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Liberal MPs defer call for immediate blockade debate at committee
OTTAWA - Liberal MPs have temporarily thwarted an attempt by a Bloc Quebecois MP to immediately debate the "Indigenous crisis" involving rail and road blockades across the country at a Commons co...
Feb 25, 2020
Taxpayers federation says chief's fraud conviction should encourage all elected leaders to be more transparent
Members of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) have been closely following a court case in Prince Albert surrounding the spending habits of a former Saskatchewan First Nations Chief.On Friday, Nap...
Feb 25, 2020 (File photo, paNOW Staff)
Manitoba premier hints at possible carbon tax deal with federal government
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister is hinting at a potential breakthrough with the federal government on a carbon tax. Pallister says federal and provincial senior officials have been in cons...
Feb 25, 2020
Private clinics would harm 'ordinary' people using public system in B.C.: lawyer
VANCOUVER - A lawyer for the British Columbia government says private clinics would increase wait lists for "ordinary" people in the public system and especially harm those who are...
Feb 25, 2020
Sen. Lynn Beyak apologizes for racist letters, says she'll obey ethics report
OTTAWA - Sen. Lynn Beyak sought to stave off suspension from the upper chamber today, apologizing unreservedly for posting offensive letters online and pledging to do more to show her contrition. Beya...
Feb 25, 2020
SGI encouraging drivers to turn on their lights
Turn on your lights.A caller into the northeastNOW newsroom Tuesday morning said she almost struck two vehicles during some snowy weather because their lights were not on.Saskatchewan Government Insur...
Feb 25, 2020 (Cam Lee/northeastNOW Staff)
Drinking water advisory issued in Birch Hills
Birch Hills is under a precautionary drinking water advisory, but the town administrators are hopeful the advisory is lifted by Wednesday.The Water Security Agency (WSA) issued the advisory on Saturda...
Feb 25, 2020 (Cam Lee/northeastNOW Staff)
City seeks help to fund estimated $15 million project
Prince Albert may get some help from the federal and provincial governments on an expensive new project at the water treatment plant. The new raw water pump house has been a source of distress for cou...
Feb 25, 2020 A federal-provincial grant could provide up to $11 million toward the new pump house on the river. (Alison Sandstrom/paNOW Staff)
Missing Meadow Lake man last seen in Glaslyn
Turtleford RCMP is asking the public for help in locating a man from Meadow Lake.Thirty-nine-year-old Dean Petite was last seen on Sunday, Feb. 23 around 6 p.m. According to police, Petite had vehicle...
Feb 25, 2020 (file photo/meadowlakeNOW Staff)
Colonsay's Erik Foster wraps-up inaugural Ride to Survive
A Colonsay man is reflecting on a snowmobile journey that focused on spreading Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptom awareness.Erik Foster's Ride to Survive consisted of 2,360 kilometers on a ...
Feb 25, 2020 Colonsay's Erik Foster traveled over 2,300 km on a snowmobile for Ride to Survive. (Submitted photo/Erik Foster)