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Via Rail lays off 1,000 employees temporarily as blockades drag on
TORONTO - Via Rail says it is temporarily laying off 1,000 employees due to blockades that continue to halt service on CN tracks in Eastern Canada. The Crown corporation has suspended passenger trains...
Feb 19, 2020
New faces and perennial contenders highlight Saskatchewan Country Music Award nominations
This year's crop of Saskatchewan country music talent is abundant.Many of this year's nominees for the Saskatchewan Country Music Awards (SCMA's) are country stars making waves in the industry across ...
Feb 19, 2020 Cal Gratton. (Mat Barrett/northeastNOW Staff)
Canadian moguls team member Brayden Kuroda dies at 19
Canadian freestyle moguls team member Brayden Kuroda has died. Freestyle Canada made the announcement in a news release on Tuesday, saying Kuroda's death happened "suddenly" on Monday n...
Feb 19, 2020
Perfect Game: McCarville throws 100 per cent in 4-3 win over Walker at Scotties
MOOSE JAW, Sask. - Northern Ontario's Krista McCarville threw a perfect game in a 4-3 victory over Alberta's Laura Walker on Wednesday morning at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts....
Feb 19, 2020
Blockade supporting Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs on rail line in Edmonton
EDMONTON - A blockade has been set up on a Canadian National Railway line on the western edge of Edmonton in support of Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs who oppose a natural gas pipeline in Br...
Feb 19, 2020
Kanesatake chief retracts rail blockade comments after community uproar
KANESATAKE, Que. - An Indigenous leader in Quebec is retracting comments about ongoing rail blockades that didn't go over well with members of his own community. Kanesatake Grand Chief Serge Otsi ...
Feb 19, 2020
First lady Melania Trump honoured by Christian college
PALM BEACH, Fla. - First lady Melania Trump touted her "Be Best" program and the Trump administration's battle against the opioid crisis as she accept an award Wednesday from a Florida Christian colle...
Feb 19, 2020
SaskPower outage to affect R.M. of Buckland customers Thursday
SaskPower customers in the R.M. of Buckland will be without power this Thursday.From 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. the Crown corporation will conduct routine maintenance."It's just some equipment changes. Some old...
Feb 19, 2020 (file photo/paNOW Staff)
Hasidic education official tells trial Talmudic education rigorous
MONTREAL - The head of a Jewish home-schooling association took umbrage in court Monday with the accusation his ultra-Orthodox community fails to properly educate its boys, claiming Talmudic stud...
Feb 19, 2020
Organizers push to sign up more volunteers
The Esso Cup is not far off.The female midget triple A national championship will see the country's best teams come to Prince Albert this April. Tournament organizers are hard at work getting ready fo...
Feb 19, 2020 Esso Cup Chair Robin Wildey said they hope to recruit 180 volunteers. (Michael Joel-Hansen/paNOW Staff)
