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Maduro loyalists strip Venezuela's Juan Guaido of immunity
CARACAS, Venezuela - Maduro loyalists stripped Venezuela's Juan Guaid of immunity Tuesday, paving the way for the opposition leader's prosecution and potential arrest for supposedly violating the cons...
Apr 04, 2019
Ex-reality TV cast member gets 1-year term in fraud case
NEW YORK - A former cast member of the reality TV series "Bad Girls Club" was sentenced to a year in prison for stealing the debit card information of a man found dead from a drug overdose in his Manh...
Apr 04, 2019
Blue Jays sign outfielder Randal Grichuk to a US$52-million five-year extension
TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays capped off an active day of roster moves Tuesday by signing outfielder Randal Grichuk to a five-year contract extension worth US$52 million. The new deal covers th...
Apr 04, 2019
City misses targets on new impound lot
One year after a new vehicle impound lot opened in Prince Albert, the city says it's been a success so far, although it didn't meet revenue targets.A report to city council shows the city did not make...
Apr 04, 2019 (submitted photo/City of Prince Albert)
NEOSS to hold multiple events in April and May
Northeast Outreach and Support Services (NEOSS) has a new event planned for the area.NEOSS has come up with Breakfast with the Guys that is set to be held in the Canalta Hotels in Melfort and Tisdale ...
Apr 04, 2019 (Cam Lee/northeastNOW Staff)
NDP wants Pinehouse report made public after media exposé
The opposition New Democrats are making political hay of the expos by a Saskatchewan newspaper of an initial inspection report ordered by government on the Village of Pinehouse's operations and financ...
Apr 04, 2019 (Martin Martinson/paNOW Staff)
Ex-officer charged with fatally shooting woman in his car
COLUMBUS, Ohio - A former vice squad officer in Ohio was charged Thursday with fatally shooting a woman who was sitting in his unmarked police vehicle in what the man says was an act of self-defence. ...
Apr 04, 2019
New voice on Riders broadcast team
Those tuning in to hear the Saskatchewan Roughriders on 900 CKBI will soon notice some changes.TSN's Derek Taylor will be taking over the play by play role, replacing Rod Pedersen, who held the positi...
Apr 04, 2019 Derek Taylor, right, will be taking over as the play by play voice of the Rider for the 2019 season (Twitter/DTon SC)
Kanaweyimik launches new Prevention Services Facility
A soft spoken woman who chooses her words carefully, for Elder Ethel Stone the term 'healing' has an intimate place in her heart. She survived residential school system abuses, and so she understands ...
Apr 04, 2019 Elder Ethel Stone is pictured inside the new Kanaweyimik Child and Family Services' Prevention Services Facility at the grand opening Thursday. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff)
March home listings up, sales down slightly year-over-year
The spring housing market is off to a slow start in the Battlefords, according to the latest numbers from the Saskatoon Region Association of Realtors (SRAR).Within North Battleford and Battleford, 10...
Apr 04, 2019 Home sales are down marginally in March year-over-year in the Battlefords. (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)