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A Q&A with councillor candidate Lyndi Marchuk
Councillor candidate Lyndi Marchuk sat down with meadowlakeNOW for an interview ahead of the Sept. 18 byelection. As part of our coverage for both the vacant mayoral and soon-to-come councillor seat, ...
Aug 16, 2019 Lyndi Marchuk will be running for the open Meadow Lake councillor seat this September. (submitted photo/Lyndi Marchuk)
BDFRC offers easy, healthy foods in backpack programs for kids in need
If you have a few extra dollars you might want to donate it the Battlefords District Food and Resource Centre (BDFRC) to help kids in needy families.Executive Director Erin Katerynych said the BDFRC o...
Aug 16, 2019 Manager Heather O'Neill shows some items in the summer food program for kids in need, at the Battlefords District Food and Resource Centre (BDFRC), Friday. The BDFRC offers two "backpack" food programs during the year for kids. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Education key to prevent city from falling victim to fraud
You can have all the security measures in place but it only takes one person to click on a bad link to put an entire organization at risk.Those comments are from the City of North Battleford's IT coor...
Aug 16, 2019 (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Instability, sudden changes threaten to derail Impact's playoff push
MONTREAL - A whirlwind of sudden changes and instability could derail the Montreal Impact's playoff hopes down the stretch. A week of rotten luck - including new injuries to Ignacio Piatti and Samuel ...
Aug 16, 2019
'Easy Rider' star and writer Peter Fonda has died at age 79
LOS ANGELES - Peter Fonda, the son of a Hollywood legend who became a movie star in his own right both writing and starring in counterculture classics like "Easy Rider," has died. His family says in a...
Aug 16, 2019
Colorado OKs electric car requirement to fight air pollution
DENVER - Colorado tightened its air quality regulations on Friday, requiring that at least 5% of the vehicles sold in the state by 2023 emit zero pollution. The state Air Quality Control Commission, w...
Aug 16, 2019
Prime Minister announces advisory committee aimed at promoting skilled trades
HALIFAX - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced the creation of a new advisory committee to help promote apprenticeships and skilled trades across Canada. Trudeau made the announcement toda...
Aug 16, 2019
NRA wants a role when Oliver North meets state investigators
NEW YORK - A National Rifle Association leader-turned-critic is meeting with New York investigators next week, and the NRA wants to be there.a New York's attorney general's office is questioning Olive...
Aug 16, 2019
For inmates like Epstein, suicide watch is meant to be short
NEW YORK - Suicide is such a constant concern at federal jails that guards have ready access to "the stick," a wooden pole with a sharpened blade at the end that's used to cut down inmates if they try...
Aug 16, 2019
LA Opera declines details on Placido Domingo investigation
SAN FRANCISCO - The Los Angeles Opera declined Friday to release any details of its promised investigation into allegations of sexual harassment against opera legend Placido Domingo, the company's lon...
Aug 16, 2019