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Large population of canids infected with tapeworm capable of causing "tumour-like" disease
A small tapeworm capable of causing a "tumour-like disease" in humans is becoming more common in carnivorous animals with up to 70 per cent of coyotes tested near the P.A. area to be infected.Echinoco...
Jul 26, 2019 (Submitted photo/Frank Crockett)

International Street Fest kicks off in North Battleford
With the sweet lemonade sun shining through blue skies and the sound of children's giggles filling the air, there couldn't have been a more perfect day to unbox this year's North Battleford Internatio...
Jul 26, 2019 One of the festival performers entertains people Friday afternoon. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff)

B.C. Lions 'need to turn threes into sevens' against Roughriders: coach
VANCOUVER - B.C. Lions defensive back Crezdon Butler has a chip on his shoulder and a score to settle heading into Saturday's matchup with the visiting Saskatchewan Roughriders. The 32-year-old w...
Jul 26, 2019

High court allows use of Pentagon funds for border wall
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court has cleared the way for the Trump administration to tap Pentagon funds to build sections of a border wall with Mexico. The Supreme Court said Friday that it would lift a...
Jul 26, 2019

Raptor' Chris Boucher takes championship trophy home to where it all started
MONTREAL - Hundreds of young people from Montreal North, and even a few not-so-young, welcomed home local hero and NBA champion Chris Boucher on Friday. The Toronto Raptors forward...
Jul 26, 2019

Struggling Eskimos can't take winless Argonauts for granted
EDMONTON - Any thoughts that the winless Toronto Argonauts might represent one of those trap games for the Edmonton Eskimos went right out the window last weekend. While the Argonauts are 0-5 after a ...
Jul 26, 2019

Court says Turkey violated petition-signing scholars' rights
ANKARA, Turkey - Turkey's top court ruled Friday that 10 academics had their rights violated when they were sentenced on charges of disseminating terrorist propaganda for signing a petition calling fo...
Jul 26, 2019

Ben Chiarot says it took little persuading to sign with the Canadiens
BROSSARD, Que. - High taxes, obsessive fans, blanket media coverage and the French language are all reasons invoked to explain why NHL free agents tend to steer clear of Montreal. But Ben Chiarot isn'...
Jul 26, 2019

12-year-old Canadian Michelle Liu earns berth in LPGA Tour event next month
RED DEER, Alta. - A 12-year-old from Vancouver likely will become the youngest golfer to play in the 47-year history of Canada's national women's championship next month. Michelle Liu earned a be...
Jul 26, 2019

Miracle Treat Day
Dairy Queen and Jim Pattison Children's Hospital Foundation invite North Battleford residents to make miracles happen on Miracle Treat Day Children treated at Jim Pattison Children's Hospital Foundati...
Jul 26, 2019