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IMF chief: trade conflicts fuel synchronized global slowdown
WASHINGTON - The new head of the 189-nation International Monetary Fund warned Tuesday that the world economy is in the grips of a "synchronized global slowdown" that will result in slower growth for ...
Oct 08, 2019

Allbirds, a shoe brand born online, to double stores
NEW YORK - Online shoe brand Allbirds plans to more than double its store count next year, hoping to reach shoppers who want to touch and try on its wool shoes. The company said Tuesday that it plans ...
Oct 08, 2019

Unifor workers at SaskTel, SaskPower, SaskEnergy not returning to work
As job action continues at the province's Crown corporations, the one thing that's for certain is SaskTel employees represented by Unifor will not be returning to their jobs.On Monday, Unifor said its...
Oct 08, 2019 (Evan Radford/980 CJME)

Town gets down to planning for 2020 budget
The Town of Battleford is already starting to make plans to prepare for its new budget for the 2020 year.Mayor Ames Leslie said the early planning is because of tight timelines to request proposals fo...
Oct 08, 2019 Mayor Ames Leslie, left, and CAO John Enns-Wind at Battleford council Monday. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff)

A look at Canadian-born Nobel physicist James Peebles
WINNIPEG - A look at James Peebles, the Canadian-born physicist who shares this year's Nobel Prize in Physics. Age: 84 Early years: Born in the Winnipeg neighbourhood of St. Boniface, Peebles moved to...
Oct 08, 2019

Celebrating Excellence in Agriculture
The Ministry of Agriculture is hosting a Celebrating Excellence in Agriculture Steaks and Stems Producer Appreciation Night in North Battleford at the Gold Ridge Centre on October 30th.See the poster ...
Oct 08, 2019

Atlanta TV star: $750,000 in jewelry stolen from Lamborghini
ATLANTA - The reality television star and wife of rapper T.I. says more than $750,000 in jewelry was stolen from her Lamborghini outside an Atlanta bar. Tameka "Tiny" Harris told Atlanta police she le...
Oct 08, 2019

Archery Registration October 8
Battle River Archers are hosting a registration night October 8 at their clubhouse.Please see the poster for details.
Oct 08, 2019

Conservatives would fund expansion of two Toronto subway lines, says Scheer
MARKHAM, Ont. - Andrew Scheer is promising that a Conservative federal government would try to unclog commuter traffic in Canada's biggest city by funding a pair of projects t...
Oct 08, 2019

Lawsuit settled in fatal wheelchair accident at New Brunswick train crossing
MONCTON, N.B. - Three years after a Moncton man in an electric wheelchair was killed by a freight train at a level crossing in the city, a lawsuit in his death has been resolved. Court documents ...
Oct 08, 2019