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Meadow Lake real estate market experiences significant change
The Saskatchewan Realtors Association is leading the nation in a single provincial real estate board for real estate professionals and consumers. Wally Lorenz, the office manager of RE/MAX of the Batt...
Jan 08, 2020 (Nicole Reis/meadowlakeNOW Staff)

Oscars to go host-less for 2nd straight year on ABC
PASADENA, Calif. - The Oscars are going without a host again this year. ABC Entertainment President Karey Burke said the Feb. 9 telecast will focus on what worked last year: "huge entertainment value,...
Jan 08, 2020

New Argos head coach likes what he sees on tape from veteran Bethel-Thompson
New Toronto Argonauts head coach Ryan Dinwiddie likes what he's seen on tape from veteran quarterback McLeod Bethel-Thompson. Bethel-Thompson was just 4-9 as Toronto's starter last season but gui...
Jan 08, 2020

Iranian-Americans delayed, questioned at border, fuelling fears of profiling
WASHINGTON - North American residents of Iranian descent and their advocates were sounding the racial-profiling alarm Monday after scores of them were subjected to intensive questi...
Jan 08, 2020

Alberta senator wants prime minister and cabinet to meet in the province
OTTAWA - A senator from Alberta is inviting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to hold a cabinet meeting in the province. Doug Black says he has written a letter to Trudeau urging him to bring his cab...
Jan 08, 2020

Prince Harry and Meghan to 'step back' as senior UK royals
LONDON - In a stunning declaration, Britain's Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, said they are planning "to step back" as senior members of the royal family and "work to become financially independent...
Jan 08, 2020

Oil price keeps rising as industry eyes Iran-US conflict
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The global benchmark for crude oil rose above $70 a barrel on Monday for the first time in over three months, with jitters rising over the escalating military tensions between Iran ...
Jan 08, 2020

McConnell says 'no haggling' as impeachment standoff deepens
WASHINGTON - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Wednesday there will be "no haggling" over the process for President Donald Trump's impeachment trial in a deepening standoff with House Speake...
Jan 08, 2020

Federal natural-disaster bills now average more than $430 million a year
Ottawa's bills for dealing with natural disasters neared half a billion dollars in two of the last three years amid a warning to Canadians that this country was one of the worst affected by climate ch...
Jan 08, 2020

'Ugly Betty' co-creator Silvio Horta dies in Miami at 45
MIAMI - Award-winning producer Silvio Horta, who was acclaimed for creating the hit series "Ugly Betty" with actress Salma Hayek, has died. He was 45. The Miami-Dade County Medical Examiner said Wedne...
Jan 08, 2020