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Paving project on Melfort's Saskatchewan Drive entering last leg
Drivers travelling along Saskatchewan Drive in Melfort can soon expect a smooth ride.Throughout the summer, the City of Melfort and their contractors have been working on preparing Saskatchewan Drive ...
Aug 29, 2019 Saskatchewan Drive in Melfort is being paved from the railway tracks north of the Canalta Hotel to the Highway 41A intersection on the west side. (Mat Barrett/northeastNOW Staff)

North West College offers new courses on mental health
When it comes to conversations around mental health, education can play a key role in removing negative stigma. Next month is National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month and North West College in Nort...
Aug 29, 2019 Three new mental health courses available at North West College. (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)

Slow start to harvest: Crop Report
High moisture levels and cooler weather have kept farmers in the north and central regions out of the field.A measly one per cent of the crop has been combined so far in the northeast, down from the f...
Aug 29, 2019 (Ronald Quaroni/paNOW Staff)

Quebec boards say they have more classes than teachers as kids return to school
MONTREAL - As thousands of Quebec students return to class this week, school boards say they're short of teachers to educate them. Gina Guillemette, a spokeswoman for the Montreal-area ...
Aug 29, 2019

Erin bringing heavy rain to parts of the Maritimes, warnings in effect
HALIFAX - The remnants of post-tropical storm Erin were expected to bring heavy rain overnight to a fairly narrow band of the western Maritimes. Bob Robichaud, warning preparedness meteorologist ...
Aug 29, 2019
Green Lake RCMP turn to public after AED stolen from local arena
Officers in Green Lake are asking for the public's help after someone stole an automated external defibrillator (AED) between Aug. 1 and 27 from the arena.Police, residents and village officials said ...
Aug 29, 2019

Ambrose disagrees with Scheer's assertion that Trudeau caved to Trump on NAFTA
OTTAWA - The Conservatives' former leader doesn't agree with the current leader's assertion that Canada got taken to the cleaners by Donald Trump on the renegotiated NAFTA. Rona Ambrose, who was inter...
Aug 29, 2019

Canadian-trained all-female military unit going through paces in Jordan
OTTAWA - As thousands of troops from more than two dozen countries kick off an annual military exercise in the Middle Eastern country of Jordan amid heightened tensions between the West and Iran, Cana...
Aug 29, 2019

Alberta United Conservative government repeals ban on school seclusion rooms
EDMONTON - Alberta's United Conservatives have repealed a ban on seclusion rooms in schools that was brought in by the previous NDP government. The ban on the rooms, which are meant to give disru...
Aug 29, 2019

BP to shed Alaska assets, sell to Hilcorp Alaska for $5.6B
JUNEAU, Alaska - BP plans to sell its interests in Alaska's once prodigious North Slope to a company seen as having a reputation of giving new life to aging fields. The sale to Hilcorp Alaska, an affi...
Aug 29, 2019