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A woman who escaped violence and human trafficking, and helped shelter former CIA whistleblower Edward Snowden when he fled to Hong Kong, has arrived in Canada with her daughter af...
Mar 27, 2019
OTTAWA - Canada's health program for refugees and asylum seekers is getting a $283 million boost over the next two years. Immigration officials say the funding increase - contained in last week's fede...
Mar 27, 2019
TOPEKA, Kan. - Kansas' new Democratic governor on Monday vetoed a tax relief bill approved by the Republican-controlled Legislature, arguing it would repeat an infamous fiscal experiment that failed u...
Mar 27, 2019
NEW YORK - Major League Baseball hopes to gain control of local broadcasting agreements involving its teams, the reason behind its bid to purchase regional sports networks from The Walt Disney Co. Dis...
Mar 27, 2019
TORONTO - More than 750,000 fans tuned in to watch the CFL's first combine with international players last weekend - and 62 per cent of those views came from outside Canada and the...
Mar 27, 2019
OTTAWA - The Senate's human rights committee is launching a study about the coerced sterilization of Indigenous women. Senators on the committee say they want to hold meetings and hear from ...
Mar 27, 2019
CHARLOTTETOWN - Prince Edward Island's Green leader is contemplating making history - as the party's first Canadian premier. Islanders will go to the polls April 23 in a provincial elec...
Mar 27, 2019
The Melfort Mustangs have been sitting since March 22, when they defeated the Kindersley Klippers in five games in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League quarter-finals and they finally know who their ...
Mar 27, 2019 The Melfort Mustangs (white) battle the Estevan Bruins (black and gold) earlier in the season. (Facebook/Broad Leaf Media)
RIO DE JANEIRO - Former Brazilian President Michel Temer was released from jail on Monday, less than a week after he was arrested in the sprawling Car Wash corruption probe that has ensnared many of t...
Mar 27, 2019
The Nipawin Hawks 2018-19 campaign is over.After they battled back from a 3-1 series deficit to force a decisive game seven at home, the Hawks couldn't continue their journey to repeat as Saskatchewan...
Mar 27, 2019 The Nipawin Hawks (black and yellow) embrace one another as they prepare to shake hands with the Yorkton Terriers (orange and white) after a 4-3 loss in game seven. (Aaron Schulze/northeastNOW Staff)