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Hughes follows his own advice at Valspar Championship for best finish of season
Mackenzie Hughes is used to giving other people advice on the PGA Tour this season. Last week, the Canadian started listening to it himself. Hughes, from Dundas, Ont., had missed the cut at four conse...
Mar 29, 2019
Local organizations support national campaign to stop using derogatory word
Disclaimer: This story contains an offensive word.A national not-for-profit organization has a message that has resonated with local enforcement and educational authorities.#NoGoodWay is a campaign st...
Mar 29, 2019 #NoGoodWay to use the 'R' word, is new campaign. (Tero Vesalainen/ Dreamstime.com)
P.A. group accused of robbery back in court
Three of the four people accused in a string of robberies including in Prince Albert returned to court this week.Dorion Loessel and Brandon Peeteetuce, the two 20-year-old males among the accused, app...
Mar 29, 2019 (file photo/northeastNOW Staff)
Autopsy: Heart attack killed Nevada brothel owner
LAS VEGAS - Authorities say America's most famous pimp died of a heart attack in bed at one of his legal brothels in Nevada after a 72nd birthday bash in October. The Nye County Sheriff's Office said ...
Mar 29, 2019
Powerful winds create towering 'Game of Thrones' ice wall near Newfoundland town
PORT AU CHOIX, N.L. - A towering ice wall has dramatically emerged near a small town on Newfoundland's northwest coast, with one resident likening it to a "Game of Thrones" set. Brendon Gould of Port ...
Mar 29, 2019
Tories seek investigation into leak of Trudeau-JWR clash over top court choice
OTTAWA - The Conservatives are asking for an investigation into leaks of confidential information about Jody Wilson-Raybould's controversial choice for chief justice of the Supreme Court of ...
Mar 29, 2019
Caitlan Coleman describes spankings, abuse at hands of Joshua Boyle
OTTAWA - Caitlan Coleman, who was backpacking in Afghanistan with husband Joshua Boyle when the pair were seized by extremists in 2012, told a judge Wednesday her spouse regularly punished her wi...
Mar 29, 2019
Israel-Canada close despite differences on Golan Heights recognition: envoy
OTTAWA - Israel disagrees with Canada's stance towards the Golan Heights and the effectiveness of the Iran nuclear deal, but the country's envoy still believes the Trudeau government's broader Middle ...
Mar 29, 2019
UN, Canada at odds over restrictions on promised military transport plane
OTTAWA - The United Nations is pushing back against restrictions Canada wants to put on the use of a military transport plane it promised to deploy in Africa. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau first annou...
Mar 29, 2019
Feds formally announce $65M to help renew STARS fleet
The federal government formally announced its plans to give STARS Air Ambulance $65 million towards five new helicopters Thursday.However, before Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Minister Ralp...
Mar 29, 2019 Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Minister Ralph Goodale takes a tour of a STARS Air Ambulance helicopter following a federal funding announcement on March 28, 2019. (Jessie Anton/980 CJME)
