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Student tackled campus gunman, slain while saving lives
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A North Carolina college student tackled a gunman who opened fire in his classroom, saving others' lives but losing his own in the process, police said Wednesday. Riley Howell, 21, w...
May 02, 2019
Government rebates ‘good start,’ says electric vehicle advocate
You have to look pretty hard to find an electric vehicle in Saskatchewan.According to SGI data, there were barely more than 100 on the road as of February.Jason Cruickshank, founder of the advocacy gr...
May 02, 2019 (file photo/CKOM News Staff)
Convicted poacher back in court
A Prince Albert-area man who engaged in illegal hunting activities four years ago and was fined over $6,000, is again accused of hunting violations. Douglas Carl Risling, 59, appeared Tuesday at Princ...
May 02, 2019 (Dreamstime)
19-year-old director wins top award at Tribeca Film Festival
NEW YORK - Nineteen-year-old filmmaker Phillip Youmans has won the top award at the Tribeca Film Festival. "Burning Cane," which Youmans finished as a 17-year-old graduating high school, on Thursday t...
May 02, 2019
Local hotel approved for new waterslide
A long-standing local hotel is getting a major upgrade.Renovations to the Prince Albert Inn are continuing, and the hotel is now getting a waterslide. Prince Albert City Council approved a development...
May 02, 2019 Part of the technical drawings for the planned 225-foot waterslide at the PA Inn. (Submitted Rob Gauthier)
Four North Central players taken in 2019 WHL Bantam Draft
The Western Hockey League (WHL) Bantam Draft took place on Thursday, May 2 in Red Deer where 228 players were selected.Thirty players taken in this year's draft were born in Saskatchewan. One coach in...
May 02, 2019 Connor Hvidston (middle) participated in some Sask First Camps this season. He was drafted 133rd overall in the WHL Bantam Draft (submitted photo/Brad Hvidston)
Former Miss Uruguay found dead at a Mexico City hotel
MEXICO CITY - A former Miss Uruguay pageant winner has been found dead at a Mexico City hotel. City prosecutors say a Uruguayan woman was found hanged in the bathroom of one of the hotel's rooms early...
May 02, 2019
Inspector in Kraft case says she saw evidence of trafficking
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - A Florida health inspector testified Tuesday that she saw possible evidence of human trafficking at the massage parlour where police say New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft...
May 02, 2019
Psychiatrist on what doctors to consider when advising patients during Ramadan
VANCOUVER - A Canadian psychiatrist is advising doctors to help address the needs of mentally ill Muslim patients whose medication regimen could be affected by fasting during the upcoming re...
May 02, 2019
Military on defensive after soldiers wrongly given guns for Sikh parade
OTTAWA - The Canadian military is scrambling to explain why a group of soldiers was issued weapons to march in a Toronto parade on Sunday for Canada's Sikh community. Photos and videos of the event sh...
May 02, 2019