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Kemp picks Kelly Loeffler to succeed Isakson in US Senate
ATLANTA - An Associated Press source says Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has chosen a Republican donor and financial services executive from Georgia as his appointment to the U.S. Senate. The source, a GOP p...
Dec 02, 2019
Melfort physician returning from maternity leave
A physician in Melfort is coming back from her maternity leave.Dr. Desjardins will return to clinic Monday, Dec. 16, and the phone lines to her office will re-open next Monday, Dec. 9.You can call and...
Dec 02, 2019 Melfort Wellness Centre. (Cam Lee/northeastNOW Staff)
Alberta university students want lecturer who denies Ukrainian famine fired
EDMONTON - Some University of Alberta students want the school to fire an assistant lecturer who denies the Holodomor, the mass genocide of Ukrainian people carried out by the former So...
Dec 02, 2019
Man found unresponsive in police cell, subject of coroner's inquest
The circumstances surrounding a man's death in Prince Alber last year will be analyzed and discussed in detail this week at a Coroner's Inquest.Ryan Kereluk, 34, was found unresponsive in his cell at ...
Dec 02, 2019 The coroner’s inquest into the death of Ryan Kereluk has been scheduled for Dec. 2 to Dec. 6 at Prince Albert Court of Queen’s Bench. (Nigel Maxwell/ paNOW Staff)
City proposing two per cent property tax increase for 2020
The City of North Battleford has released its proposed 2020 budget that reflects a two per cent increase for property taxes as well as a two per cent increase for utility rates. There is no increase f...
Dec 02, 2019 The City of North Battleford has released its proposed 2020 budget. (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Vidal named to Sheer's shadow cabinet
Gary Vidal, the newly elected MP for the Desneth-Missinippi-Churchill River riding has been named to Andrew Scheer's shadow cabinet. Vidal and has been given the file for Indigenous Services."The yout...
Dec 02, 2019 Gary Vidal has been named shadow cabinet member for Indigenous Services. (Nicole Reis/meadowlakeNOW Staff)
Piwapan outreach workers return from Taiwan women's shelters conference
La Ronge was represented at the World Conference of Women's Shelters last month in Taiwan. Community Outreach Workers Ginny Chen and Jami McLeod from the Piwapan Women's Centre were among the more tha...
Dec 02, 2019 Ginny Chen attended the conference on Taiwan. (submitted photo/Ginny Chen)
2 dead after house fire in Pelican Narrows
A house fire in northern Saskatchewan has claimed two lives.An RCMP spokesperson said the fire occurred in Pelican Narrows on Saturday.They said more details would be released today.
Dec 02, 2019
US construction spending falls 0.8% in October
WASHINGTON - Spending on U.S. construction projects fell 0.8% in October, dragged down by declines in apartment and multi-family homebuilding. Private construction spending declined 1% in October, the...
Dec 02, 2019
Chicago mayor fires city’s top cop over ‘ethical lapses’
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot says she has fired Police Supt. Eddie Johnson due to his "ethical lapses." She said her decision was based on a review of an inspector general's report on its investigatio...
Dec 02, 2019