An area around the Northeast Christian Academy private school on Main St. In Melfort has been designated a 'School Area'. Director of Public Works Kalyna Cipywnyk told northeastNOW the review of the roadways around the academy happened when the City received a letter from the school this year with a request to designat...

OTTAWA - The office of the public sector integrity commissioner says it's being overwhelmed by its workload and that eliminating the backlog of files would require more analysts and lawyers. Commissioner Harriet Solloway says the office has received 380 submissions so far this year, including 78 reprisal complaints and...

VICTORIA - Job action affecting public service workers in British Columbia got underway this week, after a strike notice issued by the B.C. General Employees' Union expired on Tuesday. Here are five things you need to know about the dispute. WHAT'S BEHIND THE JOB ACTION? The union says talks over a new contract broke d...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - Florida will work to phase out all childhood vaccine mandates in the state, building on the effort by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis to curb vaccine requirements and other health mandates during the COVID-19 pandemic. DeSantis also announced on Wednesday the creation of a state-level "Mak...

MONTREAL - The Quebec government wants a judge to declare insolvent the North American branch of Swedish battery manufacturer Northvolt. Quebec filed the court application in an attempt to recoup some of the province's losses on a failed electric-vehicle battery project. The province says Northvolt Batteries North Amer...

TORONTO - Toronto Metropolitan University opened Canada's newest medical school this week, with 94 students who administrators believe reflect the diversity needed among this country's future doctors. "It's very intentional for us to be locating the school in Brampton - a diverse community, underserved from a medi...

CALGARY - Federal investigators are looking into a train derailment in British Columbia's Kootenay region near the Alberta boundary. The Transportation Safety Board says in a statement that a team is being deployed to the site near Elko, B.C., where investigators will gather information and begin to assess what caused ...

MONTREAL - Quebec's workplace safety board says Montreal's transit constables fear for their security and should be better armed. Its recommendation is included in a report the board produced for the public transit agency in response to two complaints about constables' safety in the network. The report, however, does n...

It was a busy few days for the Nipawin Fire Department (NFD). They were called to a collision between a semi and a pickup truck Friday morning near the Rolling Pines Golf Course. (Nipawin Fire Department/Facebook)They also responded to another two-vehicle collision in town during the long weekend. (Nipawin Fire Departm...

MONTREAL - A coroner says Quebec's child protection services failed a young girl from Granby, Que., whose death in 2019 galvanized the province into reforming the system. Géhane Kamel's report says institutions that were supposed to protect the seven-year-old - including youth services, the health network and th...