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Byelection date set for PBCN
A little more than a year after its last election, Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation has secured a date for a new byelection.Band members will elect their urban councilor on Aug. 15 and the candidates rema...
Aug 02, 2019 (File photo/ paNOW Staff)
July rainfall: Melfort below average, Nipawin well above average
If you think there was a high amount of rain in the northeast region in July, you may be right, depending on where you were.In Melfort, you'd be wrong as they only saw 72.7mm of precipitation over the...
Aug 02, 2019 Rainfall totals varied in the region, depending on where you were in July. (Mat Barrett/northeastNOW Staff)
How Trump's latest China tariffs could squeeze US consumers
WASHINGTON - The latest batch of tariffs that President Donald Trump plans to impose on Chinese goods would likely cost U.S. households an average of $200 a year, some economists have estimated. That ...
Aug 02, 2019
Canada earns Olympic berth in artistic swimming with duet gold in Lima
LIMA, Peru - Jacqueline Simoneau and Claudia Holzner developed a pre-swim routine to calm their nerves when they joined forces as an artistic swimming tandem. It involves a declaration of trust and a ...
Aug 02, 2019
NYPD judge recommends firing officer in Eric Garner death
NEW YORK - An administrative judge on Friday recommended firing the New York City police officer accused of using a chokehold in the 2014 death of an unarmed black man whose dying pleas of "I can't br...
Aug 02, 2019
Case of Markham homicides suspect put over to next week
NEWMARKET, Ont. - The case of a man accused in an alleged quadruple homicide north of Toronto has been put over to next week. Menhaz Zaman has been in custody ever since York Regional Police discovere...
Aug 02, 2019
'Incredible players': Sweden's Raymond, Holtz ready for big season
PLYMOUTH, Mich. - Lucas Raymond took a pass, cut to the middle and roofed his third goal of the game to send Sweden into a euphoria. Somewhere in the mass of humanity that swarmed the diminu...
Aug 02, 2019
Trump pick for national intelligence director is withdrawing
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump says his pick for national intelligence director has decided to withdraw from the running. In a tweet Friday, Trump said Republican Rep. John Ratcliffe of Texas has...
Aug 02, 2019
Eighth and final 'Homeland' season to debut February 2020
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Showtime says the eighth and final season of "Homeland" will debut in early 2020. The channel said on Friday that production on the acclaimed drama's last 12 episodes is underw...
Aug 02, 2019
Ariana Grande returns to acting roots in "Kidding"
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Ariana Grande returns to her acting roots with an appearance in Jim Carrey's series "Kidding." The Grammy-winning singer with the big vocal range guests in season two of the Sh...
Aug 02, 2019