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Crash claims young woman's life
RCMP say a 25-year-old woman was killed in a single vehicle rollover east of Shellbrook Thursday evening.The crash happened around 6 p.m. on Highway 3 near Airport Road.Sgt. Rob King told paNOW the wo...
Jun 12, 2020
Canadian international Alphonso Davies named Bundesliga rookie of the month
Canadian international Alphonso Davies has won the Bundesliga Rookie Award for May. The 19-year-old Bayern Munich fullback beat out Borussia Moenchengladbach forward Marcus Thuram and RB Leipzig midfi...
Jun 12, 2020
'Egregious' police tactics harming Black and Indigenous people: activist
Emerging evidence of violent police encounters shows some police tactics are "so egregious" that they're doing more harm than any possible good, says a Canadian activist. Sandy Hudson, a founder ...
Jun 12, 2020
Fire crews extinguish late morning garbage bin fire
There was lots of smoke coming from a west flat neighbourhood Friday morning.Shortly after 11a.m., the Prince Albert Fire Department responded to a garbage bin fire in a back alley. The flames were qu...
Jun 12, 2020
'Do they just honk if they like it?' - Comedian Kelly Taylor hosting drive-in show
With no comedy venues to perform at due to the coronavirus pandemic, local comedian Kelly Taylor is going to make it happen in his own backyard. After losing out on three months of shows, Taylor has d...
Jun 12, 2020
Frustration grows with no apparent end in sight for Canada-U.S. border ban
WASHINGTON - Business groups and border communities that depend on traffic across the Canada-U.S. border are growing impatient with travel restrictions that appear poised to stretch into a fourth stra...
Jun 12, 2020
Rugby league looking at forgoing scrums and changing rules to make game safer
Super League is looking at outlawing scrums for the rest of the 2020 season and introducing other rule changes "largely to make the sport of rugby league safer in the current public health situation."...
Jun 12, 2020
Warm and windy this weekend, showers and thunderstorms likely
A windy, unsettled, but warm weekend is in store for north-central and northeast Saskatchewan.Environment and Climate Change Canada meteorologist Terri Lang told northeastNOW the wind is coming up fro...
Jun 12, 2020
Canada rebuts UN Security Council critics as Champagne to NYC for final push
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne is bound for New York City to join the final push for Canada's campaign for a seat on the United Nations Security Council. Champagne ...
Jun 12, 2020
New York governor signs police accountability legislation
ALBANY, N.Y. - New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed into law on Friday a sweeping package of police accountability measures that received new backing following protests of George Floyd's killing, includi...
Jun 12, 2020
