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'Their silence speaks volumes': Indigenous issues largely absent from campaign
OTTAWA - When NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh promised clean water on First Nations reserves and the Greens' Elizabeth May pledged that a Green government would start dismantling the Indian Act, both on Satu...
Oct 07, 2019
Quebec backs down on banning retail workers from using 'bonjour-hi' greeting
MONTREAL - Quebec's immigration minister now says there is no plan to bring in legislation to prevent retail workers from greeting their customers with "bonjour-hi," three days after he...
Oct 07, 2019
First lady calls for end of e-cigarette marketing to youth
ARLINGTON, Va. - Melania Trump is calling on companies to stop marketing e-cigarettes to children, saying they're addictive and dangerous. The first lady - who has a 13-year-old son, Barron - says tee...
Oct 07, 2019
NESPCA holds open house, gets rave reviews
The North East SPCA (NESPCA) held an open house on Saturday, Oct. 5 in Melfort at the newly opened Harry and Eve Vickar Shelter.The open house gave the NESPCA a chance to show people in the region aro...
Oct 07, 2019 (Mat Barrett/northeastNOW Staff)
Agent: Raptors, Lowry agree on $31 million extension
Kyle Lowry and the Toronto Raptors have agreed on a $31 million, one-year extension that could keep him with the NBA champions through the 2020-21 season. Agent Mark Bartelstein on Monday confirmed th...
Oct 07, 2019
Kansas apologizes for risque Snoop Dogg show at hoops event
LAWRENCE, Kan. - The University of Kansas apologized for its risque Late Night at the Phog event in which rapper Snoop Dogg performed, stripper poles were wheeled onto the Allen Fieldhouse floor and f...
Oct 07, 2019
At least 13 dead in migrant boat capsizing off Lampedusa
MILAN - At least 13 people died when an overloaded migrant boat capsized near the island of Lampedusa as they were about to be rescued, the Italian coast guard said Monday. Twenty-two people were resc...
Oct 07, 2019
Suspect held in fatal bludgeoning of sleeping homeless men
NEW YORK - A homeless man wielding a long metal bar rampaged through New York City's Chinatown early Saturday attacking other homeless people who were sleeping, killing four and leaving a fifth with s...
Oct 07, 2019
Saskatchewan Drive paving project finally bears fruit
The wait was worth it for Melfort mayor Rick Lang.The city of Melfort first signed an agreement for the Saskatchewan Drive resurfacing project, through the Urban Highway Connector Program, back in 200...
Oct 07, 2019 (Cam Lee/northeastNOW Staff)
Conservatives promise to make admission to national museums free
OTTAWA - The Conservatives say they would get rid of admission fees at all of Canada's national museums. Andrew Scheer made the announcement on an otherwise quiet day, as the party leaders prepare for...
Oct 07, 2019