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Ignorance driving racism against First Nations after blockades: minister
OTTAWA - The federal cabinet minister for diversity, inclusion and youth says racism targeted at Indigenous people in the wake of national anti-pipeline protests is "horrible." Bardish Chagger sa...
Mar 04, 2020
Suspect accused of killing 13-year-old Quebec girl appears in court
ST-JEROME, Que. - The suspect charged with first-degree murder in the violent death of a 13-year-old Quebec girl appeared in court briefly Wednesday, his feet and hands shackl...
Mar 04, 2020
Gushue, Newfoundland and Labrador defeat PEI, clinch championship round spot
KINGSTON, Ont. - Newfoundland and Labrador's Brad Gushue has clinched a spot in the championship round of the Tim Hortons Brier. Gushue's team scored five in the eighth end en route to an 11...
Mar 04, 2020
Gushue, Newfoundland and Labrador defeat PEI, clinch championship round spot
KINGSTON, Ont. - Newfoundland and Labrador's Brad Gushue has clinched a spot in the championship round of the Tim Hortons Brier. Gushue's team scored five in the eighth end en route to an 11...
Mar 04, 2020
Italian sport to take place without fans until April 3
MILAN - All sporting events in Italy will take place without fans present for at least the next month due to the virus outbreak in the country, the Italian government announced on Wednesday. That will...
Mar 04, 2020
Italian sport to take place without fans until April 3
MILAN - All sporting events in Italy will take place without fans present for at least the next month due to the virus outbreak in the country, the Italian government announced on Wednesday. That will...
Mar 04, 2020
Melfort man facing drug charges has matters moved to P.A., set for trials in the summer
A Melfort man facing drug and weapon charges after arrests near Wakaw will spend time in Melfort and Prince Albert Provincial Court.Barkley Swenson, 46, appeared in Melfort Court on Tuesday, March 3. ...
Mar 04, 2020 Melfort Provincial Court. (File photo/northeastNOW Staff).
20th annual round dance this Saturday
The Northern Lights Casino is ready to put on one of its biggest annual events.The casino's 20th annual round dance will happen Saturday at the Senator Allen Bird Memorial Centre. The doors open at 5 ...
Mar 04, 2020 The round dance is set to be at the Allen Bird Memorial Centre Saturday. (File Photo/paNOW Staff)
Doctors try 1st CRISPR editing in the body for blindness
Scientists say they have used the gene editing tool CRISPR inside someone's body for the first time, a new frontier for efforts to operate on DNA, the chemical code of life, to treat diseases. A patie...
Mar 04, 2020
Doctors try 1st CRISPR editing in the body for blindness
Scientists say they have used the gene editing tool CRISPR inside someone's body for the first time, a new frontier for efforts to operate on DNA, the chemical code of life, to treat diseases. A patie...
Mar 04, 2020