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Ethics czar erred in approving LeBlanc's use of Irving plane: Democracy Watch
OTTAWA - An organization that advocates for greater government accountability says Canada's ethics watchdog should never have approved a flight taken by Liberal cabinet minister Dominic LeBl...
Jul 17, 2019
Two third-party groups disclose first ad spending in pre-election period
OTTAWA - Elections Canada says two third-party groups have started spending money on political advertising in period leading up to the federal election. Canada Growth Council, a pro-energy, pro-f...
Jul 17, 2019
Area power outage for Thursday morning
Power will be shut off for Nipawin area customers for two hours during the early morning hours of Thursday.From 5 a.m. to 7 a.m., SaskPower will have a planned power outage and will be conducting syst...
Jul 17, 2019 (file photo/northeastNOW Staff)
Trio of deadly crashes not a sign DHC-2 Beaver is unsafe: aviation experts
MONTREAL - At least eight people have died in three crashes involving de Havilland DHC-2 Beaver planes in less than a week in Canada, but civil aviation experts say the aircraft remains the safes...
Jul 17, 2019
Prosecutors drop groping case against Kevin Spacey
BOSTON - Prosecutors dropped a case Wednesday accusing Kevin Spacey of groping a young man at a resort island bar in 2016, more than a week after the accuser refused to testify about a missing cellpho...
Jul 17, 2019
Sask. RCMP officer charged with unsafe storage of gun
A Saskatchewan RCMP officer is facing charges in connection to an incident that happened in Saskatoon last fall, involving a gun being stolen from inside an unmarked RCMP vehicle.Const. Shannon Drall ...
Jul 17, 2019 (File photo/paNOW Staff)
Connelly hopes to recapture magical 2017 performance at this year's British Open
The 2017 British Open was one of the best tournaments of Austin Connelly's life, putting his young career into high gear. He's hoping the 2019 tournament will have the same effect. Connelly,...
Jul 17, 2019
Ducks Unlimited hosting event to recruit volunteers
A day of information and presentations is being hosted by Porcupine Plain Ducks Unlimited as the organization looks to recruit volunteers.This Friday at the Greenwater Lake Hall, three different semin...
Jul 17, 2019 Ducks Unlimited in Porcupine Plain is hosting an event to recruit volunteers. (Facebook/DUC Sask fundraising events)
R. Kelly doesn't have freedom, money for this legal battle
CHICAGO - The difference between R. Kelly's life in 2002 when he was last charged with child sex-related crimes and his arrest last week on even more serious charges was on full display when the R&...
Jul 17, 2019
Diversity a Canadian strength, Trudeau says of Trump tweets at congresswomen
PETAWAWA, Ont. - President Donald Trump's suggestion that four female members of Congress should go back where they came from if they don't like America wouldn't fly in Canada, Prime Minister Justin T...
Jul 17, 2019