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Scheer vows internal free-trade deal as part of vision for stronger federation
OTTAWA - Andrew Scheer is promising that a Conservative government would negotiate a deal to eliminate trade barriers among Canada's provinces. The Conservative leader made the commitment Tuesday...
Jun 06, 2019
Machine in public works yard causes fire
A nasty fire at the public works yard on 10th Street East this morning turned out to be a piece of operating equipment that caught alight. The PA Fire Department was called to the incident around 8:15...
Jun 06, 2019 Crews were able to get to the piece of equipment that was ablaze and ventilate the toxic fumes. (Glenn Hicks/paNOW Staff)
Local Jiu-Jitsu student prepares for big fight
Some of the best grapplers in the province will be competing Friday night in Saskatoon at the latest Modern Fighting Championship event (MFC3), and a man from Prince Albert is on the card.Lee Gareau, ...
Jun 06, 2019 Lee Gareau with Instructor Corey Lillis. (Nigel Maxwell/paNOW Staff)
Policing community eyes change after missing, murdered Indigenous women inquiry
OTTAWA - Melanie Morrison says her sister went missing in June 2006 - a unusual disappearance because she was a young mother. She says when their mom went to police, her sister was presumed to be "out...
Jun 06, 2019
Dickenson isn’t stressing about Riders’ pre-season record
Craig Dickenson won't get preoccupied over the pre-season.The Saskatchewan Roughriders go into Thursday's game against the visiting Winnipeg Blue Bombers with an 0-1 record in the 2019 CFL's exhibitio...
Jun 06, 2019 Craig Dickenson. (file photo/CKOM News Staff)
Leaders of white supremacist prison gang charged in killings
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Leaders of the Aryan Brotherhood prison gang were charged Thursday with directing killings and drug smuggling from within California's most secure prisons, U.S. prosecutors said. ...
Jun 06, 2019
Trudeau pushes ratification of new NAFTA despite U.S. tariff threat on Mexico
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada is moving forward with ratifying the new North American trade deal despite fresh tensions between Mexico and the United States. He says Canada i...
Jun 06, 2019
Toronto Wolfpack forward Darcy Lussick barred entry by British customs
TORONTO - The complexities of being a transatlantic rugby league team were highlighted this week with British border officials refusing entry to Toronto Wolfpack forward Darcy Lussick. The 29-year-old...
Jun 06, 2019
China wants to fix 'serious difficulties' with Canada by meeting halfway: envoy
OTTAWA - China's ambassador to Canada says his government wants to end the countries' impasse but won't give way on two of Canada's major complaints. "Indeed, the bilateral relatio...
Jun 06, 2019
Philippines lifts Canadian travel ban but no return of ambassador yet
OTTAWA - The Philippines is slowly normalizing diplomatic relations with Canada now that the trash tiff of 2019 has come to a close. Philippine executive secretary Salvador Medialdea issued a memo to ...
Jun 06, 2019
