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Tisdale student visit postponed
The rural skills tour coming to Tisdale this weekend has been postponed du to COVID-19.About 40 students from Saskatoon were supposed to tour the hospital and the town.Organizers hope to reschedule at...
Mar 12, 2020 (Aaron Schulze/northeastNOW Staff)
Canadian cyclist Mike Woods breaks his right femur in Paris-Nice crash
LYON, France - Canadian cyclist Mike Woods was taken to hospital with a broken right femur after crashing in Thursday's stage of the Paris-Nice race. The 33-year-old from Ottawa was to under...
Mar 12, 2020
Canadian Nicholas Latifi's Formula One debut remains very much in limbo
Canadian Nicholas Latifi's long-awaited Formula One debut is in limbo. The 24-year-old Montreal native was scheduled to drive for Williams in the season-opening Australian Gra...
Mar 12, 2020
Sanders, Biden cancel Ohio rallies over coronavirus concerns
WASHINGTON - Democratic presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden abruptly cancelled election-night rallies Tuesday night in Cleveland amid concerns over the spread of the new coronavirus -...
Mar 12, 2020
Best selling author and motivational speaker, Allan Kehler bringing his message to the northeast
One of Canada's most sought-after mental health speakers will be in Melfort in one week's time.Author of MENtal Health: It's time to talk, Allan Kehler will speak to a crowd at the Kerry Vickar Centre...
Mar 12, 2020 Author and motivational speaker Allan Kehler will be in Melfort next Thursday. (Facebook/Allan Kehler)
Military concerned about Chinese access to networks as Huawei decision looms
OTTAWA - Defence chief Gen. Jonathan Vance says he is worried about anything that would give China easier access to the Canadian military's computer networks, but says there are ways to manage any sec...
Mar 12, 2020
U of S to “operate as usual,” considers remote classes
The University of Saskatchewan (U of S) issued a statement Wednesday afternoon on the "quickly evolving COVID-19" situation.In a release by University Communications, the U of S says they're focused o...
Mar 12, 2020 (Brady Lang/650 CKOM)
March Madness: Conferences scrap tourneys; NCAAs in doubt
The NCAA has cancelled its men's and women's basketball tournaments because of the spread of coronavirus, putting an abrupt end to the season less than a month before champions were to be crowned. The...
Mar 12, 2020
MLB delays opening day by at least 2 weeks because of virus
NEW YORK - Major League Baseball is delaying the start of its season by at least two weeks because of the coronavirus outbreak and suspended the rest of its spring training game schedule. Opening day ...
Mar 12, 2020
Some of world's best ice dancers based in Montreal to skate in online show
Montreal ice dance coaches Marie-France Dubreuil and Patrice Lauzon are giving figure skating fans something to watch. A day after the 2020 world figure skating championships in Montreal were cancelle...
Mar 12, 2020