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Trudeau, premiers to focus on topping up pay for workers in long-term care homes
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and provincial and territorial leaders will speak tonight about ways to better protect those in long-term care facilities, which have been hardest hit by the&nbs...
Apr 16, 2020
RCMP looking for help in identifying two suspects after break and enter in Watrous
RCMP and Saskatchewan Crime Stoppers are looking to the public for some help in identifying a couple of suspects believed to be connected to numerous break and enters.On Sunday, April 5 at 5:45 a.m., ...
Apr 16, 2020 (Facebook/Saskatchewan Crime Stoppers)
Former CFL star quarterback Flutie feels commissioner Ambrosie's pain
TORONTO - Doug Flutie can feel CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie's pain. Ambrosie continues to discuss potential contingency plans for the 2020 CFL season in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The ...
Apr 16, 2020
Farm group calls on Ottawa to help save food sector
The federal government is being called upon to create an emergency fund, to help assist farmers and agriculture-related businesses survive the COVID-19 pandemic. Canadian Federation of Agriculture Pre...
Apr 16, 2020 (file photo/paNOW Staff)
Akim Aliu says he believes in second chances after Bill Peters hired by KHL team
Former NHL player Akim Aliu says he believes people deserve second chances, and that includes a coach who allegedly used racial slurs against him. Aliu said Thursday he's fine with Bill Peters re...
Apr 16, 2020
Ailing federal prisoner who fears COVID-19 awaits word on early release
OTTAWA - A inmate who has serious health problems and fears COVID-19 hopes to hear from the federal prison service today whether he will be let out of custody. Otherwise, Derrick Snow's case is s...
Apr 16, 2020
Former Jays exec Pat Gillick remembers Damaso Garcia as good player, good person
TORONTO - Former Blue Jays executive Pat Gillick remembers former Toronto second baseman Damaso Garcia as a "very good player and a very good person." Garcia, a two-time all-star who helped the young ...
Apr 16, 2020
Wolfpack rue missing home opener originally slated for Saturday in Toronto
TORONTO - This weekend was to have been Sonny Bill Williams' coming-out party in Toronto, with the former All Blacks star slated to make his Canadian debut for the Wolfpack before an expected sel...
Apr 16, 2020
Louis Armstrong org starts COVID-19 fund for jazz musicians
NEW YORK - The Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation has launched a $1 million emergency fund to support freelance New York City-area jazz musicians during the coronavirus pandemic. The organization'...
Apr 16, 2020
The Melfort Regional Landfill is open to the public after month-long closure
The City of Melfort has reopened one of its facilities that was closed due to the COVID-19 crisis.The Melfort Regional Landfill is once again open to the general public.Director of Development, Planni...
Apr 16, 2020 The Melfort Regional Landfill has reopened, though it remains closed on weekends. (Mat Barrett/northeastNOW Staff)