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Battleford Street Fest now set for September
Despite a rough start, the Battleford street festival will go on.The Battleford Spirit Group volunteers who are organizing the event have decided to set a new date for the festival, as the event had t...
Aug 02, 2019 An example of a street festival in Prince Albert. (file photo/paNOW Staff)

Trump says new agreement with EU will boost beef exports
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump celebrated a new agreement Friday that is projected to increase beef exports to the European Union by more than $270 million a year once it is fully in place. Trump...
Aug 02, 2019

Ottawa opposes Saskatchewan's move to have top court delay carbon tax case
REGINA - Ottawa is pushing back against Saskatchewan's request to have the Supreme Court of Canada delay hearing its challenge of the federal carbon tax. The press secretary for fe...
Aug 02, 2019

Sherritt wearing red and white for the first time in CFL's Battle of Alberta
CALGARY - J.C. Sherritt is about to experience the other side of the CFL's Battle of Alberta. Sherritt's name is synonymous with the Edmonton Eskimos, having played linebacker for the team h...
Aug 02, 2019

Quebec judge stays fraud charges against entrepreneur after lengthy trial delays
MONTREAL - Quebecers' trust in their institutions is once again being tested after another high-profile fraud case was thrown out because legal proceedings took too long, Justice Minist...
Aug 02, 2019

Fajardo says nothing changes after Roughriders trade Collaros
REGINA - With Saskatchewan trading veteran quarterback Zach Collaros to the Toronto Argonauts on Wednesday, the usual football parlance would now call the Roughriders Cody Fajardo's team. General mana...
Aug 02, 2019

Galvis, Bichette lead Blue Jays over Royals 4-1 for sweep
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Bo Bichette's first career homer helped lead the Toronto Blue Jays to a three-game sweep of the Kansas City Royals. Bichette's big moment came at the start of the eighth inning agai...
Aug 02, 2019

'Wonder Woman' Gal Gadot to play Hedy Lamarr in miniseries
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - "Wonder Woman" star Gal Gadot is taking on a real-life woman's remarkable history. Showtime said Friday that Gadot will play actress and inventor Hedy Lamarr in a limited serie...
Aug 02, 2019

Gimme five: Canadians to watch on Saturday at the Pan American Games
LIMA, Peru - Here are five Canadian athletes/teams to watch on Saturday at the Pan American Games: SAMUEL MURRAY (RACQUETBALL) The native of Baie-Comeau, Que., faces Argentina's Fernando Kurzbard in p...
Aug 02, 2019

'Punks and cowards:' Tiki's mother Carol speaks after five charged in daughter's death appear in court
Carol Laverdiere said her daughter Tiki was just trying to be there for Nicole Cook at her son Tristen Cook-Buckle's funeral when "something terrible happened."Carol made those comments outside of cou...
Aug 02, 2019 Carol Laverdiere speaks outside of provincial court in North Battleford after five people charged in connection to her daughter Tiki's homicide appeared. (Tyler Marr/battlefordsNOW Staff)