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Connor Hellebuyck makes 29 saves, Jets blank Golden Knights
WINNIPEG - Connor Hellebuyck made 29 saves to record his league-leading sixth shutout of the season, backstopping the Winnipeg Jets to a 4-0 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights on Friday. Hellebuyck...
Mar 06, 2020
Pérez de Cuéllar, Peruvian two-term UN chief, dies at 100
LIMA, Peru - Javier Prez de Cullar, the two-term United Nations secretary-general who brokered a historic cease-fire between Iran and Iraq in 1988 and who in later life came out of retirement to help ...
Mar 06, 2020
WSJ: Saudis arrest 2 princes for allegedly plotting coup
NEW YORK - Saudi officials arrested two members of the royal family early Friday for allegedly plotting to oust King Salman and the son he has designated to succeed him, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salm...
Mar 06, 2020
Ronaldinho arrested in Paraguay in false passport case
SAO PAULO - Soccer star Ronaldinho was arrested Friday night in a hotel in Paraguay's capital after authorities said he entered the country with falsified documents. The 39-year-old Brazilian and his ...
Mar 06, 2020
Man guilty of murder, aggravated assault in B.C. high school stabbings
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - A judge who found a man guilty of second-degree murder and aggravated assault in an attack on two B.C. high school students says there is no evidence that Gabrie...
Mar 06, 2020
Trump names Rep. Mark Meadows his new chief of staff
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Friday named Rep. Mark Meadows as his new chief of staff, replacing Mick Mulvaney, who been acting in the role for more than a year. Trump announced the staff re...
Mar 06, 2020
Ontario Liberals to pick new leader to succeed Kathleen Wynne
TORONTO - Ontario Liberals will gather this weekend to select their new leader, a person who will face the daunting task of whipping a decimated party back into fighting form in time for an election j...
Mar 06, 2020
Woman with presumed case of COVID-19 in critical condition in B.C.
VICTORIA - A woman in her 80s with a presumptive case of the novel coronavirus is in critical condition at a Vancouver hospital. Dr. Bonnie Henry, the provincial health officer, said Wednesday the wom...
Mar 06, 2020
Business support, reconciliation work, environment some of highlights of 'Power Hour'
Business support, reconciliation work and improving the environment were a few of the topics the region's elected leaders tackled during the the Battlefords Chamber of Commerce first ever "Power Hour"...
Mar 06, 2020 Left to right, North Battleford Mayor Ryan Bater, Chief Wayne Semaganis (Little Pine Cree Nation), MP Rosemarie Falk and MLA Herb Cox were among those taking part in the Chamber's "Power Hour" luncheon talk. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff)
One more victory: Biden wins most Super Tuesday delegates
WASHINGTON - Former Vice-President Joe Biden has put an exclamation point on his Super Tuesday victories by winning the most delegates on the presidential primary calendar's biggest night. The Associa...
Mar 06, 2020