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Colorado baker who sparked Supreme Court case has book deal
NEW YORK - The Colorado baker whose refusal to design a wedding cake for a gay couple led to a landmark Supreme Court ruling and made him a conservative hero now has a book deal. Jack Phillips' memoir...
Jan 30, 2020
Grand Canyon visit inspired Kobe Bryant's pilot to fly
LOS ANGELES - Ara Zobayan's passion for helicopters began as a passenger, a tourist floating over the vast Grand Canyon. The freedom the man who would become Kobe Bryant's pilot felt was transformatio...
Jan 30, 2020
Council approves third party grants
North Battleford lawmakers approved allocating funding for a number of third party grants as originally proposed in the 2020 budget.The motion was initially tabled at the prior Jan. 13 meeting when Co...
Jan 30, 2020 North Battleford council approved third party grants for 2020. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Officials concerned rumours spreading after Canada's third case of coronavirus
VANCOUVER - A third case of a new coronavirus that's behind deaths in China has been confirmed in Canada by health officials in British Columbia, who say a man in his 40s ...
Jan 30, 2020
Family of man shot dead by police wants Quebec to pay for lawyer at inquest
MONTREAL - The family of a man shot dead by police officers at an east-end Montreal apartment in 2017 is asking the Quebec government to pay for a lawyer to represent them at an upcoming coroner'...
Jan 30, 2020
UN agency declares global emergency over virus from China
BEIJING - The World Health Organization declared the outbreak sparked by a new virus in China that has been exported to more than a dozen countries as a global emergency Thursday after the number of c...
Jan 30, 2020 (File photo/Associated Press)
Vince Carter, who turned 43 on the day Kobe died, says playing after was cathartic
TORONTO - The Atlanta Hawks gathered around Vince Carter after Tuesday morning's shootaround at Scotiabank Arena and sang "Happy Birthday" to the NBA's oldest player. Carter had actuall...
Jan 30, 2020
Stiffer penalties hope to curb distracted driving
Driving while distracted is not only dangerous, but starting Feb. 1 it will also be very costly.The penalties for distracted driving in the province are going up at the beginning of February, which is...
Jan 30, 2020 Penalties set to increase Feb. 1. (Government of Saskatchewan handout)
Harvard professor charged with hiding China ties, payments
BOSTON - A Harvard University professor was charged Tuesday with lying about his ties to a Chinese-run recruitment program and concealing payments he received from the Chinese government for research....
Jan 30, 2020
AP Exclusive: Feds backtrack on transfer of Epstein warden
NEW YORK - The Bureau of Prisons is holding off on transferring the warden who was in charge of the New York City jail where Jeffrey Epstein killed himself. The agency said Tuesday it would defer the ...
Jan 30, 2020