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'Impaired driving is completely senseless': SGI making sure everyone gets home safe during holidays
With Christmas just around the corner, SGI is making sure everyone gets a safe ride home this holiday season.This month's Traffic Safety Spotlight is on impaired driving. SGI's Tyler McMurchy said wit...
Dec 12, 2019 (Mat Barrett/northeastNOW Staff)
Flu season off to a mild start in the northeast
The northeast has had a fairly slow start to the flu season, but it could pick up over the holidays.Saskatchewan Health Authority Medical Health Officer Dr. Mohammad Khan told northeastNOW the region ...
Dec 12, 2019 (Cam Lee/northeastNOW Staff)
Major fur trade event set for Prince Albert
Furs from many of the hundreds of trappers across the North will head to market in Prince Albert on Saturday for the Northern Saskatchewan Trappers Association (NSTA) Fur Table. Organizers of the even...
Dec 12, 2019 An image of fur being assessed and valued for market. (NSTA Facebook)
Race to replace Scheer as federal Conservative leader could be crowded
OTTAWA - Moments after Andrew Scheer announced Thursday his intention to resign as Conservative party leader, speculation turned to who will replace him. Two of his prominent rivals in the 2017 leader...
Dec 12, 2019
English clubs on the march again in the Champions League
The English are on the march again in the Champions League. Liverpool and Chelsea completed a sweep of Premier League clubs into the knockout stage of the Champions League on Tuesday, a season after E...
Dec 12, 2019
Rimouski Oceanic forward Cedric Pare playing for more than a championship
Rimouski Oceanic forward Cedric Pare has a lot on the line this season, including his future in hockey. The 20-year-old Pare is in his last season of eligibility for the Quebec Major Junior Hockey Lea...
Dec 12, 2019
In South Carolina, Steyer investing in black voters
COLUMBIA, S.C. - In the waning weeks before South Carolina's presidential primary, Democrat Tom Steyer is renewing his focus on the black voters who play a pivotal role in the first-in-the-South state...
Dec 12, 2019
Meng Wanzhou wins right to more documents involving arrest at Vancouver airport
VANCOUVER - Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou has won an application for more documents to be disclosed as she alleges she faced an abuse of process during her arrest at Vancouver's airport last...
Dec 12, 2019
Couple who bought $120k banana art sense it will be iconic
MIAMI - A Miami couple who bought a headline-grabbing banana duct-taped to a wall have acknowledged the absurdity of the artwork, but say they believe it will become an icon and plan to gift it to a m...
Dec 12, 2019
Manitoba likely to intervene in court fight over Quebec law on religious symbols
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister says his government will likely intervene in a future court battle over Quebec's secularism law. In his annual state of the province speech, Pallister ...
Dec 12, 2019