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May commits to process for First Nations to opt out of Indian Act
COWICHAN BAY, B.C. - The Green party is promising a framework for Indigenous communities to opt out of the Indian Act as part of its strategy for reconciliation. Party leader Elizabeth May says disman...
Oct 05, 2019

Jury in fitness hearing for murder suspect to begin deliberations Friday
FREDERICTON - The hearing to determine if Matthew Raymond is fit to stand trial on four counts of first-degree murder will go to the jury on Friday. Raymond, is accused of killing Fredericto...
Oct 05, 2019

Unique community space eyes upgrades
If you don't know what you're looking for, you could drive by the St. Brieux Midway Theatre thinking it's just another one of the many metal Quonset huts that dot rural Saskatchewan, perhaps full of f...
Oct 05, 2019 Inside the Quonset hut that houses the St. Brieux Midway Theatre. (Facebook/St. Brieux Midway Theatre)

Major bridges may targeted as environmental group plans protest Monday
HALIFAX - A group of environmental activists is planning to try to shut down some of Canada's busiest bridges on Monday by having protesters lie down or sit in traffic lanes. The Extinction Rebellion ...
Oct 05, 2019

Kansas apologizes for Snoop Dogg show at basketball kickoff
LAWRENCE, Kan. - The University of Kansas has apologized for its risque Late Night at the Phog event in which rapper Snoop Dogg performed, stripper poles were wheeled onto the Allen Fieldhouse floor a...
Oct 05, 2019

Three teens plead guilty in St. Michael's College School sex assault scandal
TORONTO - Three teens pleaded guilty Thursday in a sexual assault scandal at an all-boys Catholic school that made national headlines last year and sparked a public conversation about&n...
Oct 05, 2019

Scheer and Trudeau accuse each other of distracting from their records
OTTAWA - Both the Liberal and Conservative leaders faced attacks Thursday that target the cores of their characters, as each accused the other of trying to distract voters from his record. Conservativ...
Oct 05, 2019

Scheer and Trudeau accuse each other of distracting from their records
OTTAWA - Both the Liberal and Conservative leaders faced attacks Thursday that target the cores of their characters, as each accused the other of trying to distract voters from his record. Conservativ...
Oct 05, 2019

Friday's Scoreboard
WHL Saskatoon 2, Prince Albert 1 (OT) Red Deer 5, Swift Current 1 Edmonton 7, Winnipeg 0Lethbridge 4, Seattle 1Brandon 3, Vancouver 0Lethbridge 4, Portland 2---SJHL Battlefords 2, Estevan 0Humboldt 5,...
Oct 05, 2019 (File photo/paNOW Staff)

Mustangs fall in overtime for second straight game
For the second straight game, the Melfort Mustangs had a tough second period, and have fallen in overtime.On Friday, Oct. 4 in Melfort, it was a 5-4 loss to the Humboldt Broncos in the extra frame.The...
Oct 05, 2019 (Mat Barrett/northeastNOW Staff)