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Major league great set to speak at Hall of Fame induction
A major league star is set to induct some minor league greats into the Hall of Fame. Canadian baseball legend, Ferguson Jenkins, will be in the Battlefords for the 35th annual induction ceremony at th...
Jun 10, 2019 The world's largest bat outside the Baseball Hall of Fame. (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)
RCMP say missing woman's disappearance result of foul play, being investigated as homicide
RCMP are investigating the disappearance of Tiki Laverdiere as a homicide after determining she went missing as a result of foul play.Laverdiere was last seen in North Battleford and last made contact...
Jun 10, 2019
Provincial green purveyors pleased with plastic ban, urge domino effect
Globally, one garbage truckload of plastic waste enters the ocean every minute.That comes from the federal government, which points to this, alongside plastic overflowing in landfills, as reaching a b...
Jun 10, 2019 Cutlery, straws and Styrofoam plates and cups could be banned in Canada by 2021. (Tyler Marr/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Canada 'closely following' reports of attacks on journalists in Russia: Freeland
MONTREAL - Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland says she will speak out about the lack of media freedom in Russia during a conference that Canada is co-hosting next month with Great B...
Jun 10, 2019
Rules for new corporate ombud criticized for deferring to companies
OTTAWA - The federal government is giving its new watchdog on international corporate responsibility unprecedented power to hear complaints from Canadian companies that think they've been unfairly tar...
Jun 10, 2019
Artists planning whimsical shadow puppet show, dance at Library Park
Why dabble making silly shadow puppets alone in your room late at night when you can head to the park and take in a performance of animated art with friends and family under a moon-lit night instead?S...
Jun 10, 2019 Sherron Burns, left, and Ashley Johnson are organizing an evening of creative artistry at Library Park Saturday night. (Facebook/Sherron Burns)
New Manitoba plan contains no carbon tax, higher carbon emissions level
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is watering down its target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and removing any possible carbon tax from the equation. Sustainable Development Minister Roche...
Jun 10, 2019
Styrofoam take-out boxes and straws among expected targets of plastics ban
OTTAWA - A national ban on the most harmful single-use plastics will very likely force restaurants and fast-food outlets to find non-plastic materials for takeout and delivery containers but plas...
Jun 10, 2019
Styrofoam take-out boxes and straws among expected targets of plastics ban
OTTAWA - A national ban on the most harmful single-use plastics will very likely force restaurants and fast-food outlets to find non-plastic materials for takeout and delivery containers but plas...
Jun 10, 2019
‘It’s been the dream’: Riders hold first practice after cuts
A few members of the Saskatchewan Roughriders finally realized their dreams of playing professionally as they hit the field for the first regular-season practice of the year."It's been the dream since...
Jun 10, 2019 Saskatchewan Roughriders quarterback Isaac Harker performing a drill at practice on June 9, 2019. (Britton Gray/980 CJME)