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Quebec trying to determine whether to cancel world figure skating championships
MONTREAL - Quebec Health Minister Danielle McCann says the government is evaluating whether to allow the world figure skating championships to go ahead next week in Montreal. Her comments today come a...
Mar 09, 2020

APAS president reflects on canola ban one year later
One of Todd Lewis' personal beliefs has been borne out over the past 12 months."As I've said all along," begins Lewis, the president of the Agricultural Producers of Saskatchewan, "politics and food d...
Mar 09, 2020 (file photo/CJME News Staff)

Alberta economy, reeling from coronavirus, takes gut punch due to oil price war
Alberta's oil-based economy, already reeling by reduced demand due to the novel coronavirus, is now getting a gut punch from global prices.The spiral of oil prices has accelerated due to an all-out pr...
Mar 09, 2020

A snowy weekend briefly gives way to warmer conditions
The volatile spring weather continues across the region over the coming week.This comes after last week, which saw daytime highs of around 6 degrees Celsius morph into a spring storm that brought heav...
Mar 09, 2020 Snow moved through the region on the weekend, leaving many to dig out. (Mat Barrett/northeastNOW Staff)

Canada's Kingsbury claims ninth straight moguls Crystal Globe with win in Russia
KRASNOYARSK, Russia - Canada's Mikael Kingsbury picked up his ninth straight World Cup overall moguls title with a win in Saturday's dual moguls in Russia. Kingsbury defeated Thomas Gerken Schofield o...
Mar 09, 2020

Zibanejad, Landeskog, Draisaitl named NHL's three stars of the week
New York Rangers centre Mika Zibanejad, Colorado Avalanche left-wing Gabriel Landeskog and Edmonton Oilers centre Leon Draisaitl are the NHL's three stars of the week. Zibanejad topped the NHL wi...
Mar 09, 2020

NDP calls for moratorium on Clearview AI facial recognition software
OTTAWA - NDP ethics critic Charlie Angus wants the Liberal government to issue a moratorium on the use of controversial facial-recognition software by the RCMP. The U.S. firm Clearview AI claims to al...
Mar 09, 2020

RCMP searching for suspect in cattle pharmaceutical theft near Lanigan
A break-in east of Lanigan has local RCMP asking the public for some as they work to track down a suspect.After breaking into a business on Highway 761, the suspect stole over $11,000 worth of pharmac...
Mar 09, 2020 (File Photo/paNOW Staff)

US begins troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, official says
WASHINGTON - American troops have begun leaving Afghanistan for the initial troop withdrawal required in the U.S.-Taliban peace agreement, a U.S. official said on Monday, amid political chaos in Kabul...
Mar 09, 2020

Vehicles hit ditch near Melfort on Friday
No injuries were reported after a rollover near Melfort on Friday.The Melfort Fire Department was called to the scene about 13 kilometres east of the city just after 5:30 p.m.Upon arrival, they discov...
Mar 09, 2020 (File photo/northeastNOW Staff)