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Vancouver Park Board says rare Snow Tower tree blooming in city park
VANCOUVER - A tree described as one of the true giants of the herbaceous plant world is bringing some tropical warmth to British Columbia. The Vancouver Park Board says a plant native to&nbs...
Apr 18, 2019
City of Melfort moving to public consultation portion of Official Community Plan process
For the first time this century, the City of Melfort is going through the process of putting together a new Official Community Plan.Representatives from Crosby Hanna and Associates were at City Hall o...
Apr 18, 2019 (Mat Barrett/northeastNOW Staff)
Report: Avenatti met R. Kelly prosecutor Foxx at O'Hare
CHICAGO - Phone texts suggest chief Chicago prosecutor Kim Foxx worked closely with attorney Michael Avenatti before bringing sexual abuse charges against singer R. Kelly, including by meeting Avenatt...
Apr 18, 2019
Librarians archiving Alberta's scientific reports before change in government
EDMONTON - An Alberta librarian has been archiving much of the provincial government's online content - including studies on health, climate change policy and poverty reduction - to prepare for a...
Apr 18, 2019
Toronto FC looks for stronger showing on defence as Minnesota comes to visit
Toronto FC coach Greg Vanney challenged his team after it suffered its first loss of the season, a 3-2 setback at Seattle last weekend. "We felt like in the last couple of games we left a few points o...
Apr 18, 2019
Kin groups set to serve up steak and lobster next weekend
Steak and lobster are on the menu next Friday for the Melfort Kinsmen and Kinettes Surf 'N Turf night.Kinsmen Trent Fedorychka said the two Melfort kin groups as well as kin from Tisdale come together...
Apr 18, 2019 Kinsmen Trent Fedorychha holds up lobster at last year's Surf 'N Turf night (submitted photo/Trent Fedorychka)
Rouyn-Noranda hoping to add Memorial Cup championship to its hockey history
TORONTO - Jean-Paul Charlebois has been piecing together the history of hockey in Rouyn-Noranda, Que., going on two decades. The 76-year-old play-by-play man for the QMJHL's Rouyn-...
Apr 18, 2019
Recipient in rare paired living liver donation thanks "angel" donor
TORONTO - One of the recipients of what's believed to be North America's first paired living liver donation is calling the stranger who saved his life "an angel." Fifty-four-year-old Muhammad Khan of ...
Apr 18, 2019
Canada Post forecasts continuing sector losses despite booming parcel deliveries
OTTAWA - Parcel delivery is booming, but Canada Post says it will struggle to meet its government-mandated goal of self-sustainability in coming years due to an ongoing decline in letter mail, higher ...
Apr 18, 2019
Legislation overhauls Maryland medical network's board
BALTIMORE - Maryland's governor signed fast-tracked legislation Thursday to overhaul a major medical network's board of directors following revelations of numerous questionable financial arrangements ...
Apr 18, 2019