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RCMP investigating break-in at Melfort movie theatre
Melfort RCMP are looking to the public in helping to identify the suspects in a break and enter.The incident occurred at 3:50 a.m. on September 23 at the Dynasty Twin Cinemas in Melfort.The two male s...
Dec 03, 2019 RCMP are asking the public to help them identify these break and enter suspects. (Facebook/Saskatchewan Crime Stoppers)

Central Saskatchewan in for warmer than ordinary winter
With a projected high of 0 C and mainly sunny skies, today seems like a perfect day to announce Environment Canada's good news for Central Saskatchewan."Temperatures will be above-average for the next...
Dec 03, 2019 (file photo/paNOW Staff)

Council consensus: what premiers are hoping for out of Monday's meeting
OTTAWA - Premiers of all the provinces and territories gather Monday in Toronto to try to shape a collective agenda for their relationship with the federal government, after an election that left the ...
Dec 03, 2019

Commuters forced to walk through smoky tunnel after fire shuts down Toronto subway
TORONTO - Nearly 200 commuters were forced to evacuate a train and trudge through a smoky tunnel after a small fire shut down a stretch of Toronto's busy crosstown line for several hours Mon...
Dec 03, 2019

Alberta legislature adjourns after shooting on steps; police say 'non-criminal'
EDMONTON - The Alberta legislature adjourned for a few hours Monday after a shooting on the front steps of the building. Edmonton police said they were called to the building mid-afternoon and that wh...
Dec 03, 2019

Alberta 'Fair Deal Panel' starts public town hall meetings in Edmonton
EDMONTON - An Alberta government panel looking at ways to make the province more independent is holding its first town hall meeting tonight in Edmonton. United Conservative Premier Jason Kenney announ...
Dec 03, 2019

Trudeau to hold first post-election meeting with Trump on NATO sidelines
LONDON - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will meet with U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday on the sidelines of a major gathering of NATO leaders. The meeting between the Canadian and American leader...
Dec 03, 2019

NATO and can a judge be a feminist?; In-The-News gets existential on Dec. 3
In-The-News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Dec. 3. What we are watching in...
Dec 03, 2019

U.S. Congress has to move on new NAFTA, Trump says before Trudeau meeting
LONDON - U.S. President Donald Trump says his country's legislators have to ratify the new North American free-trade deal before Mexico and Canada lose interest in finalizing it. He and Prime Minister...
Dec 03, 2019

Old-age benefits have dramatic effect on poverty for immigrants, study says
OTTAWA - A new study says recent immigrants who are seniors when they arrive in this country are far less likely to live in poverty if they have access to federal old-age benefits. To qualify for...
Dec 03, 2019