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Paper Excellence donates to P.A. Hospital
The Paper Excellence Canada pulp mill in Prince Albert may be shuttered but that hasn't stopped the owners from approving a major donation to the Victoria Hospital Foundation.The company announced the...
Apr 03, 2019 Nurses at the Victoria Hospital thank Paper Excellence for their gift of $25,000. (Facebook/Victoria Hospital Foundation)
Shoemaker solid, Grichuk homers twice as Blue Jays top Orioles to avoid sweep
TORONTO - Matt Shoemaker tossed seven scoreless innings for a second straight start in a Toronto uniform, Randal Grichuk homered twice and the Blue Jays held on to beat the Baltimore Or...
Apr 03, 2019
Celine Dion announces Courage World Tour, new album in 2019
LOS ANGELES - Celine Dion is ending her Las Vegas residency soon, but the superstar singer will keep herself busy by releasing new music and embarking on a new world tour later this year. Dion told a ...
Apr 03, 2019
Longtime M.L. volunteer honoured with provincial award for service
It's the satisfaction of seeing young people's talents blossom and community-based initiatives flourish that are among the many reasons Janet Caldwell has volunteered in the Meadow Lake area for more ...
Apr 03, 2019 Janet Caldwell, left, shown with her husband Bill. Janet is being honoured with a provincial volunteer medal for her long service in the Meadow Lake area. (submitted photo/Janet Caldwell)
House chairman asks IRS for 6 years of Trump's tax returns
WASHINGTON - A House committee chairman on Wednesday formally asked the IRS to provide six years of President Donald Trump's personal and business tax returns as Democrats try to shed light on his com...
Apr 03, 2019
Boeing, FAA say more time needed for fix of troubled 737 Max
Boeing and U.S. aviation regulators say the company needs more time to finish changes in a flight-control system suspected of playing a role in two deadly crashes. The Federal Aviation Administration ...
Apr 03, 2019
Number of Quebecers seeking assisted death has jumped, commission finds
QUEBEC - The number of Quebecers seeking medical assistance in dying has been growing steadily since 2015, according to a report on the state of end-of-life care tabled Wednesday in the provincial leg...
Apr 03, 2019
Humboldt museum Broncos exhibit helps healing one year later
The City of Humboldt and the Humboldt Broncos organization received a massive outpouring of support in the days following a devastating bus crash on April 6, 2018 that claimed 16 lives and injured 13 ...
Apr 03, 2019 Humboldt art gallery curator Jennifer Fitzpatrick stands next to a banner given to the city following last year's Broncos bus crash (Brent Bosker/650 CKOM)
Saskatoon working on contingency plan following P.A. oil spill
The 2016 oil spill that blanketed the North Saskatchewan River near Prince Albert and shut down the local water intake system is being used as a springboard by the City of Saskatoon as local officials...
Apr 03, 2019 The aftermath of the oil spill. (File photo/paNOW Staff)
Trump suffers setbacks in environmental rulings in Alaska
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - President Donald Trump's plan to reverse environmental initiatives in Alaska put in place by his predecessor, Barack Obama, took a hit with two rulings in federal court. U.S. Distr...
Apr 03, 2019