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COVID-19 concerns prompt Cameco suspension
There has been another blow to the already beleaguered uranium mining sector in northern Saskatchewan with the announcement Cameco is temporarily suspending production at its Cigar Lake operation. The...
Mar 23, 2020 (Cameco.com)

NCHCF continues to raise funds for heliport at Melfort Hospital
The North Central Health Care Foundation (NCHCF) continues to accept donations to the Melfort Heliport project.The campaign is seeking to raise $600,000 to go toward the construction of a heliport adj...
Mar 23, 2020 NCHCF Chair Peggy George (right) discusses plans for heliport during an information session in Dec. (Aaron Schulze/northeastNOW Staff

Former Olympian, head of Game Plan urges Canadian athletes to seek support
Canada's bold stance on the 2020 Tokyo Games doesn't come without a reckoning for the country's athletes. The decision to hold Canadians back from competing in the Summer Olympic and Paralympic G...
Mar 23, 2020

XFL players are now able to sign contracts with both CFL and NFL clubs
TORONTO - Players under contract to XFL teams are free to sign CFL deals now but GMs Marcel Desjardins and Kyle Walters aren't expecting an exodus of talent north of the border. The XFL has ...
Mar 23, 2020

Memorial Cup, CHL playoffs cancelled because of COVID-19
For the first time in 102 years, there will not be a showdown to determine Canada's major junior hockey champion. The 2020 Memorial Cup has been added to the list of cancelled sporting event...
Mar 23, 2020

COC's Tokyo decision brings back memories for athletes who missed 1980 Games
Time hasn't diminished the myriad of emotions Jay Triano felt in 1980. There was the euphoria of the Canadian men's basketball team qualifying for the Moscow Summer Games. Then days later came&nb...
Mar 23, 2020

NewsAlert:Kalen Schlatter found guilty of murder in killing of Tess Richey
TORONTO - A Toronto man has been found guilty of first-degree murder in the killing of a young woman whose body was found in an outdoor stairwell days after she went missing. Jurors con...
Mar 23, 2020

Province creates team to help businesses get COVID-19 information
The provincial government is looking to help businesses make sense of things during the COVID-19 pandemic.The Government of Saskatchewan announced Monday that it has launched the Business Response Tea...
Mar 23, 2020 Minister Jeremy Harrison. (file photo/CJME News Staff)

City of Melfort issues call for supplies to assist health care providers
The City of Melfort is helping out local health care providers during the COVID-19 pandemic should a shortage of supplies occur.The city put out a call for supplies to local businesses on Monday, Marc...
Mar 23, 2020 (File Photo/northeastNOW Staff)

PG&E to plead guilty to lethal crimes in 2018 wildfires
SAN FRANCISCO - Pacific Gas & Electric will plead guilty to 84 counts of involuntary manslaughter for a swath of death and destruction left behind after its fraying electrical grid ignited a 2018 ...
Mar 23, 2020