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Justice minister calls for probe after report judge acquitted friend for traffic fine
Quebec's justice minister has asked the province's judicial council to investigate a municipal judge who reportedly acquitted a friend over a traffic violation the day before he was set...
Jun 11, 2019
Orcas swim team making waves
The Battlefords Orcas Swim Club has thrived as of late, having set several individual and club records over the last two weekends in Regina and Saskatoon. Sixteen-year-old Jael Basaraba went six-for-s...
Jun 11, 2019 (Pictured left to right): Reece Sommerfeld, Jael Basaraba, Sienna Sommerfeld, Rowan Tkatchuk, at the Orcas’ recent swim meet in Regina. (submitted photo/John McLeod)
City of Melfort decides allocation of Humboldt Strong donation
The City of Melfort has officially decided what it is going to do with the $100,000 donation they received from the Humboldt Strong Community Foundation.At its regular council meeting on Monday, June ...
Jun 11, 2019 Kent Flavel (centre), the director of the Humboldt Strong Community Foundation, presented the $100,000 cheque to the City of Melfort back in March. (Aaron Schulze/northeastNOW Staff)
Trudeau announces plan to ban single-use plastics as early as 2021
MONT-SAINT-HILAIRE, Que. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Monday the federal government's intention to ban harmful single-use plastics as early as 2021. Speaking at a nature reserve in M...
Jun 11, 2019
Details emerge of alleged abuse at now-shuttered Quebec roadside zoo
MONTREAL - Newly unsealed court documents allege investigators who visited a small Quebec zoo at the heart of an animal cruelty investigation found animals that were malnourished and lacked water...
Jun 11, 2019
Ottawa asks U.S. to note cannabis pardons to ensure accurate picture
Ottawa is encouraging Washington to take careful note of criminal pardons granted to Canadians for cannabis possession so that U.S. officers have the most accurate inform...
Jun 11, 2019
Commons committee urges feds to consider decriminalizing simple drug possession
OTTAWA - The House of Commons health committee is recommending the federal government look at Portugal's decriminalization of simple possession of illicit drugs and examine how the idea could be ...
Jun 11, 2019
Bater says national plastics ban model prefered, hopes for clear communication from Ottawa
News of an impending ban from Ottawa on single-use plastics as early as 2021 is the prefered option for North Battleford's mayor, so long the city has adequate information to adjust.Prime Minister Jus...
Jun 11, 2019 North Battleford Mayor Ryan Bater said a national ban on plastics is the preferred model as it could be difficult to enforce locally. (Tyler Marr/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Trudeau calls out Tory premiers for 'playing games' with national unity over C-69
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says conservative premiers are playing games with national unity by threatening the country's future if they don't get their way on an environmental-assessm...
Jun 11, 2019
'Pretty consistent:' Study says plants, animals in oceans drop as climate warms
A Canadian-led study suggests that plant and animal life in the world's oceans will drop steadily and consistently as the climate warms. The study uses marine climate models to predict what will ...
Jun 11, 2019