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Melfort council to accept four new requests for 2020 budget, results in slight tax increase
After Melfort administration found $19,990 of efficiencies to cut from the city's status quo budget, the city's tax increase was projected increase by 1.98 per cent to fulfill council's request of an ...
Dec 13, 2019 Melfort City Hall. (File photo/northeastNOW Staff)
Jody Wilson-Raybould says she's in discussions over Parliament Hill office space
OTTAWA - The Speaker of the House of Commons says he will evict Jody Wilson-Raybould from her current office space if she does not leave on her own. House Speaker Anthony Rota told the CBC today ...
Dec 13, 2019
Prince Albert to put a number on the broader cost of alcohol consumption in the city
Prince Albert city administration has been tasked with compiling a report on the wider consequential costs of alcohol consumption in the city. At Monday night's council meeting, Coun. Terra Lennox-Zep...
Dec 13, 2019 (File photo/paNOW Staff)
New head coach Ryan Dinwiddie tasked with making Argos winners again
TORONTO - Ryan Dinwiddie had the head coaching bug back when he was a CFL quarterback, regularly drawing up plays for consideration by his bosses at the time. Now he's getting a chance ...
Dec 13, 2019
Accused in Tiki Laverdiere case receive large amount of evidence Crown will use to prosecute
Four of eight charged in the homicide investigation connected to the death of Tiki Brook-Lyn Laverdiere returned to court Friday with some receiving substantial additoinal Crown disclosure.Jesse Sangs...
Dec 13, 2019 Edmonton woman Tiki Laverdiere, 25, was last seen in North Battleford. (supplied photo/Battlefords RCMP)
Countdown begins for Christmas Gospel Jamboree
The sad reality this time of year is not every family can afford gifts or a big Christmas meal, but a small group of volunteers from the area are doing their part to spread a bit more cheer.The third ...
Dec 13, 2019 (Nigel Maxwell/ paNOW Staff)
Adam Sandler on plunging into the Safdies' 'Uncut Gems'
TORONTO - Adam Sandler was waiting to be thrown into a midtown fountain on Sixth Avenue for a scene in Josh and Benny Safdie's "Uncut Gems" when he noticed a familiar face on the sidewalk. The Safdies...
Dec 13, 2019
Are you ready for some curling? Team of ex-NFLers stepping up their game
A downside of skipping a curling team of former NFL players is the team photo, says Jason Smith. "I hate taking pictures with them because I look like a little kid," the Minnesotan told...
Dec 13, 2019
APTN to broadcast hockey games in Plains Cree starting with Jets at Blackhawks
WINNIPEG - APTN and Rogers Sportsnet agreed a three-year deal on Friday to broadcast NHL games in Plains Cree. The first of six games to be broadcast on APTN in the Indigenous language will be when th...
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$1M bail for teen charged in Wisconsin school officer attack
OSHKOSH, Wis. - A 16-year-old Wisconsin boy who was shot while attacking a school resource officer with a barbecue fork texted a friend weeks earlier that he was planning to grab the officer's gun and...
Dec 13, 2019