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Winter conditions plague Saskatchewan highways
A combination of rain, snow and wind made for treacherous driving conditions on Saturday morning."Wet, subject to freezing and icy and slippery (conditions) is pretty much blanketing the province," Hi...
Nov 09, 2019 Conditions on Highway 10 near Avonhurst on Nov. 9, 2019. (Highway Hotline)
Under fire over immigration plan, Quebec premier takes solace in positive Facebook reviews
QUEBEC - Under fire from the higher education and business communities for his immigration reforms, Quebec Premier Francois Legault pointed Thursday to the positive reviews of his gover...
Nov 09, 2019
Ex-Blue Jay Devon Travis opts for free agency instead of trip to minors
TORONTO - Former Toronto Blue Jays second baseman Devon Travis has declined his assignment to triple-A Buffalo and elected to become a free agent. Injuries have troubled Travis for years. He...
Nov 09, 2019
Rural residents encouraged to sign up to join new Rural Crime Watch group
Concerned citizens in rural areas North of the Battlefords are being encouraged to join a Rural Crime Watch group being formed for the area.They can sign up at any of the partnering area municipalitie...
Nov 09, 2019 There is a call out for people to sign up to join a Rural Crime Watch group being formed for the area North of the Battlefords. (File photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Hundreds of thousands evacuated ahead of Bangladesh cyclone
DHAKA, Bangladesh - With a strong cyclone approaching Bangladesh on Saturday, authorities used more than 50,000 volunteers and officials to evacuate hundreds of thousands of people to shelters across ...
Nov 09, 2019
Friday's Scoreboard
Here are the results from Friday...WHLTri-City 4, Calgary 3 (SO)Medicine Hat 8, Kelowna 5Lethbridge 4, Edmonton 3 (SO)Moose Jaw 3, Winnipeg 2Prince Albert 6, Brandon 3Victoria 3, Prince George 2 (SO)S...
Nov 09, 2019 (File photo/paNOW Staff)
Riders keep busy during playoff bye week
The Saskatchewan Roughriders were back on the practice field Friday, even though their next opponent remains a mystery.The Roughriders will host either the Calgary Stampeders or Winnipeg Blue Bombers ...
Nov 09, 2019 Saskatchewan Roughriders head coach Craig Dickenson. (File photo courtesy of the Saskatchewan Roughriders)
UK police ID all 39 Vietnamese victims found in truck
LONDON - UK police say they have formally identified the 39 people found dead in a container truck in southeastern England and notified their families in the apparent people-smuggling tragedy. The aut...
Nov 09, 2019
Father charged with 1st-degree murder in deaths of two boys
BRAMPTON, Ont. - Officers responding to a late-night medical call from a Toronto-area home discovered the bodies of two boys, police said Thursday as they charged the children's father with murder. Ed...
Nov 09, 2019
Bones found almost 50 years ago recognized as B.C.'s first dinosaur species
VICTORIA - A geologist's discovery of a mysterious claw in rocks along a rail line in British Columbia's northern wilderness almost 50 years ago has led to the recognition of the first dinosaur specie...
Nov 09, 2019