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Melfort program director celebrates 45 years and counting
Doing anything for 45 years is a huge accomplishment and that is known all too well by Melfort radio personality Bill Wood.105 CJVR's program director and morning show host got started in broadcasting...
Apr 15, 2019 105CJVR morning show host, Bill Wood celebrates 45th radio anniversary. (Angie Rolheiser/northeastNOW Staff)

AP journalists win Pulitzer for coverage of Yemen civil war
NEW YORK - A team of three Associated Press journalists won a Pulitzer Prize in international reporting Monday for their work documenting torture, graft and starvation in Yemen's brutal civil war. Rep...
Apr 15, 2019

Harry Novillo scores first MLS goal to lead Impact to 1-0 win over Crew
MONTREAL - Evan Bush has the Montreal Impact on a nice roll. Bush made five saves Saturday to anchor Montreal's 1-0 MLS win over the Columbus Crew in its home opener. The shutout was Bush's third...
Apr 15, 2019

Montreal mayor, opposition leader unite to denounce Quebec's secularism bill
MONTREAL - Elected officials at Montreal's city hall are speaking with one voice against Quebec's proposed secularism bill. Mayor Valerie Plante and opposition leader Lionel Perez presented a bipartis...
Apr 15, 2019

Supreme Court of Canada's Clement Gascon stepping down for family reasons
OTTAWA - Supreme Court Justice Clement Gascon is retiring in September after five years on the high court. The court says Gascon, 58, is stepping down for personal and family reasons. Chief ...
Apr 15, 2019

Morehouse College to admit transgender men starting in 2020
The country's only all-male historically black college will begin admitting transgender men next year, marking a major shift for the school at a time when higher education institutions around the nati...
Apr 15, 2019

Mainstream retailers embrace marijuana's less taboo cousin
NEW YORK - It's showing up in everything from skin creams to bath balms to dog treats - an elixir that can supposedly reduce anxiety and help you sleep. The ingredient? CBD, or cannabidiol, a compound...
Apr 15, 2019

Celeb or stranger? Study weighs Americans' interest in birds
NEW YORK - Whooping cranes, common ravens and peregrine falcons are among the celebrities of the sky in the eyes of Americans, even those who've never laid eyes them. The ruffed grouse or purple marti...
Apr 15, 2019

Alberta's Notley talks pipelines, energy on last day of election campaign
CALGARY - Alberta's NDP leader spent the final day of the provincial election campaign casting herself as the best person to get the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion past the finish line. Rachel...
Apr 15, 2019

Nylander moves to centre for Maple Leafs with Kadri suspension looming
TORONTO - William Nylander will take Nazem Kadri's place at centre on Toronto's third line behind John Tavares and Auston Matthews when the Maple Leafs host the Boston Bruins in Game 3 of their f...
Apr 15, 2019