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New Brunswick turns to bow hunt to control deer in populated areas
FREDERICTON - The New Brunswick government will launch a controlled bow hunt within the City of Saint John this fall to deal with the growing nuisance of deer within populated areas. A public meeting ...
Aug 13, 2019

Search ends for downed float plane, victims in Labrador lake: RCMP
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The lengthy search for a downed float plane and three missing men has been suspended, and RCMP personnel have left the Labrador lake where the plane crashed last month. The RCMP ann...
Aug 13, 2019

Montreal Alouettes QB Vernon Adams Jr. takes another step toward return
Montreal Alouettes starting quarterback Vernon Adams Jr. was back practising with fellow starters on Tuesday for the first time since suffering a mild concussion on Aug. 2. Adams led the Als to three ...
Aug 13, 2019

Two Conservative riding associations return event proceeds to donors
OTTAWA - A pair of Conservative campaigns that were forced to refund the proceeds from two separate fundraising events earlier this year say Canada's new political financing law should not be applied ...
Aug 13, 2019

Main intersection closed in Nipawin while water treatment plant work reaches completion
A main intersection in Nipawin will experience a closure for a few days as the final stage of the new water treatment plant work is underway.Starting on Wednesday, the intersection of Sixth Street Eas...
Aug 13, 2019 Road closed signs will pop at the intersection of Maple Road and 6th street east as crews work on underground lines. (Angie Rolhseiser/northeastNOW Staff)

Russia: Evacuation advised for village near rocket explosion
MOSCOW - Regional authorities in northwestern Russia say the Russian military has advised residents of a village near a navy testing range to move out following a rocket explosion that killed five nuc...
Aug 13, 2019

PM won't release McLellan report on SNC-Lavalin until ethics report released
OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau says he's received a "great" report from former Liberal cabinet minister Anne McLellan on the SNC-Lavalin affair. But the prime minister says it won't be made public until...
Aug 13, 2019

Moe shuffles Saskatchewan cabinet
With a very short ceremony and a few handshakes, the pre-election cabinet shuffle for the Saskatchewan government was finished Tuesday.Three ministers moved positions like a merry-go-round: Lori Carr ...
Aug 13, 2019 Premier Scott Moe. (file photo/CJME News Staff)

Scheer condemns woman filmed yelling racial slurs, spitting on man in Toronto
TORONTO - The racial slurs and intolerant comments made by an ostensible supporter of the federal Conservatives have no place in the country, the party's leader said Andrew Scheer condemned the commen...
Aug 13, 2019

NewsAlert: Crown won't appeal Oland verdict
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick's Public Prosecution Service will not appeal last month's acquittal of Dennis Oland on a charge of second-degree murder in the 2011 bludgeoning death of...
Aug 13, 2019