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COVID-19 will force feds to reconsider health-care funding, Trudeau says
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the government will have to consider increasing health-care funding after seeing the toll the novel coronavirus has taken on the country. Before the pa...
Apr 24, 2020

'We miss the kids so much': P.A. teachers show appreciation for students
Staff and students at Arthur Pechey and W.J. Berezowsky school took to the streets Friday to show their appreciation for one another.As a result of COVID-19, schools have been shut down since mid-Marc...
Apr 24, 2020 Students at Arthur Pechey school eagerly await a special opportunity to see their teachers again. (Nigel Maxwell/ paNOW Staff)

NESPCA running ongoing bottle drive fundraiser
The North East SPCA is running an ongoing bottle drive while empty cans and bottles begin to pile up with SARCAN locations being closed for the time being.The drive will help residents get rid of the ...
Apr 24, 2020 The Harry and Eve Vickar Shelter is accepting donations of empty cans and bottles during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Aaron Schulze/northeastNOW staff)

RCMP offer details about timeline for mass killing in Nova Scotia
HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia RCMP provided a partial timeline of what happened last weekend when a man posing as an RCMP officer killed 22 people before he was fatally shot by police on Sunday - a little...
Apr 24, 2020

Canadian Armed Forces assist in rescue of minor confined at Île-à-la-Crosse cabin
The Canadian Armed Forces were called in to rescue a female youth allegedly being held against her will at a cabin on le--la-Crosse Lake. That's according to an RCMP press release, which stated the lo...
Apr 24, 2020 The rescue operation occurred early this morning. (file photo/paNOW Staff)

Alouettes coach Khari Jones optimistic CFL will return this season
Khari Jones is optimistic that the 2020 CFL season can be salvaged in some form. He doesn't even want to think about the alternative. The Montreal Alouettes head coach spoke to reporters Friday via vi...
Apr 24, 2020

Former Canoe Lake Cree First Nation Chief remembered
The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) Executive is offering prayers and condolences to family and friends following the recent passing of former long-time Canoe Lake Cree First Nation ...
Apr 24, 2020 Former Canoe Lake Cree First Nation Chief Guy Lariviere (Facebook)

Tons of sanitizer: Retailer charged with hoarding, gouging
NEW YORK - Federal prosecutors charged a New York retailer Friday with hoarding tons of disposable masks, surgical gowns and hand sanitizer in a Long Island warehouse and selling the items at huge mar...
Apr 24, 2020

Municipalities plead for emergency help to keep vital services going
OTTAWA - The voice of Canadian municipalities says communities across the country are facing a financial crisis due to COVID-19 that puts people at further risk. Federation of Canadian Municipali...
Apr 24, 2020

CFL, CFLPA at odds regarding potential suspension of operation this season
TORONTO - Brian Ramsay looked set the record straight Friday. The CFL and CFL Players' Association have halted discussions on potential contingency plans for the 2020 campaign due to the COVID-19...
Apr 24, 2020