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B.C. man is pleads guilty in the snake venom death of a two-year-old girl
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia man has pleaded guilty to one count of failing to provide the necessaries of life for the death by snake venom of a two-year-old girl. Alisia Adams with&n...
Jul 19, 2019
Ontario attorney general invokes PM in spat over refugee legal aid
OTTAWA - Ontario's attorney general is taking his fight for more money for refugee legal aid to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Doug Downey, who took over as Ontario's attorney general i...
Jul 19, 2019
Ebola outbreak in Congo declared a global health emergency
GENEVA - The deadly Ebola outbreak in Congo is now an international health emergency, the World Health Organization announced Wednesday after a case was confirmed in a city of 2 million people . A WHO...
Jul 19, 2019
Police looking for missing 16-year-old
Prince Albert RCMP are asking for the public's help in locating a missing 16-year-old.Charles Laliberte was last seen today wearing a grey and orange hoodie, grey sweatpants and a white T-shirt. He ha...
Jul 19, 2019 Charles Laliberte, 16. (submitted photo/RCMP)
Finance Minister Harpauer’s budget tour stops in Humboldt
With the legislative session adjourned, Finance Minister Donna Harpauer is doing her routine budget tour where she presents the state of the province in front of individual community chambers of comme...
Jul 19, 2019 Saskatchewan Finance Minister Donna Harpauer spoke in front of Humboldt and District Chamber of Commerce members as part of her budget tour while the legislative session is adjourned. (Aaron Schulze/northeastNOW Staff)
'Smell of gunpowder:' Interviews with family of shot tourist played in court
CALGARY - The wife of a German tourist who was shot in the head while driving on an Alberta highway told police she remembers hearing a pop and then smelling the strong odour of gunpowder be...
Jul 19, 2019
'Disaster is what brings us together.' Greektown community united after tragedy
TORONTO - The doors at St. Barnabas on the Danforth are always open, but the people seeking solace inside the Anglican church the day after a deadly shooting wanted to bolt them shut. L...
Jul 19, 2019
Stop CBSA policy requiring bulletproof vests in immigrant detention: advocates
OTTAWA - A group of doctors, lawyers, legal scholars and human-rights organizations is calling on the federal government to halt the rollout of a new policy that will see border officers outfitted in ...
Jul 19, 2019
Plate champion One Bad Boy early favourite for Prince of Wales Stakes
FORT ERIE, Ont. - Queen's Plate champion One Bad Boy drew the No. 1 post for the $400,000 Prince of Wales Stakes on Friday. The 1 3/16-mile dirt race is the second jewel of the OLG Canadian ...
Jul 19, 2019
Trump administration trying to bring A$AP Rocky home
WASHINGTON - First lady Melania Trump says her husband's administration is working with the State Department to try to bring rapper A$AP Rocky home. The president also tells reporters that many member...
Jul 19, 2019
