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Rain delays paving of Saskatchewan Drive in Melfort
Recent rain is not only delaying harvest but it's also put a bit of a halt on the paving of Saskatchewan Drive in Melfort.Work was expected to get underway late last week but will now begin on Monday....
Sep 11, 2019 Saskatchewan Drive in Melfort is being paved from the railway tracks north of the Canalta Hotel to the Highway 41A intersection on the west side. (Mat Barrett/northeastNOW Staff)
Use of fake social media bots in Alberta election coming in federal vote: experts
EDMONTON - A federal report confirming the use of false social media posts to try to manipulate last spring's Alberta election points to dangers for the upcoming federal vote, political scie...
Sep 11, 2019
Ex-hostage Boyle demanded wife lose weight as means of control: prosecutor
OTTAWA - A Crown attorney has accused Joshua Boyle of dictating strict weight-loss targets for wife Caitlan Coleman after the couple were freed as hostages of Taliban-linked captors. Prosecutor J...
Sep 11, 2019
UK's Johnson to suspend Parliament as his Brexit plans stall
LONDON - British lawmakers demanded Monday that Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government release officials' private correspondence about plans for Brexit, as the government prepared to suspend Parlia...
Sep 11, 2019
Quebec court invalidates portions of medical aid in dying laws as too restrictive
MONTREAL - Quebec Superior Court has invalidated parts of the federal and Quebec laws on medically assisted dying laws, declaring them too restrictive and therefore unconstitutional. A ...
Sep 11, 2019
'Staring at me:' Oldest known spider ancestor found in Burgess Shales
Alberta's famed Burgess Shales have yielded another ground-breaking fossil find - this time the oldest known ancestor of today's spiders and scorpions Two scientists from the Royal Ontario Museum...
Sep 11, 2019
Trump to propose ban on flavourings used in e-cigarettes
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump says his administration will propose banning thousands of flavours used in e-cigarettes amid an outbreak of breathing problems tied to vaping. State and federal hea...
Sep 11, 2019
Atlantic grids, forestry, coastlines need rethink in era of intense storms: experts
HALIFAX - In an era when storms with hurricane-force winds are expected to keep battering Atlantic Canada, experts say the region should make major changes to electrical grids, sho...
Sep 11, 2019
North Korea fires 2 projectiles after offering talks with US
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - North Korea launched two projectiles toward the sea on Tuesday, South Korea's military said, hours after the North offered to resume nuclear diplomacy with the United State...
Sep 11, 2019
Ex-reality TV star Ravenel pleads guilty to assault on nanny
CHARLESTON, S.C. - Reality television star and ex-South Carolina treasurer Thomas Ravenel has been fined $500 after taking a plea deal to charges he assaulted a former nanny. Ravenel was initially cha...
Sep 11, 2019