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Melfort's Go Out and Play kickoff set for Sunday
Go Out and Play day is set for this Sunday at Memorial Gardens in Melfort.From 1 to 3 p.m., there will be crokicurl, a jewel hunt, snow painting, swooshing, walking bingo as well as a wiener roast and...
Feb 26, 2020 Memorial Garden will host the 2020 Go Out and Play kickoff on Sunday. (Angie Rolheiser/northeastNOW staff)

Injury-depleted Wolfpack add two players on loan from Wigan Warriors
TORONTO - The injury-depleted Toronto Wolfpack have added forwards Ben Kilner and Jack Wells on a one-month loan from Wigan Warriors. The two could be eligible to play in Toronto's Super League game S...
Feb 26, 2020

Number of distracted driving tickets drops again
For the third straight month, the number of distracted driving offences recorded in Saskatchewan decreased.According to SGI, Saskatchewan police officers issued 509 tickets for distracted driving in J...
Feb 26, 2020 (CKOM News Staff)

Thefts in Melfort have RCMP investigating, victims frustrated
Police in Melfort are investigating a series of thefts over the past couple of weeks, and one of the victims is speaking out.Steve Yaremy, owner of Yaremy Screw Piles, was hit twice. The first theft w...
Feb 26, 2020 A picture of the Yaremy Screw Pile truck that was rifled through. (Cam Lee/northeastNOW Staff)

Humboldt RCMP on the lookout for missing man
RCMP in Humboldt are asking for help to find a missing man.20-year-old Allan Douglas Garrioch also goes by the last name Glasier.He was last seen leaving his home in Humboldt at 3 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb...
Feb 26, 2020 (Submitted/RCMP)

OD deaths decrease in B.C. but officials say safer drug supply needed
VICTORIA - Overdose deaths linked to illicit drugs dropped by 36 per cent last year in British Columbia compared with 2018 but the death toll remains almost as high as when the province declared ...
Feb 26, 2020

Kenney says feds sank Teck mine with deadline change, but Ottawa says 'not true'
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says it was a new, last-minute delay by Ottawa on whether to approve the Frontier oilsands mine that led Teck Resources Ltd. to pull the plu...
Feb 26, 2020

Government urged to increase diversity at top of federal public service
OTTAWA - The federal government faced calls Monday to add more diversity to the senior ranks of the public service, as black civil servants gathered in the national capital to share their experiences ...
Feb 26, 2020

Halifax council studies quiet fireworks displays to avoid alarming veterans
HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia city councillor is pushing for quiet fireworks in Halifax out of concern the noise is alarming veterans and people on the autism spectrum. However some in the pyrotec...
Feb 26, 2020

Canada names provisional Olympic soccer qualifying roster but no Davies, David
Alphonso Davies had a coming-out party Tuesday in Bayern Munich's Champions League win over Chelsea. Jonathan David scored a hat trick for KAA Gent on the weekend and leads the Belgium League in ...
Feb 26, 2020