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Vermette re-introduces bill aimed at establishing provincial suicide strategy
Cumberland MLA Doyle Vermette wants the Saskatchewan Party to work with him in passing Bill 618, also known as The Saskatchewan Strategy for Suicide Prevention Act.The bill was re-introduced Tuesday i...
Nov 05, 2019 Doyle Vermette introduced the bill for the first time in 2018. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)
Osborne-Paradis launching comeback after last year's gruesome leg injury
TORONTO - Between the titanium plates and the 13 screws assembled in a mish-mash array of angles, his X-ray looks like a pile of Pick-Up Sticks. It's almost a year ago to the day that Manuel Osborne-P...
Nov 05, 2019
Investigating cop testifies she heard Dafonte Miller scream about being beaten
OSHAWA, Ont. - The trial of two Toronto-area brothers accused of brutally beating a black teen nearly three years ago took a surprise turn Tuesday when an officer who responded to the incident recalle...
Nov 05, 2019
U.S. to host women's Olympic soccer qualifier with 2 tickets to Tokyo on the line
The U.S. will host the CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament in early 2020. Canada will be one of eight countries vying for two berth in the 2020 Olympic soccer field in Tokyo. The host ...
Nov 05, 2019
Stepping Up: Footwork adjustment pays dividends for Canada's Shapovalov
The 2019 tennis season has been a tale of two campaigns for Canada's Denis Shapovalov. He struggled at times early in the year and had middling results over the clay and grass port...
Nov 05, 2019
Different lineups the norm for Team Scheidegger this curling season
There have been a lot of moving parts on Team Scheidegger this season, and that fluidity will continue into the New Year. With skip Casey Scheidegger due to give birth to her seco...
Nov 05, 2019
Sask. homeowners have highest unpaid mortgage rate in Canada, report shows
When it comes to making mortgage payments on time, Saskatchewan homeowners are the worst in the country, according to a report from the Canadian Bankers Association.The report shows that as of June 30...
Nov 05, 2019
Acclaimed novelist Ernest Gaines dies at 86
NEW ROADS, La. - Novelist Ernest J. Gaines, whose poor childhood on a small Louisiana plantation town germinated the stories of black struggles that grew into universal stories of grace and beauty, ha...
Nov 05, 2019
Support pours in for Sask. couple hurt in crash near Prince Albert
A Saskatchewan woman about to attend her first Roughrider game is instead fighting for her life in hospital after a devastating highway collision.On Saturday morning, Ashley and Matt Klassen, a couple...
Nov 05, 2019 A crowd funding campaign reached its goal in one day for a Saskatchewan couple injured in a head-on collision on November 2nd, 2019 (Submitted)
Liberal win in Montreal's Hochelaga stands after Bloc withdraws recount request
OTTAWA - A judicial recount in the Montreal riding of Hochelaga has been cancelled midway through the process. The Bloc Quebecois asked for the recount following the initial count on election day on O...
Nov 05, 2019