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MLB pitcher Rich Hill and wife arrested at Patriots game
BOSTON - Free agent pitcher Rich Hill and his wife were arrested outside Saturday's New England Patriots game after police said his wife attempted to enter the stadium with an oversized bag and he arg...
Dec 23, 2019
6 killed, 13 injured in Las Vegas apartment building fire
LAS VEGAS - A fire in a three-story apartment building in downtown Las Vegas where residents were apparently using their stoves for heat killed six people and forced some residents to jump from upper-...
Dec 23, 2019
France says it carries out first armed drone strike in Mali
PARIS - France's defence ministry announced Monday it had carried out its first armed drone strike, killing seven Islamic extremists in central Mali over the weekend. France joins a tiny group of coun...
Dec 23, 2019
Dancer born with one hand makes Radio City Rockettes history
NEW YORK - A dancer born with one hand is the first person with a visible disability ever hired by New York's famed Radio City Rockettes. "I don't want to be known as the dancer who has one hand, and ...
Dec 23, 2019
Residents of NW Syria flee new government offensive
BEIRUT - Syrian government forces pressed ahead Monday with a new military assault on the country's last rebel stronghold that began last week, an offensive that has set off a mass exodus of civilians...
Dec 23, 2019
Canadian 'whistleblower' detained for years in Middle East to learn fate Tuesday
MONTREAL - The family of a Canadian geologist jailed in Dubai on fraud charges is cautiously optimistic he'll be exonerated in a court hearing scheduled for Tuesday. Andre Gauthier...
Dec 23, 2019
Judge authorizes plan to transform six Quebec dailies into employee cooperatives
MONTREAL - Quebec's Superior Court has authorized a plan that transforms six insolvent regional French-language newspapers across the province into employee cooperatives and reduces pen...
Dec 23, 2019
Company seeks injunction: Co-op, union in court over pickets at Regina refinery
REGINA - A nearly three-week labour dispute between a Saskatchewan petroleum refinery and hundreds of its workers moved from the picket line into the courtroom Monday, with the company seeking an inju...
Dec 23, 2019
Mid-season review: Hawks aim to meet expectations in second half
Heading into their final weekend of games before the holiday break, the Nipawin Hawks sat seventh in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) standings with 38 points (18 wins, 16 losses, two over...
Dec 23, 2019 The Nipawin Hawks (black and yellow) had some highs in the first half of the 2019-20 SJHL season but are hoping for more consistency in 2020. (Aaron Schulze/northeastNOW Staff).
New central office one of many highlights for Horizon School Division in 2019
A number of changes highlighted the year that was for the Horizon School Division.The year began with the office staff moving into their new home on Eighth Ave. in Humboldt in January. Prior to the mo...
Dec 23, 2019 The Horizon School DIvision held the grand opening of their new office building in November. (Aaron Schulze/northeastNOW Staff)