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Local health professionals advise adding healthy options versus weight loss goals for new year's resolution
The new year means new goals for many of us.While weight loss might be top of mind when some reach for the proverbial January 1 reset button, two P.A. based diet and exercise experts are encouraging p...
Dec 31, 2019 (File photo/paNOW Staff)
Maple Leafs sign defenceman Justin Holl to $6 million, three-year extension
TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed defenceman Justin Holl to a three-year contract extension worth US$2 million per season. The 27-year-old from Edina, Minn, has set career-highs for games ...
Dec 31, 2019
5 stabbed at Hanukkah celebration in latest attack on Jews
MONSEY, N.Y. - A knife-wielding man stormed into a rabbi's home and stabbed five people as they celebrated Hanukkah in an Orthodox Jewish community north of New York City, an ambush the governor said ...
Dec 31, 2019
Prince Albert Police investigate two separate armed robberies involving vehicles
Police are investigating two separate robberies that happened in the city within a 24-hour period. On Dec. 30, before 9:30 a.m., police received a call from a woman who said two men with a firearm wer...
Dec 31, 2019
Warm stretch of weather continues as calendar flips
The warm weather we have experienced over the past few weeks will continue as we ring in 2020.Environment and Climate Change Canada Meteorologist Eric Dykes told northeastNOW conditions will remain ni...
Dec 31, 2019 (Cam Lee/northeastNOW Staff)
Lafreniere won't play against Germany; world junior status up in the air
OSTRAVA, Czech Republic - Alexis Lafreniere flashed a smile as he watched the tail end of practice Sunday. There was also a clear sense of relief. After crumpling to the ice and clutching his left kne...
Dec 31, 2019
Los Angeles FC re-signs veteran Canadian international defender Dejan Jakovic
Los Angeles FC has re-signed Canadian international Dejan Jakovic and fellow defender Jordan Harvey. The MLS club had declined Jakovic's contract option in November while Harvey's deal was expiring. "...
Dec 31, 2019
Taliban council agrees to cease-fire in Afghanistan
KABUL - The Taliban's ruling council agreed Sunday to a temporary cease-fire in Afghanistan, providing a window in which a peace agreement with the United States can be signed, officials from the insu...
Dec 31, 2019
10! ... 9! ... 8! ... Here comes New Year's in Times Square!
NEW YORK - A Chinese dance performance, punctuated with red and gold pyrotechnics, will usher in a host of stars at Times Square's six-hour New Year's Eve extravaganza on Tuesday night. The throng of ...
Dec 31, 2019
Two facing charges related to alleged assault in Battleford
Two people are facing charges following an alleged assault at Battleford's Urban Native Housing Corporation on Friday.RCMP report on Dec. 27 at 2 p.m. Battlefords RCMP responded to a complaint at a bu...
Dec 31, 2019 Two people are facing charges following an incident in Battleford on Friday. (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)