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'You kind of forgive but you never forget': Questions remain decades after Henribourg woman's death
This past Valentine's Day, Jacqueline (Jackie) Lavoie would have celebrated her 58th birthday, but there were no celebrations, just lingering questions and pain for her family.Lavoie died in a car cra...
Feb 20, 2020 Jackie Lavoie was only 23 when she passed away suddenly on May 4, 1985. (Nigel Maxwell/ paNOW Staff)
Concerns raised over Saskatchewan ban on sex offenders changing names
REGINA - Questions are being raised about the Saskatchewan government's move to automatically deny sex offenders the ability to legally change their names. The province has released details ...
Feb 20, 2020
FCL estimates trucker payments could cost up to $1 million
Federated Co-operatives Limited (FCL) is working out details of a plan to spend up to $1 million to pay back trucking companies for income lost while the Co-op refinery and other facilities were barri...
Feb 20, 2020 A long line of third-party contractor drivers line up outside west of Regina's Co-op refinery as they wait to get through the Unifor picket line in December. (Submitted to 650 CKOM)
Top earners pay more in B.C. budget that includes record capital spending
VICTORIA - Top income earners and pop drinkers were hit with new taxes in Tuesday's B.C. budget, which continues the government's focus on capital spending for schools, hospitals and transit...
Feb 20, 2020
Oshawa Generals, Soo Greyhounds set to bid for 2021 Memorial Cup
TORONTO - The Oshawa Generals and Soo Greyhounds will make formal bid presentations to host the 2021 Memorial Cup. The Ontario Hockey League announced Thursday that the Generals and Greyhounds&nb...
Feb 20, 2020
Freeland blasts Tories, but thanks NDP for support on pushing new NAFTA forward
OTTAWA - Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland has offered effusive thanks to New Democrats and stinging criticism of the Conservatives after the NDP supported the minority Liberal government's effo...
Feb 20, 2020
Government needs to produce plan for dealing with veterans' backlog: Ombudsman
OTTAWA - Veterans ombudsman Craig Dalton says the federal government should clearly explain how it plans to eliminate a backlog that is keeping thousands of former service members waiting to find out ...
Feb 20, 2020
Boeser expected to miss rest of regular season with rib cartilage fracture
VANCOUVER - Jim Benning has had enough of watching other teams compete in the Stanley Cup playoffs. On Monday, the Vancouver Canucks general manager tried to boost his team's chances of reaching the p...
Feb 20, 2020
Melfort Cooperative Daycare to host first ever family dance fundraiser
The theme is 'Prom Night' but the aim is to raise funds for the Melfort Cooperative Daycare at a family dance this weekend.According to the daycare director Taneyl Morrison, her staff wanted to try so...
Feb 20, 2020 Melfort Cooperative Daycare to host family dance this Saturday. (Facebook/Melfort Cooperative Daycare)
Saskatchewan and British Columbia reach championship round at Scotties
MOOSE JAW, Sask. - Host Saskatchewan is moving on to the championship round at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts. Robyn Silvernagle secured the final spot in Pool A with a 9-7 victory over N...
Feb 20, 2020