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Mounties defend social-media profiling after assembling portrait of activist
OTTAWA - The RCMP is defending its practice of profiling people by scouring their social-media postings, saying the police force lawfully obtains information with the aim of protecting Canad...
Jan 04, 2020
Fuel spill at Montreal's Trudeau airport as refuelling workers' strike continues
MONTREAL - Aircraft refuelling workers with Swissport Canada remained off the job Saturday as a strike that began earlier in the week continued. The company has been maintaining refuelling s...
Jan 04, 2020
Woman, 24, missing from North Battleford
UPDATE: Lisa Emily Moyah has been located safe.Battleford's RCMP are asking for the public's help in locating Lisa Emily Moyah of North Battleford. Moyah, 24, was last seen leaving the Beaver Hotel in...
Jan 04, 2020 (Submitted/RCMP)
Stars and Klippers ready for round two of weekend showdown
The Battlefords North Stars will return to action Saturday for part two of their weekend home-and-home series with the division rival, Kindersley Klippers, as the scene shifts to the Battlefords. Retu...
Jan 04, 2020 Captain, Matthew Fletcher and his North Stars’ teammates will look to stay hot Saturday, in search of a fifth straight win, as the team will make their first appearance of the new calendar year in front of the home crowd. (Martin Martinson/battlefordsNOW Staff)
NATO suspends training mission in Iraq citing security
BRUSSELS - NATO says it has suspended a training mission for soldiers in the Iraqi army in the wake of the killing of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani. The military alliance said in a statement Saturd...
Jan 04, 2020
NATO suspends training mission in Iraq citing security
BRUSSELS - NATO says it has suspended a training mission for soldiers in the Iraqi army in the wake of the killing of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani. The military alliance said in a statement Saturd...
Jan 04, 2020
Son of television producer dies in ski accident in Utah
SALT LAKE CITY - The son of television producer Jenji Kohan, who created the series "range Is the New Black," died in a New Year's Eve ski accident in Utah, police said Thursday. Charles "Charlie" Nox...
Jan 04, 2020
House values drop 11 per cent in Vancouver, stabilize or rise elsewhere in B.C.
VANCOUVER - Housing assessments are in the mail for nearly two million homeowners in British Columbia, but those in Vancouver may have already searched their properties online to learn that values hav...
Jan 04, 2020
CP NewsAlert: Amber Alert cancelled, N.L. boy found safe, father charged
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Police say a 12-year-old boy in western Newfoundland who was the subject of an Amber Alert has been found safe and his father has been arrested. The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary ...
Jan 04, 2020
Study finds 2019 was a ‘banner year’ for female filmmakers
NEW YORK - Lulu Wang, Lorene Scafaria, Melina Matsoukas and Greta Gerwig led Hollywood to a record year for women in the director's chair. In 2019, women directed more of the most popular movies than ...
Jan 04, 2020