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Hussen says he wants Canada to accept more refugees as economic immigrants
OTTAWA - Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen says he would like to increase the number of refugees Canada accepts and is pushing for higher refugee numbers every year. Speaking to participants in a...
Jun 20, 2019
David Ortiz shooting suspect charged with drug possession
NEWARK, N.J. - The man authorities say shot former baseball star David Ortiz was charged Thursday with drug and firearm possession in New Jersey. Rolfi Ferreira-Cruz was indicted on cocaine and heroin...
Jun 20, 2019
Canada captain Christine Sinclair scores goal No. 182 against Dutch at World Cup
REIMS, France - Canada captain Christine Sinclair collected career goal No. 182 Thursday, scoring against the Netherlands in preliminary-round play at the Women's World Cup. Sinclair, who turned 36 on...
Jun 20, 2019
Texas says DNA technology jeopardizes cases
AUSTIN, Texas - With a name that sounds like futuristic fiction, Rapid DNA machines roughly the size of an office printer have helped solve rape cases in Kentucky, identified California wildfire victi...
Jun 20, 2019
Lighthizer agrees to do whatever it takes to get new NAFTA passed
OTTAWA - Two days before Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's arrival at the Oval Office, U.S. trade czar Robert Lighthizer has pledged to work with Democrats to do whatever it takes to ratify the new Nort...
Jun 20, 2019
Confusion, bickering cloud of Senate committee's planned Norman inquiry
OTTAWA - Confusion and partisan bickering are clouding a Senate committee's plan to conduct an inquiry into the suspension and failed prosecution of Vice-Admiral Mark Norman. Conservative Sen. Je...
Jun 20, 2019
Canada's Christine Sinclair mingles with Dutch fans ahead of World Cup showdown
REIMS, France - Wandering around Reims on an off-day, Canada captain Christine Sinclair couldn't help but run into visiting Dutch fans ahead of Thursday's Group E showdown at the Women's World Cup. Du...
Jun 20, 2019
Quill Lake student reports being approached by suspicious group
The Wadena RCMP are investigating reports of a suspicious group of people approaching a student that was walking to school in Quill Lake.On June 19, the student informed the school principal of the gr...
Jun 20, 2019 (File photo/northeastNOW Staff)
Who should bear the financial risk of flooding? Report lays out three options
OTTAWA - The federal government could help mitigate the cost of flood damage by creating a "high-risk" insurance pool to help lift the burden off the public purse, says a report released Tuesday by th...
Jun 20, 2019
Collision with power pole leads to emergency siren sounding in Nipawin
Despite the town's emergency siren going off, there was no town-wide emergency in Nipawin last night.The siren went off just before 10 p.m., but crews determined the alarm sounded because a vehicle co...
Jun 20, 2019 Nipawin's town-wide emergency siren went off last night but fortunately there was no emergency. (Facebook/Nipawin Fire)