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Legault not ruling out a 'Quebec Amazon' to promote local retailers
QUEBEC - Premier Francois Legault is open to the creation of a Quebec version of Amazon, which his economy minister described Wednesday as a way to serve nationalist customers. Leg...
Nov 20, 2019
Civil service union calls on new cabinet to prioritize Phoenix deal, contract
OTTAWA - The country's largest civil-service union isn't waiting for the prime minister to give marching orders to his new cabinet, offering up its own suggestions instead of government priorities in ...
Nov 20, 2019
Reaction and quotes about the new Liberal cabinet
OTTAWA - What newsmakers said about the new federal cabinet sworn in Wednesday: "We recognize that this Parliament will be one in which collaboration, in which working with a broad range of parti...
Nov 20, 2019
Empty Stocking Fund campaign kicks off with beef-on-a-bun fundraiser
The community came together to show their support for the Battlefords Empty Stocking Fund campaign that held its big kick off celebration Wednesday.Visitors made a donation to purchase a ticket for a ...
Nov 20, 2019 North Battleford Coun. Kent Lindgren, left, lines up for lunch at the Battlefords Empty Stocking Fund campaign kicks off Wednesday. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Moonlight Madness promises deals for local shoppers
Meadow Lake annual Moonlight Madness kicks off Friday. This year's event is bigger and better than ever according to vice-president of the local chamber of commerce, Lyndi Marchuk. "This year we have ...
Nov 20, 2019 Moonlight Madness kicks-off Friday (Nicole Reis /meadowlakeNOW Staff)
Team Canada West camp invite another sign of Bronco Karter McNarland’s impressive season
Since July 11, Humboldt Broncos Head Coach Scott Barney knew he was going to be an assistant coach for Team Canada West at the 2019 World Junior A Challenge in December.Now he'll have a familiar face ...
Nov 20, 2019 Broncos center Karter McNarland (number 25 gold, green, and white) getting invited to Team Canada West's selection camp is another milestone in his already impressive 16-year-old season. (Aaron Schulze/northeastNOW Staff)
Old church may be blessed with special designation
An old church southeast of Prince Albert is approaching its 90th birthday, and the people who live in the area are fighting to make sure it stands another 90 years.The Steep Creek Church Committee has...
Nov 20, 2019 Steep Creek Church. (Nigel Maxwell/paNOW Staff)
It’s World Children’s Day and anniversary of child rights
TANZANIA, Tanzania - It's World Children's Day and teenage actress Millie Bobby Brown and former soccer star David Beckham are urging people everywhere to listen to youngsters and ensure their rights ...
Nov 20, 2019
The Latest: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau unveils members of his new cabinet
OTTAWA - The latest on the unveiling and swearing-in of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's cabinet. All times Eastern. 4:20 p.m. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the only thing on his ...
Nov 20, 2019
P.A. Pride to mark Transgender Day of Remembrance
Prince Albert Pride will commemorate the Transgender Day of Remembrance with a vigil at the Mann Art Gallery on Wednesday evening. Memorials are held annually around the world on Nov. 20 to honour tho...
Nov 20, 2019 Troy Parenteau (left) and Lana Wilson (right) at the 2017 vigil. The names of 25 transgender people killed in North America in 2016-2017 were read while their names were projected on a screen. (Prince Albert Pride/Facebook)