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Michener Award finalists announced for outstanding public-service journalism
OTTAWA - The Michener Awards Foundation has named the finalists for its 2018 award to honour excellence in public-service journalism. The nominees include work by the Waterloo Regi...
May 07, 2019
Newborn Hearing Screening Program Expanded To Eighteen Saskatchewan Hospitals
Newborn babies will now be screened for early signs of hearing loss in all eighteen Saskatchewan hospitals that regularly deliver babies as of May 1.The Universal Newborn Hearing Screening Program ide...
May 07, 2019
Missing child located
RCMP issued a press release Tuesday afternoon which stated Zurcuriah Daniels was located.-Rosthern RCMP are asking for the public's assistance in attempting to locate a 12-year-old girl who went missi...
May 07, 2019 Zurcuriah Daniels was last seen at a residence around noon on May 1. (Submitted photo/Rosthern RCMP)
Highlights of the auditor general's reports released Tuesday
OTTAWA - Highlights of the auditor general's reports released Tuesday: - Millions of people had trouble getting through to agents at federal call centres. Instead of giving callers the option of ...
May 07, 2019
Dead end: millions of calls to government go unanswered, AG finds
OTTAWA - Half of the 16 million Canadians trying to reach one of three government agencies by telephone are unable to speak to live humans, according to Canada's interim auditor general. In a new...
May 07, 2019
Teen injured in Nova Scotia rugby match says game has risks like any sport
HALIFAX - An international exchange student who was injured in a high school rugby match in Cape Breton last week says he's feeling "really good" after being released from hospital. Diego Kuri, a 16-y...
May 07, 2019
Freeland affirms Arctic co-operation with U.S. despite differences on climate
MONTREAL - Canada is holding out hope it can collaborate with the Trump administration on Arctic challenges even though the United States has blocked the Arctic Council from issuing a unanimous declar...
May 07, 2019
RCMP not fully prepared for active shooters five years after Moncton: auditor
OTTAWA - The RCMP isn't sure that all its officers have access to the rifles and body armour needed to respond to an active shooter, almost five years after three Mounties were gunned down i...
May 07, 2019
Melfort passes bylaw to allow duplex builds on east side
The City of Melfort is moving forward with changes to allow for duplexes in an area of the city that currently does not permit them.A big topic of conversation at the regular council meeting Monday, M...
May 07, 2019 (File photo/northeastNOW Staff)
Canada's asylum system unable to respond to spikes in claims, AG finds
OTTAWA - Acting auditor general Sylvain Ricard has found Canada's refugee system is plagued with a backlog of asylum claims that is worse now than it has ever been, caused in part by systemic ine...
May 07, 2019