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Mayor who faces sex assault charge has returned to duties in Port Moody, B.C.
PORT MOODY, B.C. - A mayor who stepped aside after he was charged with sexual assault has returned to work in Port Moody, B.C. Rob Vagramov said Monday that since he took a vo...
Sep 09, 2019

Trump says peace talks with Taliban are now 'dead'
WASHINGTON - U.S. peace talks with the Taliban are now "dead," President Donald Trump declared Monday, two days after he abruptly cancelled a secret meeting he had arranged with Taliban and Afghan lea...
Sep 09, 2019

Devils GM doesn't care if Zacha considers signing with KHL
BUFFALO, N.Y. - New Jersey Devils general manager Ray Shero says he is still attempting to sign centre Pavel Zacha amid concerns the former first-round draft pick will play in the Kontinental Hockey L...
Sep 09, 2019

Anti-diversity op-ed should never have run in Vancouver Sun: Calgary professor
CALGARY - A journalism professor says the controversy over an anti-diversity opinion piece published in - and then pulled online from - the Vancouver Sun has nothing to do with freedom of express...
Sep 09, 2019

Major Lac La Ronge Provincial Park campgrounds closed until 2020
Although the major campgrounds in the Lac La Ronge Provincial Park are now closed, some of the smaller ones are still open until the end of the month.Nut Point, Nemeiben Lake and Wadin Bay Campgrounds...
Sep 09, 2019 Nut Point Campground is among those now closed until next May. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)

Cody Duhaime Memorial Walk for suicide prevention raises over $20K
It was a difficult year for those organizing the Cody Duhaime Memorial Walk.Cody's grandmother, Sylvia, who helped spearhead the event, died just two weeks prior after her battle with cancer. Cody's o...
Sep 09, 2019 Left to right, Keith Duhaime (father), Joanne Lewchuk (godmother), Erin Duhaime (sister), and Maurice Duhaime (grandfather) gather following the Cody Duhaime Memorial Walk in Meota Sunday. The event raised $20,200. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff)

QB Chris Streveler leads Blue Bombers over Roughriders to maintain first in West
WINNIPEG - Willie Jefferson didn't want to break a promise to his mother. When the Winnipeg Blue Bombers defensive lineman sacked Saskatchewan Roughriders quarterback Cody Fajardo on Saturday and forc...
Sep 09, 2019

Hopes that new P.A. arena will boost economy
The announcement of a $60 million double-rink and aquatic centre for Prince Albert is not just good news for local sports and recreation, but it is expected to bring a boost to the economy in the shor...
Sep 09, 2019 The Kinsmen Arena will be repurposed and the Stueart Arena will be demolished once a new $60 million recreation and aquatic centre is built in P.A. (submitted photo/City of Prince Albert)

Montreal Lake students assist biologists with fish study
There's something fishy going on with the lake trout population at Kingsmere Lake, and biologists have been working hard to get to the bottom of it with some help from students at Senator Allen Bird M...
Sep 09, 2019 Over a dozen students from Senator Allen Memorial Bird School at Montreal Lake went on a special field trip last Friday. (submitted photo/Rae Kingdon)

Melfort cannabis store licence winner withdraws application
Since early June 2019, the building on Burrows Ave. W. that was supposed to host Melfort's first cannabis store has 'for lease' sign on the front.David Morris, a communications representative from the...
Sep 09, 2019 The building intended to host Melfort's first cannabis store had a lease sign up since June 2019. (Aaron Schulze/northeastNOW Staff)