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Repeat rent-dodger damages lives of N.S. landlords, brings call for system reforms
HALIFAX - A Halifax coffee shop owner says he's faced homelessness and despair as he tried for over four months to evict someone he called a "professional squatter." Jason Selby sa...
Oct 16, 2019

Leave the leaves behind this autumn says land conservation organization
Keep the rake in the shed.That is what the Nature Conservancy of Canada says when it comes to people considering-or procrastinating-about cleaning up their yards this fall.Director of Conservation Cam...
Oct 16, 2019 (file photo/paNOW Staff)

Marineland to sell 5 belugas to U.S. facility for research and breeding
TORONTO - Marineland has applied for permits to sell five beluga whales to a U.S. facility that plans to use them for research and breeding, which is currently banned in Canad...
Oct 16, 2019

Prince William, Kate kick off five-day Pakistan tour
ISLAMABAD - Britain's Prince William and his wife Kate kicked off a five-day tour of Pakistan on Tuesday amid much fanfare and tight security. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge met with President Arif...
Oct 16, 2019

'It deserves a lot more attention and respect than it's been given': Beardy's councillor commits to restoration of historic monument
A historic monument outside Fort Carlton Provincial Park is showing its age and a band councillor at Beardy's and Okemasis Cree Nation is calling on the federal government to do something about it. Th...
Oct 16, 2019 Kevin Seesequasis. (Submitted photo/ Kevin Seesequasis)

Bloc leader says Tories should have shown love to Quebec earlier in campaign
CANDIAC, Que. - Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet says the recent Conservative push for votes in Quebec is too little too late as the prospect of a minority government looms. Blanchet ...
Oct 16, 2019

Bloc leader says Tories should have shown love to Quebec earlier in campaign
CANDIAC, Que. - Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet says the recent Conservative push for votes in Quebec is too little too late as the prospect of a minority government looms. Blanchet ...
Oct 16, 2019

Liberal candidate hopes to make inroads in Yorkton-Melville
The Liberal candidate in the Yorkton-Melville constituency wants voters to know 'there's a lot of room for you under the big red tent.'Connor Moen has been going door-to-door throughout the riding dur...
Oct 16, 2019 Liberal Party Candidate Connor Moen. (submitted photo/Connor Moen)

Radiothon to raise funds for infant incubator at Melfort hospital
The North Central Health Care Foundation is gearing up for another 12-hour radiothon on 105 CJVR and Saskatchewan's New Beach Radio this Friday.Phone lines will open at 7 a.m., in an effort to raise f...
Oct 16, 2019 (Angie Rolheiser/northeastNOW Staff)

Swedish activist Greta Thunberg in Edmonton Friday for climate strike
EDMONTON - Swedish activist Greta Thunberg is planning to be at the Alberta legislature Friday for a climate strike. Climate Justice Edmonton says the 16-year-old Stockholm student will join acti...
Oct 16, 2019