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Boeing capsule launches to wrong orbit, skips space station

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Boeing's new Starliner capsule ended up in the wrong orbit after lifting off on its first test flight Friday, a blow to the company's effort to launch astronauts for NASA next y...

Dec 22, 2019

Racism in stands mars Chelsea's 2-0 win at Tottenham in EPL

FIFA's protocol for dealing with discrimination at soccer games was implemented for the first time in the Premier League on Sunday with three stadium announcements during a London derby between Totten...

Dec 22, 2019

Champagne quiet on what U.S. thinks of idea to hold off on trade deal with China

OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne is refusing to say how Washington responded to Canada's request that it hold off on signing a trade deal with China until Canadian pr...

Dec 22, 2019

Sixty-nine Canadians giving up holidays to help with Australian wildfires

TORONTO - Sixty-nine Canadians are giving up their holidays at home to join the battle for the first time against the deadly wildfires devastating vast tracts of several Australian states. The C...

Dec 22, 2019

Morneau takes shot at Tories over recession talk in wake of fiscal update

OTTAWA - The political war-of-words around the national economy took another turn on Sunday's political talk shows as the federal finance minister warned Conservatives to cease claims of a l...

Dec 22, 2019

Regimental funeral in Winnipeg for RCMP officer who died in highway crash

WINNIPEG - An RCMP officer who died in a highway crash was remembered Friday as a fun-loving man with a zest for mischief as well as a deep compassion for friends and family. Well over ...

Dec 22, 2019

Sports Year in Review: Northeast baseball and softball shines

northeastNOW is taking a look back at the biggest and most interesting sports stories of 2019, as selected by our sports reporters Mat Barrett and Aaron Schulze:-Whether they threw overhand or underha...

Dec 22, 2019 (Facebook/2019 U14A Spirit Softball).

Year in Review: Major changes for local radio

northeastNOW is taking a look back at the biggest and most interesting stories of 2019, as selected by our newsroom:It has been a wild time for radio in Melfort.Jim Pattison Broadcast Group purchased ...

Dec 22, 2019 Bill Wood. (Angie Rolheiser/northeastNOW Staff)

Back to the drawing board for missing heavy icebreaker: Coast Guard

OTTAWA - Call it the case of the missing icebreaker. The fate of the Canadian Coast Guard's next heavy icebreaker has been wrapped in mystery since the federal government quietly removed the $1.3-bill...

Dec 22, 2019

You Down With O-T-T? Direct-to-consumer options at sports media forefront

TORONTO - Sports fans have never had as much choice when it comes to watching live events as they do right now. The remote control - and the wallet - are getting workouts because of it. Long...

Dec 22, 2019