred Jenkins Field House, players took to the turf to take pa...
Feb 19, 2020 Garnet Jensen pitches as players warm up with wiffle ball Wednesday afternoon. (Michael Joel-Hansen/paNOW Staff)
'She saved my life': man thanks dog for early morning alarm
A six-month old German Shepherd and Labrador cross named Princess is being hailed as a hero.According to Ross McKenzie, he and his three friends would never have escaped a house fire in Prince Albert'...
Feb 19, 2020 Princess, the German Shepherd/Lab cross. (submitted photo/Caroline Brittain)
CFLPA says new playoff proposal still remains in discussion stages
TORONTO - The CFL Players Association says it hasn't signed off on commissioner Randy Ambrosie's proposed new playoff format. The CFL commissioner said Tuesday the league's innovation committee, ...
Feb 19, 2020
Beilein resigns as Cavaliers coach after failed NBA run
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio - John Beilein didn't make it through one NBA season. Another college coaching dropout. Wildly successful at Michigan and other stops in his coaching career, Beilein resigned Wednes...
Feb 19, 2020
FSIN not surprised by Scheer’s ‘check their privilege’ comment
The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) calls a recent comment by Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer disturbing and offensive but not surprising.On Friday, Scheer spoke to media at the pa...
Feb 19, 2020 Bobby Cameron, chief of the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations. (CKOM)
Peck leads Canadian Challenge sled dog race
The northern lights were dancing as mushers and their sled dog teams made their way through the Boreal forest as part of the Canadian Challenge.Amanda Grant from Unity, Sask. crossed the finish line f...
Feb 19, 2020 Musher Aaron Peck arrives at a rest stop Wednesday during the Canadian Challenge Sled Dog Race. (Facebook/Canadian Challenge)
Moisture discrepancies hurt farmers
The Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) is conducting research on grain moisture testers commonly used in the agriculture sector.CGC issued a memorandum on Feb. 3 when concerns were raised about inconsist...
Feb 19, 2020 A common Labtronics grain tester found on many Saskatchewan farms (submitted photo/Andrew Hawrysh)
Standards for coronavirus protection to be reviewed, health agency says
OTTAWA - The Public Health Agency of Canada says it will review its protocols for health-care workers after nurses' unions denounced the national guidelines set out for dealing with the...
Feb 19, 2020
Quebec boxing promoter says he didn't invite criminal bikers in ringside seats
MONTREAL - Quebec boxing promoter Yvon Michel says he doesn't know the criminal bikers who showed up at one of his events last September and he never gave any of them tickets. Michel testifi...
Feb 19, 2020
Top judge says judiciary must decide what training judges need
OTTAWA - The chief justice of Canada says the judiciary must be free to decide what training and education judges need to do their jobs well. Richard Wagner's comments in a speech to the Can...
Feb 19, 2020
