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Scheer's pledge to review new Food Guide challenged by health community

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer faced strong criticism from nutrition experts on Thursday after he pledged to review the new Canada Food Guide should the Tories win power this fal...

CRA program to help poor file taxes yields noticeable bump in people helped

OTTAWA - A federal program designed to help low-income Canadians file their taxes has boosted the number of returns it's handled in the year since the government increased its funding.The extra money ...

Jul 20, 2019 (Submitted photo/CKOM News)

Re-energized Riders looking forward to Lions clash

More than a couple members of the Saskatchewan Roughriders are going to see familiar faces lined up across from them against the B.C. Lions this weekend.Quarterback Cody Fajardo, linebackers Solomon E...

Jul 20, 2019 (Submitted photo/Saskatchewan Roughriders)

S2DIO hosts first Fit Crawl

It was a morning of fun and fitness in Prince Albert, as The S2DIO held the city's first fitness crawl - a fitness inspired take on the traditional pub crawl."We have six businesses involved in total ...

Jul 20, 2019 More than a dozen participants came out to show support for the first ever fit crawl in P.A. (Brady Bateman/paNOW Staff)

Appeal for calm as tensions mount in Oka over land transfer to Kanesatake

MONTREAL - There were appeals for calm Thursday amid steadily mounting tension in Oka, Que., over a private developer's plan to return land to the Mohawks of Kanesatake. Hundreds packed a church ...

Sally Field, 'Sesame Street' to receive Kennedy Center award

WASHINGTON - Actress Sally Field and the long-running children's TV show "Sesame Street" are in the latest class of Kennedy Center Honors recipients. Others chosen to receive the award for lifetime ac...

Around the world to Humboldt: Scott Barney’s ascension to Broncos head coach

Nearly one year ago, Scott Barney was wrapping up his final professional hockey season in South Korea.The 40-year-old power forward from Oshawa, Ont. experienced just about everything the hockey world...

Jul 20, 2019 Scott Barney went from playing his final season of professional hockey in South Korea to coaching the Humboldt Broncos in the SJHL playoffs in nearly one year's time (Aaron Schulze/northeastNOW Staff).

Local boy Ashtone Morgan still making his mark in ninth season with Toronto FC

TORONTO - A rare goal by Ashtone Morgan helped Toronto FC secure the win over the New York Red Bulls on Wednesday night. While scoring is not Morgan's forte, Toronto's longest-serving player stil...

Southwest cancellations will rise due to grounded Boeing jet

DALLAS - Southwest Airlines is again pushing back the date it expects to be able to fly the grounded Boeing 737 Max jet, meaning more flight cancellations. Southwest said Thursday that it is taking th...

Documents shed light on seniors poverty figures used by federal Liberals

OTTAWA - Internal government documents say that many of the 57,000 seniors the Liberals say they have helped lift out of poverty only moved above the poverty line when the government changed the measu...