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Memorial service to honour Humboldt Broncos on anniversary of bus crash
Next Saturday will mark one year since devastation struck the city of Humboldt following the Broncos bus crash.A memorial service is planned to take place at 4:30 p.m. at the Elgar Petersen Arena to p...
Mar 29, 2019 (Angie Rolheiser/northeastNOW Staff)
Airline offers to end LA Coliseum name change
LOS ANGELES - United Airlines offered Friday withdraw from a $69 million deal to change Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum into United Airlines Memorial Coliseum following criticism that adding a corporate...
Mar 29, 2019
Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime drops semifinal against John Isner
MIAMI - Felix Auger-Aliassime's dramatic run at the Miami Open finally has come to an end. The 18-year-old Montreal native lost 7-6 (3), 7-6 (4) to No. 7 seed and defending champion&nbs...
Mar 29, 2019
Ex-MVP Wetteland indicted on 3 counts of child sex assault
DENTON, Texas - A Texas grand jury has indicted former All-Star and World Series MVP pitcher John Wetteland on three counts of continuous sexual assault of a child. The indictments Thursday in Denton ...
Mar 29, 2019
Ex-MVP Wetteland indicted on 3 counts of child sex assault
DENTON, Texas - A Texas grand jury has indicted former All-Star and World Series MVP pitcher John Wetteland on three counts of continuous sexual assault of a child. The indictments Thursday in Denton ...
Mar 29, 2019
Canada won't extend peacekeeping mission in Mali: Freeland
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland says the Trudeau government will not extend Canada's peacekeeping mission in Mali despite a UN appeal for it to stay longer. The eight Canadian heli...
Mar 29, 2019
Feds boost funding for refugee health care, but study says barriers remain
OTTAWA - Canada's refugee health program is getting a $283 million boost over the next two years. Immigration officials say the funding increase - contained in last week's federal budget -&n...
Mar 29, 2019
Oklahoma ex-senator David Boren accused of sexual misconduct
OKLAHOMA CITY - A former University of Oklahoma student alleges he was touched and kissed inappropriately by former university President David Boren on several occasions almost a decade ago when the m...
Mar 29, 2019
SaskEnergy rate decrease coming, but so is the carbon tax
While the province has approved a rate change that will take SaskEnergy's commodity rate to its lowest mark in 20 years, it says residents won't be seeing a decrease on their bills with the incoming c...
Mar 29, 2019
Combat boots begin cross-country journey to honour 75th anniversary of D-Day
VANCOUVER - A pair of combat boots has been loaded on a train in Vancouver to begin a cross-country journey symbolizing those who travelled to Halifax during the Second World War before they embarked ...
Mar 29, 2019
