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What to do When You Find a Needle in the Community
Finding needles in the community are a health and safety concern. Everyone needs to know what to do when a needle is found. Each year, there are reports about children or adults finding needles on pla...
Mar 20, 2019

Ecole St. Mary High School Trade Show
Ecole St. mary High School will be hosting a trade show at the Main Gym on April 6 from 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. featuring local home based businesses.There is no admission fee.See the poster for de...
Mar 20, 2019

Melfort mayor reacts to federal budget
The city of Melfort and area will feel some effects from yesterday's federal budget announcements.The main one according to Mayor Rick Lang will be the carbon tax implementation which will increase mu...
Mar 20, 2019 Melfort City Hall. (File photo/northeastNOW Staff)

Top-two OHL scorers meet in first round when Battalion face IceDogs
TORONTO - There's more on the line than a league title for North Bay Battalion forward Justin Brazeau when the Ontario Hockey League playoffs begin. The 21-year-old is in his overage season with ...
Mar 20, 2019

Trial of alleged Fredericton shooter set for 8 weeks this autumn
FREDERICTON - A Fredericton man accused of fatally shooting four people, including two police officers, in a killing spree last August will stand trial this fall. Eight weeks have been set aside ...
Mar 20, 2019
Celina Caesar-Chavannes quits Liberal caucus, sits as independent MP
OTTAWA - Celina Caesar-Chavannes has informed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that she's leaving the federal Liberal caucus and will sit as an independent MP. The Whitby, Ont., MP has been a v...
Mar 20, 2019

NDP's Jagmeet Singh steps into the House of Commons, making history
OTTAWA - Nearly 18 months after taking over the leadership of the federal New Democrats, Jagmeet Singh made his long-awaited parliamentary debut Monday as he became the first visible minority to lead ...
Mar 20, 2019

Last day of winter sets daily record high in 76-year weather history
After the fourth coldest February on record, locals experienced double-digit highs to mark the end of winter yesterday. Terri Lang, a meteorologist with Environment Canada, said the warm-up is thanks ...
Mar 20, 2019 Prince Albert and area gets a nice string of warm weather days to end the winter season. (Ronald Quaroni/paNOW staff)

Lyft opens its IPO road show, to offer more than 30M shares
NEW YORK - Lyft officially kicked off the road show for its initial public offering, saying Monday it plans to put more than 30 million shares up for sale with an anticipated price of between $62 and ...
Mar 20, 2019

In pre-election budget, Liberals boost infrastructure cash to cities, broadband
OTTAWA - A one-time $2.2-billion windfall in the federal budget to help Canadian cities improve roads, bridges, highways and water systems won't become an annual tradition, Finance...
Mar 20, 2019