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Battlefords Chamber holding all-candidates forum open to public
The Battlefords Chamber of Commerce plans to hold an all-candidates forum open to the public on Thursday, Oct. 17 from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.The event will take place at the Muse Theatre at the Western D...
Oct 10, 2019 Battlefords Chamber of Commerce chair Dallan Oberg, left, will act as the moderator for the all-candidates forum in North Battleford on Oct. 17. (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Water Security Agency, Unifor local reach deal
A tentative agreement has been reached between Unifor and one of the Saskatchewan Crowns that was hit by a strike on Friday.On Thursday afternoon, the provincial government announced a deal had been r...
Oct 10, 2019 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Riders’ McCray has answered questions with his play
L.J. McCray could have his hands full Friday in Calgary - or maybe he'll just need one hand again.The Saskatchewan Roughriders' field corner and his mates are to face the Calgary Stampeders (7:30 p.m....
Oct 10, 2019 L.J. McCray (21) during a recent Saskatchewan Roughriders practice. (Britton Gray/980 CJME)
Slow progress continues in northwest fields
Despite some unfavourable weather over the past seven days, some producers were able to make marginal progress in the field. Saskatchewan Agriculture said 42 per cent of the crop is in the bin, up fro...
Oct 10, 2019 (file photo/paNOW Staff)
Bombers want Collaros’ mind, not his body
The CFL trading deadline has passed without TSN having an eight hour trade deadline special, but that doesn't mean there wasn't anything of consequence.Consider the Toronto Argonauts and the Winnipeg ...
Oct 10, 2019
Singh says NDP can 'work with the rest of Canada' to draw contrast with Bloc
OTTAWA - Jagmeet Singh looked to paint a bright orange line between his party and the Bloc Quebecois on Thursday, telling Quebecers that only the NDP would be able to land the things that ma...
Oct 10, 2019
Top court lets stand nine-year pornography sentence for daycare supervisor
OTTAWA - A nine-year prison sentence handed to a Toronto-area day-care supervisor who used toddlers for child pornography will stand. The Supreme Court of Canada says it won't hear the Crown's appeal ...
Oct 10, 2019
Climate change threatens crops, water for billions around globe: study
Canadian research is part of an extensive global climate change study that has found billions of the world's poorest people are at risk. The results, published Thursday in the journal Science, raise t...
Oct 10, 2019
Final arguments begin in case of Quebec man charged in slaying of wife, stranger
ST-JEROME, Que. - Final arguments have begun in the double murder trial of Ugo Fredette. The Quebec man is on trial for first-degree murder in the deaths of his ex-wife Veronique Barbe and Yvon L...
Oct 10, 2019
Colorado jury clears Uber driver in passenger's death
DENVER - A Colorado jury on Thursday found an Uber driver not guilty of murder in last year's killing of a passenger that he said attacked him before he fired 10 shots at him. Jurors sided with Michae...
Oct 10, 2019