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Provincial, federal governments put disputes aside for $72 million in infrastructure projects
The provincial and federal governments combined to announce more than $72 million in funding for 12 different infrastructure projects in Saskatchewan.Prior to Wednesday's announcement, weeks filled wi...
Sep 05, 2019 Premier Scott Moe speaks to a crowd gathered at Gordie Howe Sports Complex during a funding announcement on Sept. 4, 2019. (Keenan Sorokan/650 CKOM)
Conference looks at how First Nations can be involved in marijuana industry
VANCOUVER - The cannabis industry is seen by some First Nations as an opportunity to take the initiative and get out of poverty, says the regional chief of the B.C. Assembly of Fir...
Sep 05, 2019
NewsAlert: Montreal man pleads guilty to murder of unborn child
MONTREAL - A Montreal man charged with fatally stabbing his unborn baby has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and aggravated assault. The guilty plea from Sofiane Ghazi, 39, came on the second da...
Sep 05, 2019
Sarah Huckabee Sanders memoir coming in 2020
NEW YORK - Former White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders has a book deal. St. Martin's Press announced Thursday that her memoir will come out in Fall 2020. Sanders will write about her tim...
Sep 05, 2019
First day of school for 4-year-old UK Princess Charlotte
LONDON - Britain's Princess Charlotte had plenty of support on her first day of school - she was accompanied by older brother Prince George and her parents, Prince William and his wife Catherine, the ...
Sep 05, 2019
Thursday scoreboard
Here are the results from Wednesday....WHL (Pre-Season)Prince Albert 4 Moose Jaw 2Swift Current 4 Medicine Hat 2 MLB American League N.Y. Yankees 4 Texas 1 Cleveland 8 Chicago White Sox 6 Boston 6 Min...
Sep 05, 2019
Palestinian refugees in Lebanon want asylum in Canada
BEIRUT - Waving Palestinian and Canadian flags, hundreds of Palestinian refugees gathered outside the Canadian Embassy in Beirut on Thursday requesting asylum in the North American country. Many among...
Sep 05, 2019
Trial begins for Nipawin man accused of threatening PM
The trial involving a Nipawin man facing charges of threatening Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the Parliament buildings will require another day of proceedings after hours of evidence and witness t...
Sep 05, 2019 Nipawin Provincial Court (File photo/northeastNOW Staff).
'O Brother, Where Art Thou?' UK PM loses brother from gov't
LONDON - "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" a 2000 Coen Brothers film starring George Clooney is a title that could be going through embattled British Prime Minister Johnson's mind. Britain's toxic divide o...
Sep 05, 2019
Johnson calls opponents cowardly, plans new election bid
LONDON - Prime Minister Boris Johnson kept up his push for an early election as a way to break Britain's Brexit impasse, as lawmakers moved to stop the U.K. leaving the European Union next month witho...
Sep 05, 2019