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Two men killed in separate snowmobile incidents over the weekend
The RCMP responded to two fatal snowmobile crashes over the weekend.On Friday night, the Outlook RCMP responded to a single-snowmobile collision in the RM of Fertile Valley. A 44-year-old man was pron...
Feb 26, 2020 (Saskatchewan RCMP)

Pioneering black NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson dies
Katherine Johnson, a mathematician who calculated rocket trajectories and earth orbits for NASA's early space missions and was later portrayed in the 2016 hit film "Hidden Figures," about pioneering b...
Feb 26, 2020

Death toll rises to 22 from Delhi riots during Trump trip
NEW DELHI - At least 22 people were killed and 189 injured in three days of clashes in New Delhi that coincided with U.S. President Donald Trump's first state visit to India, with the death toll expec...
Feb 26, 2020

US, South Korea militaries face new enemy in viral outbreak
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - The U.S. and South Korean militaries, used to being on guard for threats from North Korea, face a new and formidable enemy that could hurt battle readiness: a virus spreadi...
Feb 26, 2020

Teachers’ union, province have ‘productive’ discussion
Parents with kids in school can likely breathe a sigh of relief, at least for this week.Patrick Maze, the president of the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation (STF), said his meeting Tuesday with Educat...
Feb 26, 2020 (File photo/CJME News Staff)

'No way out': Demographics drive GOP nosedive on West Coast
BEND, Ore. - In the early 1990s, the population of Bend was around 25,000 and leaned Republican. A lumber mill operated along the banks of the Deschutes River in Oregon's high-desert country. Today, t...
Feb 26, 2020

Roseneath Theatre's OUTSIDE Touring with OSAC
Roseneath Theatre - "Outside" (ON) for Grades 7-12 audiences will be touring March 2-March 9 with OSAC's Performing Arts in Schools Programwww.roseneath.caOutside is the story of Daniel, a teen who tr...
Feb 26, 2020

Actor Jussie Smollett pleads not guilty to restored charges
CHICAGO - Former "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett pleaded not guilty Monday to restored charges that accuse him of staging a racist, homophobic attack against himself last year in Chicago and falsely re...
Feb 26, 2020

Virus outbreak keeps global markets in check
LONDON - Share prices around the world, particularly in Japan, took a hit Tuesday amid mounting fears about the economic impact of the new coronavirus outbreak. An anticipated solid opening on Wall St...
Feb 26, 2020

Brazil confirms first coronavirus case in Latin America
RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazil's government confirmed on Wednesday that a 61-year-old Brazilian man who travelled to Italy this month has Latin America's first confirmed case of the contagious new coronaviru...
Feb 26, 2020