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Five of the most pressing questions about Trump's European travel ban
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump is closing America's borders to foreign nationals who recently spent time in Europe, a dramatic step that illustrates both the severity of the global outbreak of COVID-1...
Mar 12, 2020

Hand sanitizer popularity amid COVID-19 leading to empty store shelves
We've all heard the footage and seen the commotion as people purchase large amounts of toilet paper as COVID-19 spreads world-wide.But another item is proving to be flying off the shelves - hand sanit...
Mar 12, 2020 Many of the stores northeastNOW has talked to are sold out of hand sanitizer. (Cam Lee/northeastNOW Staff)

Aberdeen's Easter Miracle Tree tradition continues for fifth year
Since 2016, the upcoming spring season has meant the hanging of Easter eggs on a tree in Aberdeen.The Aberdeen Easter miracle tree committee is selling eggs that will be put up on a tree on Main stree...
Mar 12, 2020 The Aberdeen Easter Miracle Tree will be filled with over 5,000 easter eggs by the beginning of May. (Facebook/Aberdeen Easter Miracle Tree)

NHL suspends season due to COVID-19 pandemic
NEW YORK - The NHL has suspended its season immediately due to the COVID-19 pandemic.The league made the announcement Thursday afternoon.The NHL advised all its clubs earlier in the day not to conduct...
Mar 12, 2020 Image Credit: The Canadian Press

Ethics watchdog dismisses conflict-of-interest allegation against ex-PCO boss
OTTAWA - The federal ethics commissioner says there is no reason to believe former Privy Council clerk Michael Wernick broke the conflict-of-interest law during the SNC-Lavalin affair. In a report Tue...
Mar 12, 2020

New Brunswick government tables surplus budget amid political sabre rattling
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick's governing Progressive Conservatives tabled a $10.2-billion budget Tuesday that could prove to be their undoing, given their tenuous minority in the le...
Mar 12, 2020

Humane society wants better fire protection in barns to stop animal deaths
Better fire protection is needed in barns to stop the cruel deaths of tens of thousands of farm animals each year, says a report from the Humane Society International/Canada. "We're just not...
Mar 12, 2020

Liberals defends $4M transfer from operating budget amid veterans' backlog fury
OTTAWA - The Liberal government is defending its decision to take more than $4.1 million from Veterans Affairs Canada's operating budget at a time when the department is struggling with a backlog of t...
Mar 12, 2020

MPs get few details from top parole officials on Quebec woman's murder
OTTAWA - Seeking to understand the circumstances surrounding the murder of a 22-year-old Quebec woman at the hands of a violent offender out on day parole, federal MPs emerged with few ...
Mar 12, 2020

Downtown Calgary daycare closed after child tests positive for COVID-19
CALGARY - A daycare in a downtown Calgary office tower has closed after a child tested positive for COVID-19. Suncor Energy spokeswoman Erin Rees says the Pump-Kin Patch Child Care Centre is closed un...
Mar 12, 2020