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Haechan meets Haechan: K-pop star honoured with zoo namesake
LOS ANGELES - Fans of the K-pop group NCT 127 donated money in January to name a baby pudu at the Los Angeles Zoo after one of its members, Haechan (HECH'-ehn). This week, the human Haechan got to mee...
May 16, 2019
Indigenous teen's treatment while disclosing abuse indicative of 'pattern'
OTTAWA - B.C.'s former child representative Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond says the "heinous" treatment of an Indigenous teenager during a 2012 RCMP interrogation reflects a pattern she has seen o...
May 16, 2019
Toronto FC's Jozy Altidore says competition is fierce with tennis star fiancee
TORONTO - Put a star soccer striker and world-ranked tennis player together and what have you got? One competitive couple, when it comes to Toronto FC's Jozy Altidore and world No. 8 Sloane Steph...
May 16, 2019
NATO researchers consult federal government on foreign election meddling
OTTAWA - A leading NATO researcher says Canadian voters have a duty to think critically about the news they consume as foreign-interference threats loom over the coming federal election. Jan...
May 16, 2019
B.C. legislature clerk in spending scandal retires after wrongdoing found
VICTORIA - British Columbia's top legislative official has retired after a report by a former chief justice of the Supreme Court of Canada found he improperly claimed benefits...
May 16, 2019
UFO researcher Stanton Friedman dies after half-century effort to prove alien life
FREDERICTON - Stanton T. Friedman, nuclear physicist, lecturer and world-renowned devotee of extraterrestrial existence, has died at the age of 84. The famed UFO researcher died Monday at To...
May 16, 2019
Liberals push Tories to show climate-policy hand with climate-change motion
OTTAWA - In a battle to see who can prove they care more about the environment, both the Liberals and the federal New Democrats are pushing motions this week to declare climate change a national ...
May 16, 2019
Battleford welcomes Discovery Co-op grocery store
There's a new place for Battleford residents to do their grocery shopping.Discovery Co-op Battleford Food Store opened its doors for the first time to customers at 9 a.m., Thursday.Delores Porter was ...
May 16, 2019 Store manager James Waggoner is at the helm to welcome the first customers. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Cannabis added to banned substances in provincial parks during May long weekend
Gates will be open soon for campers to enjoy another season at provincial campgrounds."This is our opening weekend for our provincial park campgrounds, so it's a pretty exciting time for us," Larry Sc...
May 16, 2019 (The Canadian Press/ Marcio Jose Sanchez)
A look at how the Raptors match up with the Bucks in their Eastern Conference showdown
TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors will play in the NBA Eastern Conference final for just the second time in team history when they visit the Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday to kick off a best-of-se...
May 16, 2019