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Liberals promise tax credit, EI benefit to help workers retrain
OTTAWA - Canadians could soon be able to put $250 a year toward upgrading their skills, and get help to pay their bills during dedicated time off, because of measures in today's federal budget meant t...
Mar 19, 2019
Liberals to create national drug agency as building block of pharmacare plan
OTTAWA - The Trudeau Liberals' new budget promises a new agency to buy drugs in bulk and cut Canadian medication costs, the first step toward a national drug plan. In a sign of just how expensive phar...
Mar 19, 2019
AP source: Trout, Angels close to record $432M, 12-year deal
Mike Trout is on the verge of becoming baseball's first half-billion dollar man. Trout and the Los Angeles Angels are close to finalizing a $432 million, 12-year contract that would shatter the record...
Mar 19, 2019
Snowmobile warm-up shelters 'disrespected' on Melfort trails
Warm-up shelters along the area's groomed snowmobile trails are being disrespected according to the Melfort and District Trail Riders group.A recent Facebook post by the group's vice president include...
Mar 19, 2019 (Facebook/Melfort and District Trail Riders)
Sask Parks Launches New Reservation System
The Ministry of Parks, Culture and Sport launched a new, upgraded online reservation system today for the 2019 camping season. "With campsite reservations kicking off in just a couple of weeks, we are...
Mar 19, 2019
Broncos win first home playoff game this season
The last time the Humboldt Broncos hosted a Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) playoff game at Elgar Petersen Arena was April 4, 2018; a triple-overtime marathon in game four of the semifinals a...
Mar 19, 2019 The Humboldt Broncos' game three win against the Estevan Bruins was their first home playoff game since the team's tragic bus crash on April 6, 2018 (Aaron Schulze/northeastNOW Staff).
Lenten Services Continue at Melfort Roman Catholic Church
Lenten Services continue at Melfort's Our Lady of Consolation Roman Catholic Church.Please see the poster below for full details.
Mar 19, 2019
Tunisian billionaire who fled Canada ahead of 2016 deportation arrested in France
MONTREAL - An elusive Tunisian billionaire who disappeared from Canada as he was set to be deported to his homeland in 2016 has resurfaced and is under arrest in France. Belhassen Trabe...
Mar 19, 2019
Raptors Uprising to face old foe in 2019 season opener of NBA 2K League
TORONTO - Raptors Uprising GC will renew acquaintances with Cavs Legion GC, the team that knocked it out of the 2018 playoffs, in its 2019 NBA 2K League season opener April 11. Raptors Uprising o...
Mar 19, 2019
Canadian shockers: Andreescu becomes latest underdog to stun sporting world
Bianca Andreescu's run to the BNP Paribas Open title on in Indian Wells, Calif., certainly goes down as a major surprise. As Martina Navratilova told BT Sport in England after Andreescu's win ove...
Mar 19, 2019