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Commemorative stamp pays tribute to all-black hockey league in the Maritimes
CHERRY BROOK, N.S. - Canada Post plans to unveil a commemorative stamp today that pays tribute to an all-black hockey league that once thrived in the Maritimes. The stamp tells the...
Jan 23, 2020
Longtime Quebec union leader Fernand Daoust dead at 93 after illness
MONTREAL - Fernand Daoust, a long-time Quebec union leader best known for his time with the Quebec Federation of Labour (FTQ), has died at 93. The cause of death wasn't made public but ...
Jan 23, 2020
Sides in Regina refinery labour dispute lay down conditions for talks to resume
REGINA - The owner of a Regina oil refinery where workers are locked out in a contract dispute says there has been a discussion with the union about returning to the bargaining table. But Fe...
Jan 23, 2020
Commemorative stamp pays tribute to all-black hockey league in the Maritimes
CHERRY BROOK, N.S. - Canada Post plans to unveil a commemorative stamp today that pays tribute to an all-black hockey league that once thrived in the Maritimes. The stamp tells the...
Jan 23, 2020
Tisdale launches Better Together initiative
The Better Together program continues to expand to a number of local communities, including Tisdale.The initiative started in North Battleford after a series of suicides in the community. Mandy Russel...
Jan 23, 2020 An example of a Better Together T-shirt (Cam Lee/northeastNOW Staff)
Coat donation from community group helps keep students warm
A pair of Prince Albert area schools have received donations to help students.Last week the Knights of Columbus in St. Louis delivered coats to Osborne Public School along with St. Louis Community Sch...
Jan 23, 2020 Greg Walker, left receives the donated coats from Rene Gaudet. (submitted photo/Saskatchewan Rivers Public School Division)
Risk of coronavirus low for Sask. residents, says health official
Saskatchewan is prepared for coronavirus, but the province's chief medical health officer said Wednesday that the risk to residents is low."The average person on the street doesn't need to be concerne...
Jan 23, 2020 Dr. Saqib Shahab speaking at a press conference. (file photo/CJME News Staff)
Prison watchdog decries 'Indigenization' of Canada's correctional system
OTTAWA - The proportion of Indigenous people in federal custody has hit a record high of more than 30 per cent due to disturbing and entrenched imbalances, Canada's prison ombudsman warned Tuesday. Th...
Jan 23, 2020
At 90, Alaska Native woman is 1st counted in US Census
TOKSOOK BAY, Alaska - Lizzie Chimiugak has lived for 90 years in the windswept western wilds of Alaska, born to a nomadic family who lived in mud homes and followed where the good hunting and fishing ...
Jan 23, 2020
Parks Canada says no to gondola proposed from Banff townsite to Mount Norquay
BANFF, Alta. - Parks Canada has rejected a proposed gondola to take skiers and hikers from the Banff townsite to the summit at the Mount Norquay ski resort. The federal agency was consi...
Jan 23, 2020