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School board confirms two teachers refused jobs due to Quebec's secularism law
MONTREAL - A Quebec school board says it refused to hire two teachers who wear religious symbols because they would not comply with the province's new secularism law. The Commission scolaire...
Sep 09, 2019

Poor People's Campaign to register voters on 20-state tour
RALEIGH, N.C. - The Poor People's Campaign will begin touring more than 20 states later this month to bring together residents of disenfranchised communities and help them register to vote. The Rev. W...
Sep 09, 2019

Email: Opioid talks fail, Purdue bankruptcy filing expected
CLEVELAND - OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma is expected to file for bankruptcy after settlement talks over the nation's deadly overdose crisis hit an impasse, attorneys general involved in the talks sai...
Sep 09, 2019

Crown says former hostage Joshua Boyle is lying about wife's supposed failings
OTTAWA - A Crown attorney says former overseas hostage Joshua Boyle is lying about his wife Caitlan Coleman being a neglectful, unfit mother. Prosecutor Jason Neubauer says Boyle, who i...
Sep 09, 2019

Totem pole taken down on riverbank
Representatives from the City of Prince Albert, the Historical Society and elders from Saskatchewan Penitentiary gathered on the bank of the North Saskatchewan River Monday morning to say goodbye to a...
Sep 09, 2019 Darlene Stonechild stands in front of the totem pole her brother helped carve (submitted photo/City of P.A.)

3 killed, including 2 children, in shooting in Dutch city
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - A Dutch police officer and two children died and a woman was seriously wounded in a shooting Monday at a home in the city of Dordrecht, authorities said. Police said in a stat...
Sep 09, 2019

Millers Market opens second location in St. Benedict
A new business has opened its doors in St. Benedict, Sask.Millers Market is officially open in the village after much success with the same store in Pilger. The market is described as a grocery store,...
Sep 09, 2019 The Millers Market location in Pilger has been open for a while. (Facebook/Millers Market)

First witness takes the stand at double murder trial of Ugo Fredette
SAINT-JEROME, Que. - The trial of a Quebec man facing two counts of first-degree murder heard from a first witness today at a courthouse north of Montreal. Ugo Fredette pleaded not guilty at...
Sep 09, 2019

Bethel-Thompson leads Toronto Argonauts past Ottawa Redblacks 46-27
OTTAWA - In Corey Chamblin's mind the Toronto Argonauts have finally responded to hardship. McLeod Bethel-Thompson threw three touchdowns and two interceptions as the Toronto Argonauts downed the...
Sep 09, 2019

Season preview: Hawks strive to win a championship following a bitter end
The Nipawin Hawks have not changed their expectations ahead of the 2019-20 Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) season.Winning the Canalta Cup as SJHL champions is the Hawks' goal every season, wi...
Sep 09, 2019 The Nipawin Hawks will remember the lessons they learned from their game seven loss to the Yorton Terriers in 2019 as they strive to win another Canalta Cup. (Aaron Schulze/northeastNOW Staff)