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St. Louis Grand Ol' Opry Show
The St. Louis Grand Ol' Opry Show will be Saturday, May 4 at 7:30 p.m. at the St. Louis Community Hall.Advance Tickets are $20.Beef on a Bun is available along with a licenced bar.See the poster for d...
Apr 8, 2019

Pinterest sets conservative pricing after Lyft drop
NEW YORK - Pinterest, among the gaggle of tech companies hoping to go public this year, set a conservative price range Monday for its initial public offering. It hopes to raise as much as $1.5 billion...
Apr 8, 2019

Inflationary pressures add to Living Sky School Division funding needs
Living Sky School Division is starting to plan for the next school year with more funding from the province overall, although it will still be facing challenges including pressures from inflation.Boar...
Apr 8, 2019 Living Sky School Division board chair Ronna Pethick, centre left, shown at a prior board meeting. The division is planning its budget for the next school year. (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)

Giesbrecht guides Mustangs to SJHL finals
The Melfort Mustangs are on their way to the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) Finals.The Mustangs fell behind early in Sunday's game at Affinity Place in Estevan, but came back dramatically to...
Apr 8, 2019 (Mat Barrett/northeastNOW Staff)

Her Majesty's secret service: Prince William studies spies
LONDON - Prince William, spy extraordinaire? Kensington Palace officials have revealed that William has spent three weeks working with Britain's secret services to understand how the country's securit...
Apr 8, 2019

'Come From Away,' 'The Inheritance' score at Olivier Awards
LONDON - "The Inheritance", an epic drama about gay lives in New York, and musicals "Come From Away" and "Company" were the big winners at British theatre's Olivier Awards on Sunday, receiving four tr...
Apr 8, 2019

'Shazam!' debuts with $53.5M, handing DC Comics another win
NEW YORK - Seven films in, the DC Extended Universe is finally flying with some wind behind its back. The well-reviewed, relatively modestly budgeted "Shazam!" debuted with $53.5 million in ticket sal...
Apr 8, 2019

Netflix teases upcoming Beyonce special 'Homecoming'
NEW YORK - It took just one word for Netflix to send Beyonce fans into a full-on freak out. The streaming giant on Sunday posted on its social media channels a yellow image with the word "Homecoming" ...
Apr 8, 2019

Vietnam vet who died Christmas Eve is finally laid to rest
RALEIGH, N.C. - When a Vietnam War veteran died Christmas Eve with no family nearby, a community of veterans, a friend and military supporters in North Carolina stepped up to make sure he was finally ...
Apr 8, 2019

As cholera raged in Yemen, warring factions blocked vaccines
ADEN, Yemen - In the summer of 2017, a plane chartered by the United Nations idled on the tarmac at an airport in the Horn of Africa as officials waited for final clearance to deliver half a million d...
Apr 8, 2019