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Laval's Betts, UBC's Van Ryk win Canadian university sport awards
CALGARY - Laval football player Mathieu Betts and University of British Columbia volleyball player Kierra Van Ryk have been named Canadian university sport athletes of the year. Betts, a defensive end...
May 02, 2019
Elderly man dead after single vehicle rollover on Hwy 4
An 84-year-old man is dead after his car rolled over on Highway 4 Thursday morning north of North Battleford.Battlefords RCMP said emergency personnel and members of the public helped the elderly man ...
May 02, 2019
Ex-Obama envoy Heyman details 'ice age' with Harper over Keystone pipeline
OTTAWA - Barack Obama's former envoy to Ottawa has pulled back the veil on how the previous Conservative government of Stephen Harper froze him out over the controversial Keystone XL pipeline. Bruce H...
May 02, 2019
Bankruptcy of energy company may show lenders view industry differently: CAPP
The bankruptcy of a Calgary energy company that plans to walk away from thousands of gas wells may be a sign lenders are changing how they look at the industry in light of a recent Supreme C...
May 02, 2019
Veteran Toronto defender Drew Moor unlikely to figure in weekend game in Orlando
Toronto FC defender Drew Moor is unlikely to play this weekend in Orlando, according to coach Greg Vanney. The 35-year-old Moor, the quarterback of TFC's defence, has missed the last three games - the...
May 02, 2019
Conservatives seek criminal investigation of PM's trips to Aga Khan's island
OTTAWA - The federal Conservatives want the RCMP to look into whether Prime Minister Justin Trudeau broke the law by accepting family vacations on the Aga Khan's private Caribbean islan...
May 02, 2019
North Stars face must-win Game 5 versus Portage
Coming off back-to-back games Tuesday and Wednesday night, the Battlefords North Stars return to action this evening for their third game in three-nights Thursday, in Game 5 of their Anavet Cup series...
May 02, 2019 North Stars’ forward Quintin Loon-Stewardson scored his first of the Anavet Cup last night, putting his team ahead 1-0 just 1:16 into the first period. The goal marked the first time in the series the Stars have scored first, a trend they’d like to repeat tonight. (Martin Martinson/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Sundance Film Festival co-founder pleads guilty to sex abuse
AMERICAN FORK, Utah - A filmmaker who co-founded the Sundance Film Festival and produced an Oscar-winning movie in the mid-1980s pleaded guilty Tuesday to sexual abuse of a child. Sterling Van Wagenen...
May 02, 2019
Mexican band Cafe Tacvba's instruments, equipment stolen
MEXICO CITY - The Mexican rock band Cafe Tacvba said its instruments and other equipment were stolen and two crew members briefly detained in a highway robbery early Thursday. In a statement, the band...
May 02, 2019
Senate committee recommends Beyak suspension over letters on Indigenous Peoples
OTTAWA - The Senate's ethics committee recommended Tuesday that Sen. Lynn Beyak be suspended without pay over incendiary letters about Indigenous Peoples she posted to her website....
May 02, 2019