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Planning well underway for NEOSS Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event in Tisdale
An annual event in the northeast returns to Tisdale for the second straight year.Walk a Mile in Her Shoes will be held May 26 at the Tisdale Town Square.North East Outreach and Support Services (NEOSS...
Feb 25, 2020 Last year's event in Tisdale raised over $17,000. (Aaron Schulze/northeastNOW Staff)
Drugmaker Mallinckrodt reaches $1.6B opioid settlement
The generic drugmaker Mallinckrodt has a tentative $1.6 billion deal to settle lawsuits over its role in the U.S. opioid crisis, it announced Tuesday. The deal is intended to end hundreds of lawsuits ...
Feb 25, 2020
Oilers' Kailer Yamamoto listed as week to week with ankle injury
Edmonton Oilers winger Kailer Yamamoto has been sidelined with an ankle injury. The team says Yamamoto is week to week. Yamamoto was hurt Sunday night in a win over the Los Angeles Kings. A first-roun...
Feb 25, 2020
Violent ends to past Indigenous protests haunt Trudeau government
OTTAWA - The ghosts of Indigenous protests past have hovered over Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as his government struggles to bring a peaceful end to blockades that have disrupted traffic o...
Feb 25, 2020
Veteran midfielder Diana Matheson returns to national team after one-year absence
TORONTO - Veteran Diana Matheson returns to the national team after a one-year injury absence for the Tournoi de France, an elite women's soccer tournament. Coach Kenneth Heiner-Moller announced his s...
Feb 25, 2020
HFX Wanderers FC complete 2020 CPL roster by signing two Brazilians
HALIFAX - HFX Wanderers FC have signed a pair of Brazilians in attacking midfielder Joao Morelli and defender Eriks Santos. "Morelli can make that final pass and has shown he can score goals from open...
Feb 25, 2020
39 states investigating Juul's marketing of vaping products
HARTFORD, Conn. - Investigators from 39 states will look into the marketing and sales of vaping products by Juul Labs, including whether the company targeted youths and made misleading claims about ni...
Feb 25, 2020
Honolulu marathon CEO says he was abused by Michigan doctor
ANN ARBOR, Mich. - The president and CEO of one of the nation's largest marathons has joined a chorus of former students who have complained about a late University of Michigan doctor by saying the ph...
Feb 25, 2020
N.S. Liberal budget opens spending taps as province faces flattening economy
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's Liberal government is opening the spending taps on infrastructure in its fifth consecutive balanced budget, as economic growth is expected to drop sharply this year. The 2020-2...
Feb 25, 2020
World isn't ready for coronavirus outbreak, says Canadian WHO expert
OTTAWA - A renowned Canadian epidemiologist who led a team of experts to China to study the novel coronavirus on behalf of the World Health Organization says other countries are not ready fo...
Feb 25, 2020