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Taste of Culture offers traditional dishes, entertainment from around the world
Moises Duque from Honduras took special care as he prepared a taco recipe from his home country, topped with some savory guacamole for one of his many customers.Duque and his family served fresh black...
May 31, 2019 Moises Duque, right, gives a customer a traditional home-made taco from Honduras during A Taste of Culture, Friday (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff)
North Stars select six in SJHL Bantam Draft
All 12 SJHL teams gathered Friday morning in Nipawin for the league's annual Bantam Draft. The North Stars made six picks on the day, including two in the fourth round. The team selected four forwards...
May 31, 2019 Left to right: North Stars’ head coach/GM Brayden Klimosko, head scout Wylie Riendeau, and assistant coach Rob Holoien, pictured here at the league draft. (Facebook/SJHL)
Girl believed to be tiniest newborn weighed as much as apple
SAN DIEGO - When she was born, the baby girl weighed about the same as an apple. A San Diego hospital on Wednesday revealed the birth of the girl and said she is believed to be the world's tiniest sur...
May 31, 2019
Foxx releases Smollett files, offers recusal explanation
Chicago's top prosecutor has released more than 2,000 pages of documents in Jussie Smollett's case and explained she recused herself from an investigation into the "Empire" actor's claim he'd been the...
May 31, 2019
Police: Multiple people hurt in Virginia Beach shooting
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - A shooter wounded "multiple" people at a municipal centre in Virginia Beach on Friday, according to police, who said they had taken a suspect into custody and believed the person...
May 31, 2019
Kenney says carbon taxes won't help stop forest fire threat
CALGARY - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says forest fires have always been around and carbon taxes won't do anything to change that. Kenney says a number of factors, including climate change,...
May 31, 2019
Man facing drug, weapons charges after speeding past officer with lights on
An Alberta man who was going more than 60 km/h when he drove past a police cruiser with its lights on is now facing a number of drug and weapons charges. On May 30, members of the Saskatchewan Roving ...
May 31, 2019 (supplied photo/Saskatchewan RCMP)
Veteran trainer Mark Casse hoping an event-free Belmont Stakes event
After an eventful opening two legs of the American Triple Crown, trainer Mark Casse wants nothing more than a drama-free Belmont Stakes. And for good reason. Casse's horse, War of Will,...
May 31, 2019
'Hold China accountable' for fentanyl, Andrew Scheer says
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says the federal government needs to "hold China accountable" for the flow of illicit fentanyl that has fuelled Canada's opioid crisis. Speaking to municipal...
May 31, 2019
Saskatchewan takes federal carbon tax fight to Supreme Court of Canada
The Saskatchewan government has filed notice that it is taking its challenge of the federal carbon tax to the Supreme Court of Canada.Justice Minister Don Morgan says the province will ask the high co...
May 31, 2019