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Pinehouse teen a whiz at solving Rubik's Cube
The Rubik's Cube has baffled and frustrated people for over 40 years, but a 13-year-old boy from the northern village of Pinehouse has mastered it. A recent video submitted for the 'Pinehouse Got Tale...
May 02, 2020 Andrew Netmaker makes impressive short work of his Rubik's Cubes. (Facebook/ Dustin Lariviere)
'Invasion of privacy': Watchdogs concerned about apps tracking COVID-19 patients
VANCOUVER - Privacy watchdogs are voicing concerns over proposals across the country to implement smartphone apps to help track COVID-19. New Brunswick, Manitoba, Newfoundland and Labrador, and Saskat...
May 02, 2020
New head of Alberta Energy Regulator wants to rebuild confidence in leadership
CALGARY - Like a sports coach coming off a disappointing season, the new head of the agency that regulates Alberta's heavily challenged energy industry knows he's got some work to do. "One (goal) is r...
May 02, 2020
PM, ministers, Tam take break from daily updates on COVID-19 pandemic
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, his ministers and top public health officials are taking a rare break today from the daily briefings they've been providing since the COVID-19 pandemic shut dow...
May 02, 2020
Women's soccer claim of unequal pay tossed, can argue travel
A federal judge threw out the unequal pay claim by players on the U.S. women's national soccer team in a surprising loss for the defending World Cup champions but allowed their allegation of discrimin...
May 01, 2020
N Korea's Kim Jong Un appears in public amid health rumours
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made his first public appearance in 20 days as he celebrated the completion of a fertilizer factory near Pyongyang, state media said Saturda...
May 01, 2020
Excessive CERB payments: what's an accident and what's fraud
It's been nearly one month since the federal government launched the Canadian Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) program on April 6.The CERB, which provides Canadian residents facing unemployment due t...
May 01, 2020 (Government of Canada, CRA)
Women's soccer claim of unequal pay tossed, can argue travel
A federal judge threw out the unequal pay claim by players on the U.S. women's national soccer team but allowed their allegation of discriminatory travel accommodations and medical support services to...
May 01, 2020
Union trying to stop Alberta meat plant with COVID-19 outbreak from reopening
CALGARY - A union is trying to halt the planned reopening of an Alberta beef-packing plant that has been the site of a major COVID-19 outbreak. There have been 921 cases of the virus at th...
May 01, 2020
Battlefords non-profits receive relief funding from Cameco
North Battleford is among several communities that will receive COVID-19 relief funding from Cameco.The company is supporting 67 community projects in Saskatoon and northern Saskatchewan, including Th...
May 01, 2020 Cameco is supplying funding to non-profits across northern Saskatchewan, including the Battlefords Interval House. (fIle photo/paNOW Staff)