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Saskatchewan Snowmobilers Association to close all trails

While some people may have been snowmobiling as part of their social distancing measures, that won't be an option anymore due to concerns around the COVID-19 pandemic.In a Facebook post on Tuesday, Ma...

Mar 24, 2020 The Provincial Snowmobile Festival was held in Melfort this year on Feb. 28 and 29. (Facebook/Melfort and District Trail Riders Inc.)

Mets star Noah Syndergaard to have Tommy John surgery

NEW YORK - Mets pitcher Noah Syndergaard has a torn elbow ligament and needs Tommy John surgery that will keep him out of action this year. New York medical director Dr. David Altchek will operate Thu...

Mar 24, 2020

Canadian women's soccer coach looks to reset preparation for Tokyo Olympics

The COVID-19 outbreak has forced Canada Soccer staff to think outside the box in looking after their players scattered around the globe. The postponement of the Tokyo Olympics to 2021 poses a lot more...

Mar 24, 2020

Panthers release quarterback Cam Newton

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The Cam Newton era is over in Carolina, as the Panthers released the 30-year-old quarterback after nine seasons. The move became a mere formality after the Panthers made it clear las...

Mar 24, 2020

Six-time Super Bowl champ Brady looking forward, not behind

TAMPA, Fla. - Tom Brady says one day he'll have time to reflect on a historic 20-year stint with the New England Patriots. Right now, the six-time Super Bowl champion and newest member of the Tampa Ba...

Mar 24, 2020

Melfort Ambulance taking safeguards amid COVID-19 pandemic

A local ambulance company is taking a few extra precautions when it comes to COVID-19.Melfort Ambulance manager Wayne Therres told northeastNOW that for them, it was business as usual in that people c...

Mar 24, 2020 (File photo/northeastNOW Staff)

Quebec prosecutor's office clears provincial police chief after probe

Quebec's director of criminal and penal prosecutions says there will be no charges against the head of the provincial police force. But Chief Martin Prud'homme will have to wait before he's permitted ...

Mar 24, 2020

SHA planning for field hospitals to cope with extent of COVID-19

It's suggested COVID-19 will affect 30 per cent of the province, and the government is reviewing whether community rinks, arenas and school gyms could serve as field hospitals to meet the growing need...

Mar 24, 2020 Prince Albert Victoria Hospital. (file photo/paNOW Staff)

Conservative leadership candidates jointly call for delayed vote

OTTAWA - Three contenders vying to become the next federal Conservative leader have banded together to call for the race to be delayed and for fees to be cut in half due to the pressures of the&n...

Mar 24, 2020

What happens to Olympic soccer age limit when games are pushed back by a year?

Among the many questions left to be answered in the wake of the Tokyo Olympic postponement to 2021 is does the schedule change affect the men's soccer competition. Olympic men's soccer qualifying...

Mar 24, 2020