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Trudeau misses deadline for disclosing private interests to ethics commissioner
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has run afoul of federal ethics rules yet again - this time missing the deadline for filing a financial disclosure statement with the ethics commissioner. Every ...
Feb 11, 2020

Next Man Up: Raptors keep winning despite consistently missing key players
TORONTO - Nick Nurse's ability to roll with the roster punches goes back to his D League days, when he rarely knew from one game to the next which players he'd have in uniform. And so it wasn't surpri...
Feb 11, 2020

Carlton partnering with Alberta academy to offer students new opportunity
Saskatchewan Rivers Public School Division has teamed up with an Alberta-based organization to offer a new program for high school students.Starting next school year in the fall Carlton Comprehensive ...
Feb 11, 2020 Carlton Comprehensive High School is set to offer a new program in the fall of 2020. (file photo/paNOW Staff)

Rolling a strike: Bowl for Kids Sake raises $18,000
The largest fundraiser of the year for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Humboldt (BBBS) is in the books.The annual Bowl for Kids Sake fundraiser was held at Kemway Lanes in Humboldt from Feb. 3 to 9. The t...
Feb 11, 2020 (Facebook/Big Brothers Big Sisters of Humboldt and Area)

Fear of age-old protectionist sentiment returns in post-NAFTA era
WASHINGTON - With a new continental trade deal all but done, it might be tempting to think that cross-border business anxiety will soon be a thing of the past, at least for a while. But...
Feb 11, 2020

Council pauses video streaming discussion
Prince Albert city councillors have decided to put the debate over potentially streaming their meetings online on hold until budget deliberations in November. The vote to shelve the issue was made at ...
Feb 11, 2020 Councillors and city staff during Monday night's city council executive committee meeting. (Alison Sandstrom/paNOW Staff)

Renowned Italian soprano Mirella Freni dies at age 84
Mirella Freni, an Italian soprano whose uncommon elegance and intensity combined with a sumptuous voice and intelligence to enthrall audiences for a half-century, has died at age 84. Freni died Sunday...
Feb 11, 2020

In a win for the world, 'Parasite' takes best picture Oscar
LOS ANGELES - Subtitle this: "Parasite" is the first non-English language film to win best picture in the 92-year history of the Academy Awards. Bong Joon Ho's masterfully devious class satire took Ho...
Feb 11, 2020

2020 Legacy Award winner reflects on client's healthy choices
For long time Prince Albert business owner Janine Favreau, the last 36 years have flown by, and one of the reasons is the pleasure and personal satisfaction she gets from being part of the community's...
Feb 11, 2020 Janine Favreau and her Nutters store has been looking after the community's health food and supplement choices for decades. (submitted photo/PA and District Chamber)

Brunswick School making preparations for annual Telemiracle carnival
Brunswick school staff members in Melfort are doing their part to raise funds for Telemiracle 44.The school will host its annual Telemiracle Carnival on Feb. 27 and staff members are looking to the fa...
Feb 11, 2020 (Angie Rolheiser/northeastNOW Staff)