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All avenues for peace in Venezuela must be explored, Freeland says
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland will head to Cuba next week for talks with her counterpart there on the situation in Venezuela. Freeland made the announcement following a meeting w...
Aug 22, 2019
North Dakota court overturns life term in cut from womb case
FARGO, N.D. - A judge overstepped by giving a life prison sentence to a man whose girlfriend cut the baby from the womb of an unsuspecting neighbour, the North Dakota Supreme Court ruled Thursday, ord...
Aug 22, 2019
Liberals dig up video of Scheer speaking against same-sex marriage
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals are urging Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer to attend the Ottawa Pride parade after circulating a video of him speaking out against same-sex marriage during a debate in ...
Aug 22, 2019
P.A. firefighters undergo specialized training
Prince Albert residents looking skyward near the river Wednesday afternoon may have noticed firefighters rappelling from the downtown building, as well as lowering practice dummies.It's important for ...
Aug 22, 2019 To observe the Prince Albert Fire Department's latest training session you would have had to have been looking up. (submitted photo/ PAFD Facebook page)
Joan Jett, Underwood to perform 'Sunday Night Football' open
Fred Gaudelli knew NBC would have to come up with something grand for this season's "Sunday Night Football" opener since the NFL is celebrating its 100th anniversary. It didn't take long for the show'...
Aug 22, 2019
Quarterback stability helping Riders find success
Consistency is the magic word at the quarterback position for the Saskatchewan Roughriders.The CFL team had to deal with a game of quarterback musical chairs last season due to injuries to then-starte...
Aug 22, 2019 Saskatchewan Roughriders quarterback Cody Fajardo. (Photo courtesy of the Saskatchewan Roughriders)
Military hopes for post-Norman stability as new army commander installed
OTTAWA - Cannons boomed on Parliament Hill Tuesday as the military installed a new Canadian Army commander, hoping to march past years of instability in the most senior ranks ...
Aug 22, 2019
‘Is this some kind of joke?’: Kelliher bar owner recalls armed robbery
The owner of the Club 15 Cheers Tavern in Kelliher says he stayed back after last call early Saturday morning to do the books, thinking somebody might stop by to make a purchase from the offsale.Geral...
Aug 22, 2019 Police say the Club 15 Cheers Tavern in Kelliher was robbed by three people on Aug. 17, 2019. (Club 15 Cheers Tavern/Facebook)
Hoback’s passport tour continuing throughout the northeast
Prince Albert's Member of Parliament (MP) Randy Hoback is halfway through his passport and barbecue tour of Northeast Saskatchewan.The passport tour has been an annual event for Hoback. He told northe...
Aug 22, 2019 Applications and envelopes are laid out when Prince Albert MP Randy Hoback and his staff help northeast residents with passport applications. (Aaron Schulze/northeastNOW Staff)
Grassy Narrows chief, NDP candidate urges Ottawa to talk turkey on mercury
OTTAWA - The chief of a northwestern Ontario reserve -and an NDP candidate in this fall's federal election - is calling on Indigenous Services Minister Seamus O'Regan to sit d...
Aug 22, 2019
