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SGI encouraging drivers to turn on their lights
Turn on your lights.A caller into the northeastNOW newsroom Tuesday morning said she almost struck two vehicles during some snowy weather because their lights were not on.Saskatchewan Government Insur...
Feb 25, 2020 (Cam Lee/northeastNOW Staff)
Drinking water advisory issued in Birch Hills
Birch Hills is under a precautionary drinking water advisory, but the town administrators are hopeful the advisory is lifted by Wednesday.The Water Security Agency (WSA) issued the advisory on Saturda...
Feb 25, 2020 (Cam Lee/northeastNOW Staff)
City seeks help to fund estimated $15 million project
Prince Albert may get some help from the federal and provincial governments on an expensive new project at the water treatment plant. The new raw water pump house has been a source of distress for cou...
Feb 25, 2020 A federal-provincial grant could provide up to $11 million toward the new pump house on the river. (Alison Sandstrom/paNOW Staff)
Six-time Canadian curling champion Jennifer Jones denied a seventh
MOOSE JAW, Sask. - Jennifer Jones will have to wait for another chance to win a record seventh Canadian women's curling championship. The decorated skip believes she has the team and the time to ...
Feb 25, 2020
P.A. high school set to host regional competition
cole St. Mary High School is set to host athletes from all over the province this coming weekend.The Saskatchewan High School Athletic Association Regional High School Wrestling Tournament will begin ...
Feb 25, 2020 École St. Mary High School will be hosting wrestlers from all over the province this weekend. (file photo/paNOW Staff)
3 courts, 3 rulings: Carbon tax seen differently in different courts
EDMONTON - Legal experts say rulings from provincial Appeal Courts on the federal carbon tax aren't about the tax itself, but rather the government's legal grounds for it.The Alberta Court ruled on Mo...
Feb 25, 2020
Hurricanes to bring emergency backup goalie Ayres to Raleigh for game
TORONTO - The Carolina Hurricanes aren't done with David Ayres just yet. Ayres, a 42-year-old Zamboni driver, was forced to be Carolina's emergency goalie for its road game Saturday night against...
Feb 25, 2020
Vets with PTSD treated like 'lepers,' doctor tells Desmond fatality inquiry
GUYSBOROUGH, N.S. - A New Brunswick doctor who specializes in treating veterans with PTSD apologized today for comments he made about the Department of Veterans Affairs during testimony before a fatal...
Feb 25, 2020
Drugmaker Mallinckrodt reaches $1.6B opioid settlement
The generic drugmaker Mallinckrodt has a tentative $1.6 billion deal to settle lawsuits over its role in the U.S. opioid crisis, it announced Tuesday. The deal is intended to end hundreds of lawsuits ...
Feb 25, 2020
Oilers' Kailer Yamamoto listed as week to week with ankle injury
Edmonton Oilers winger Kailer Yamamoto has been sidelined with an ankle injury. The team says Yamamoto is week to week. Yamamoto was hurt Sunday night in a win over the Los Angeles Kings. A first-roun...
Feb 25, 2020
