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Dylan Cozens, Bowen Byram returned to Western Hockey League teams
Two of the three Canadian Hockey League players picked in the top-10 selections in this year's NHL draft are going back to their junior teams. The Buffalo Sabres sent centre Dylan Cozens back to the W...
Sep 26, 2019

Singh pledges $5,000 home rental subsidy to help up to 500,000 families
CAMPBELL RIVER, B.C. - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says, if elected, he would offer rent subsidies of up to $5,000 each to provide immediate help for families struggling to pay for ho...
Sep 26, 2019

Five meals a week: Scientists audit garbage to assess household food waste
A team of scientists spent weeks combing through the garbage of dozens of households to come up with what the researchers say is the most accurate measure yet of how much food is wasted in Canadian ki...
Sep 26, 2019

City offers reader-friendly review of 2018 finances
Those interested in seeing highlights from the City of North Battleford's activities last year in an easily digestible package will now be able to do just that with this latest report.Finance Director...
Sep 26, 2019 North Battleford Finance Director Steve Brown presented a new user-friendly version of the city's 2018 annual report at council's recent meeting. (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)

Fredette's lawyer urges jury to opt for manslaughter in double murder case
SAINT-JEROME, Que. - A Quebec man accused of the murder of two people, including his ex-wife, had reached his breaking point the day of the killings but didn't intend to kill anyone, his law...
Sep 26, 2019

Rouhani: US should end its policy of 'maximum pressure'
NEW YORK - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani urged the United States on Thursday to "cease this policy of maximum pressure" in favour of "dialogue, and logic and reason." Rouhani's comments came one da...
Sep 26, 2019

Prince Albert police asked to investigate actions of Battlefords RCMP officer
The Saskatchewan RCMP have asked police in Prince Albert to investigate allegations of assault after internal and external complaints about the level of force used by a Battlefords RCMP officer in May...
Sep 26, 2019 (file photo/NOW News Staff)

UK brings travellers home as Thomas Cook bosses criticized
LONDON - Britain's biggest repatriation effort since World War II ramped up Tuesday as questions swirled over the pay that Thomas Cook executives received in the run-up to the tour operator's collapse...
Sep 26, 2019

Kevin O'Leary's wife charged in boat crash that left two dead, three injured
The wife of celebrity businessman Kevin O'Leary and an American man have been charged in connection with a boat crash that left two people dead and three others injured. Ontario Provincial P...
Sep 26, 2019

Ousted candidate Guillet claims Liberals have double standard over past conduct
MONTREAL - A Liberal candidate in Montreal ousted over alleged anti-Semitic comments said Tuesday there is a double standard in the party when it comes to judging what is acceptable past con...
Sep 26, 2019