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CMHC sets target to make housing affordable for every Canadian by 2030
OTTAWA - A federal housing agency hopes to see every Canadian with an affordable home by 2030 and has offered up a plan full of experiments to make it happen. The Canada Mortgage and Housing...
Mar 01, 2019
NewsAlert: Appeals Court upholds landmark tobacco ruling
MONTREAL - The Quebec Court of Appeal has upheld a landmark judgment that ordered three tobacco companies to pay billions of dollars in damages to Quebec smokers. Imperial Tob...
Mar 01, 2019
Telemiracle weekend set to kick off in Saskatchewan
For the 43rd year in a row, Saskatchewan will be asked to "ring those phones!"The Kinsmen Telemiracle fundraising telethon starts Saturday night at TCU Place in Saskatoon.Telemiracle chair Adam Logue ...
Mar 01, 2019 Volunteers take donations over the phone at Telemiracle 42 in Regina on March 4, 2018.(Submitted photo/980 CJME)
Green Lake RCMP request help in locating suspect
Police in Green Lake are asking for the public's help in locating Quentin Ross. Police belive he could be in North Battleford or Saskatoon.RCMP said the 48-year-old is wanted for trafficking cocaine, ...
Mar 01, 2019 Green Lake RCMP are searching for 48-year-old Quentin Ross. (supplied photo/RCMP) : Tyler Marr
Feds green-light formal extradition process for Meng Wanzhou
OTTAWA - The federal Justice Department is giving the go-ahead for an extradition case to proceed against Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou, who is wanted in the United States on fraud allegations.The dec...
Mar 01, 2019 (Submitted photo/Canadian Press)
NB celebrates Francophonie Week
Local members of the Francophone community were in a festive mood outside city hall Friday for the official start of Francophonie Week in North Battleford. cole Pre Mercure students, and Centre franco...
Mar 01, 2019 École Père Mercure students and supporters gather outside city hall Friday to raise the Fransaskois flag to mark Francophonie Week in North Battleford. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff) : Angela Brown
Stars return home with chance to snag division lead
With just three games remaining in the regular season, the Battlefords North Stars return home for just the third time in 2019 to take on the division-rival Notre Dame Hounds at the NB Civic Centre. H...
Mar 01, 2019 Stars' forward MacGregor Sinclair, seen here chatting with Hounds' defenseman Charles Martin in a prominent match-up sure to be seen tonight at the Civic Centre. (Martin Martinson/battlefordsNOW Staff) : Martin Martinson
Falk says JWR testimony shows 'inappropriate, potentially illegal' actions by PM, staff
In the wake of scathing testimony from Jody Wilson-Raybould in the SNC-Lavalin affair, Battlefords - Lloydminster MP Rosemarie Falk says the prime minister allowed his own political motivations to tak...
Mar 01, 2019 Battlefords - Lloydminster MP Rosemarie Falk. (File photo/battlefordsNOW staff) : Tyler Marr
Edam voted Saskatchewan's coldest rink
The people have spoken and Edam has been crowned the Coldest Barn in Saskatchewan. For twenty days, people were tweeting, voting and sharing their stories of cold rinks around the province.A Twitter p...
Mar 01, 2019 Edam was voted the #SKColdestBarn in February poll conducted on Twitter and battlefordsNOW (Brady Lang/battlefordsNOW staff) : Brady Lang
Quebec premier says hockey game should have been stopped after racist taunts
MONTREAL - Racist taunts recently directed at a black hockey player were unacceptable and should not be tolerated, Quebec Premier Francois Legault said Wednesday. Legault raised the case of ...
Mar 01, 2019