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Nova Scotia mass killing investigation monumental logistical task: ex-Mountie
HALIFAX - A retired high-ranking Mountie says the investigation into one of Canada's worst mass killings will tax the resources of the Nova Scotia RCMP. Pierre-Yves Bourduas, a former deputy...
Apr 21, 2020
HBO Max set for May 27 launch, initial lineup announced
NEW YORK - The streaming service HBO Max will launch May 27, AT&T's WarnerMedia announced Tuesday, signalling that the so-called streaming wars won't subside because of the coronavirus pandemic. W...
Apr 21, 2020
Urban Indigenous left behind by Ottawa's COVID-19 response: friendship centres
OTTAWA - The National Association of Friendship Centres says the urban Indigenous population in Canada is being left behind by the federal response to the COVID-19 crisis. The organization told t...
Apr 21, 2020
COVID-19 presents news challenges and opportunities for forest sector
The president and CEO of the Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) remains optimistic about the future of the country's forest sector, despite the challenges faced at the present time by the CO...
Apr 21, 2020 Operations at the Big River Sawmill and Planer have been temporarily halted. (file photo/paNOW Staff)
Mantel, Evaristo among finalists for fiction's Women's Prize
LONDON - Hilary Mantel's Tudor blockbuster "The Mirror and the Light" and Bernardine Evaristo's tapestry of black women's stories, "Girl, Woman, Other," are among six finalists for the international W...
Apr 21, 2020
Broken rail suspected in two fiery Saskatchewan train derailments
GUERNSEY, Sask. - The Transportation Safety Board suspects a broken rail was the cause of two fiery train derailments on the same stretch of track in rural Saskatchewan. An advisory to Transport ...
Apr 21, 2020
Brown University lineman Hoecht cracks CFL Scouting Bureau's top-20 list
TORONTO - Michael Hoecht couldn't have picked a better time to crack the CFL Scouting Bureau's top-20 list. The Brown University defensive lineman made his first appearance Monday on the list&nbs...
Apr 21, 2020
FIFA says support of women's game will continue
Soccer's international governing body says it will maintain funding for women's soccer despite concerns about the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Following the Women's World Cup last year, FIFA Pr...
Apr 21, 2020
Farmers looking to expand storage capacity amid low gas prices
Some blends of oil are now trading for negative rates on world markets.While the tumbling prices are not good news for large swaths of Saskatchewan's economy some sectors are seeing savings. Farmers w...
Apr 21, 2020 Some farmers are looking to store more fuel as low oil prices bring down the cost. (The Canadian Press)
MP Gary Vidal calls on Feds for clear wage subsidy wording to include limited-liability Indigenous businesses
Gary Vidal, MP for Desneth Missinippi-Churchill River, is asking the federal minister responsible to include limited partnership businesses in the Canada's Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS) program for li...
Apr 21, 2020 (Nicole Reis/meadowlakeNOW Staff)