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The Latest: Few documents found on truck victims, no IDs
LONDON - The Latest on the deaths of 39 people in a truck in England (all times local): 3:15 p.m. UK police in Essex say all of the 39 victims found dead in a truck container in southeastern England a...
Oct 26, 2019
Mustangs protect home ice against rival Hawks
The Melfort Mustangs got back in the win column on Friday, Oct. 25 in Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) action.The Mustangs defeated their rivals 5-2 at the Northern Lights Palace, just days af...
Oct 26, 2019 (Mat Barrett/northeastNOW Staff)
Former N.S. police chief found guilty of sexually exploiting teen
BRIDGEWATER, N.S. - A former police chief in Nova Scotia who was described in court as a "father figure" to a 17-year-old girl with mental health issues was convicted Thursday of sexually exploiting t...
Oct 26, 2019
JPII junior volleyball teams on fire heading to districts
After claiming dual silver medals last weekend, the John Paul II Collegiate junior boys and junior girls volleyball teams will head out on the road their separate ways for districts Tuesday.The junior...
Oct 26, 2019 With three gold medals and a silver medal showing through their four tournaments this season, the JPII junior girls Crusaders volleyball team are on a roll heading into districts this week. (Submitted photo/Doug Sieben)
Art Show and social event set for Sunday
Some of the leading talent in Prince Albert will be on display for the 41st annual Kyla Art Show Sunday evening. There's a new venue for the popular event along with some added atmospheric fun to help...
Oct 26, 2019 Over 20 local and guest artists will show their creations in various media at the Kyla Art Show in Prince Albert Sunday evening. Here, Jaret Mayer with the Kyla Artist Group shows off some of his work using repurposed metal. (Facebook/Kyla Artist Group)
Alberta UCP government tables budget with cuts to civil servants, universities
EDMONTON - Alberta is blazing a new trail for its red-ink economy with a budget that preserves health and education funding but takes a big stick to cities, civil servants and universities. ...
Oct 26, 2019
Liberals: TMX pipeline could fund $500 million a year in clean energy projects
OTTAWA - The Liberal government expects to get $500 million a year out of the expanded Trans Mountain pipeline and is promising to spend it all on cleaner sources of energy and projects that...
Oct 26, 2019
Life after losing: electoral defeat brings whole new set of challenges
OTTAWA - Brian Murphy barely had time to process losing his seat in the 2011 federal election before the House of Commons wrote to ask if he wanted it back. There was a catch,...
Oct 26, 2019
More Vietnamese fear relatives are among 39 dead in truck
HANOI, Vietnam - More Vietnamese families came forward Saturday with information their relatives may be among the 39 people found dead in the back of a container truck in southeastern England. British...
Oct 26, 2019
Opening new chapter, Spain exhumes Gen. Franco's remains
MADRID - Turning a momentous page in its history, Spain on Thursday exhumed the remains of dictator Gen. Francisco Franco from his grandiose mausoleum outside Madrid and reburied them in a small famil...
Oct 26, 2019