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Safe Talk Workshop
The Piwapan Sub Office will host a Safe Talk Workshop to work towards ending the suicide stigma.Talking about it in a safe environment is a journey in healing.Safe Talk Workshop will be January 17 fro...
Jan 02, 2020

Rain, snow, freezing rain set B.C. up for soggy, sloppy, slippery start to 2020
VANCOUVER - Rain, snowfall and even freezing rain warnings cover many parts of British Columbia as the province prepares to welcome 2020 with some nasty weather. Environment Canada is calling for as m...
Jan 02, 2020

Cricketers, tennis players turn attention to wildfires
With the three-test series between Australia and New Zealand decided, players from both teams will momentarily turn their attention away from the pitch at the Sydney Cricket Ground and to the deadly w...
Jan 02, 2020

World junior roundup: Russia knocks off Switzerland to advance to semis
TRINEC, Czech Republic - Dmitri Voronkov scored two goals as Russia beat Switzerland 3-1 in quarterfinal action on Thursday at the world junior hockey championship. Russia needs one more win to captur...
Jan 02, 2020

Housing sales increase slightly in Melfort in 2019
Melfort saw more home sales in 2019 than in the previous year.There were 78 homes that sold in the city as of the end of November, according to Richelle Rogers of Realty Executives Gateway Realty.That...
Jan 02, 2020 (Cam Lee/northeastNOW Staff)

Castro drops out of 2020 presidential race
AUSTIN, Texas - Former Obama housing secretary Julin Castro is ending his run for president. His announcement Thursday comes as Castro failed to garner enough support or donations to make the recent D...
Jan 02, 2020

Golden Globes will serve plant-based meal at awards ceremony
LOS ANGELES - The Golden Globes, known as the "party of the year," is going with a meatless menu for its 77th annual awards show. Guests will be served a 100% plant-based meal just ahead of showtime S...
Jan 02, 2020

Canadian men's hockey team sets record by capturing 16th Spengler Cup
DAVOS, Switzerland - Canada has won the Spengler Cup for the fourth time in the past five years. The Canadian team - made up mostly of European-based pros, including many ex-NHLers...
Jan 02, 2020

Daughter hopes social media can lead to answers in mother's killing 39 years ago
WINNIPEG - Denise Pochinko remembers waking up and hearing the screams. She hid under blankets with her sister until sirens drowned out their panicked breathing. It was October 1980 in Winnipeg and sh...
Jan 02, 2020

Correction: Libya-Migrant Business-Sketches story
CAIRO - In a story December 31, 2019, about an Eritrean migrant making sketches about detention centres in Libya, The Associated Press erroneously reported that he escaped forced military conscription...
Jan 02, 2020