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Lizzo says security guard manhandled 2 staffers in Milwaukee
MILWAUKEE - Singer-rapper Lizzo says a security guard tackled two members of her staff to the ground and used hurtful language just moments after her performance at Milwaukee's Summerfest. Lizzo late ...
Jun 28, 2019
TMSS Class of 2019 cracks jokes en route to graduation
Moments after the Tisdale Middle and Secondary School (TMSS) Class of 2019 officially graduated, Principal Terry Andrusiak had four different descriptions that apply to those students.High academic, h...
Jun 28, 2019 The Tisdale Middle and Secondary School (TMSS) Grad Class of 2019 gets together to sing its chosen graduation song as is part of TMSS tradition. (Aaron Schulze/northeastNOW Staff)
US sanctions Maduro's son as it raises pressure on Venezuela
BOGOTA - The Trump administration on Friday announced sanctions on the son of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in a move to increase pressure on family members of top officials backing the socialis...
Jun 28, 2019
SNC-Lavalin opts for corruption trial before judge alone
MONTREAL - Lawyers representing SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. have opted for trial by judge alone in a corruption case that has loomed over the Montreal-based engineering giant. The company was ordered to st...
Jun 28, 2019
Member of Cowessess First Nation appointed as judge to North Battleford provincial court
A member of the Cowessess First Nation has been appointed as a judge to North Battleford Provincial Court.Murray Pelletier started his career as a lawyer with Legal Aid Saskatchewan and worked with Su...
Jun 28, 2019 (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Pride on display on 50th anniversary of Stonewall uprising
New York City is marking the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising, days of unrest in Manhattan's Greenwich Village that began with a police raid on a gay bar and catalyzed a sustained LGTBQ libe...
Jun 28, 2019
Nutrien Wonderhub opens doors to public
An exciting new experience for children and families with a focus on learning and engagement has opened its doors in Saskatoon.Nutrien Wonderhub is Saskatchewan's first children's museum, and one of o...
Jun 28, 2019 Toon Town is one of many exhibits available to visitors at Saskatchewan's first children's museum Nutrien Wonderhub. (Nutrien Wonderhub/Facebook)
Early Queen's Plate favourite Avie's Flatter draws outside post position
TORONTO - Jockey Javier Castellano will have to take Avie's Flatter the long way home to secure trainer Josie Carroll a third Queen's Plate title. The early 5/2 favourite was left with the N...
Jun 28, 2019
Always ticking: Canada's population clock shows demographic changes in real time
A Quebecer moves to the Northwest Territories, a family in Newfoundland and Labrador welcomes a new arrival, another in British Columbia mourns a loss, an immigrant settles somewhere in Onta...
Jun 28, 2019
Canadian trash from Philippines set to arrive in Vancouver Saturday
OTTAWA - Containers of Canadian trash that festered in the Philippines for years are set to arrive home just in time to celebrate the country's 152nd birthday. The Anna Maersk is scheduled t...
Jun 28, 2019