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Provincial green purveyors pleased with plastic ban, urge domino effect
Globally, one garbage truckload of plastic waste enters the ocean every minute.That comes from the federal government, which points to this, alongside plastic overflowing in landfills, as reaching a b...
Jun 10, 2019 Cutlery, straws and Styrofoam plates and cups could be banned in Canada by 2021. (Tyler Marr/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Canada 'closely following' reports of attacks on journalists in Russia: Freeland
MONTREAL - Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland says she will speak out about the lack of media freedom in Russia during a conference that Canada is co-hosting next month with Great B...
Jun 10, 2019
Rules for new corporate ombud criticized for deferring to companies
OTTAWA - The federal government is giving its new watchdog on international corporate responsibility unprecedented power to hear complaints from Canadian companies that think they've been unfairly tar...
Jun 10, 2019
Corbett and Knoop win 2019 Left/Right Tournament
The annual Gary Brandon Left Right tournament took place at the Melfort Golf and Country Club from Friday, June 7 to Sunday, June 9.The 34th annual event featured 64 teams with players from Saskatchew...
Jun 10, 2019 (Mat Barrett/northeastNOW Staff)
New Manitoba plan contains no carbon tax, higher carbon emissions level
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is watering down its target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and removing any possible carbon tax from the equation. Sustainable Development Minister Roche...
Jun 10, 2019
Styrofoam take-out boxes and straws among expected targets of plastics ban
OTTAWA - A national ban on the most harmful single-use plastics will very likely force restaurants and fast-food outlets to find non-plastic materials for takeout and delivery containers but plas...
Jun 10, 2019
Styrofoam take-out boxes and straws among expected targets of plastics ban
OTTAWA - A national ban on the most harmful single-use plastics will very likely force restaurants and fast-food outlets to find non-plastic materials for takeout and delivery containers but plas...
Jun 10, 2019
‘It’s been the dream’: Riders hold first practice after cuts
A few members of the Saskatchewan Roughriders finally realized their dreams of playing professionally as they hit the field for the first regular-season practice of the year."It's been the dream since...
Jun 10, 2019 Saskatchewan Roughriders quarterback Isaac Harker performing a drill at practice on June 9, 2019. (Britton Gray/980 CJME)
Muenster product lone Saskatchewan player taken in Major League Baseball Draft
Just one player from the province of Saskatchewan was taken in the 2019 Major League Baseball (MLB) Draft between June 3 and 5.That player is Logan Hofmann, a young pitcher from Muenster who has spent...
Jun 10, 2019 Logan Hofmann was drafted in the 35th round of the MLB Draft June 5. (submitted photo/Logan Hofmann)
Albania president cancels elections, citing tense climate
TIRANA, Albania - Albania's president on Saturday cancelled upcoming municipal elections, citing the need to reduce political tensions in the country. President Ilir Meta said he acted because "the ac...
Jun 10, 2019