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Empty Stocking Fund campaign kicks off with beef-on-a-bun fundraiser
The community came together to show their support for the Battlefords Empty Stocking Fund campaign that held its big kick off celebration Wednesday.Visitors made a donation to purchase a ticket for a ...
Nov 20, 2019 North Battleford Coun. Kent Lindgren, left, lines up for lunch at the Battlefords Empty Stocking Fund campaign kicks off Wednesday. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff)
It’s World Children’s Day and anniversary of child rights
TANZANIA, Tanzania - It's World Children's Day and teenage actress Millie Bobby Brown and former soccer star David Beckham are urging people everywhere to listen to youngsters and ensure their rights ...
Nov 20, 2019
The Latest: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau unveils members of his new cabinet
OTTAWA - The latest on the unveiling and swearing-in of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's cabinet. All times Eastern. 4:20 p.m. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the only thing on his ...
Nov 20, 2019
Attorney General Lametti swears new oath in wake of SNC-Lavalin affair
OTTAWA - The swearing-in ceremony for members of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's cabinet had a new element added Wednesday: a revamped oath for the attorney general and justice minister. David Lametti...
Nov 20, 2019
Alberta government firing election commissioner who was investigating leadership
EDMONTON - Alberta's United Conservative government is firing the province's election commissioner, but says it's not because he is investigating the party and has fined it more than $200,000. Fi...
Nov 20, 2019
Toronto Maple Leafs fire head coach Mike Babcock
TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs have fired head coach Mike Babcock and replaced him with Sheldon Keefe.Babcock had a record of 9-10-4 in 2019-20 for the struggling Leafs, who are 0-5-1 in their last...
Nov 20, 2019
B.C. politicians view supermodel's transition journey on Transgender Day
VICTORIA - Members of British Columbia's legislature marked Canada's Transgender Day of Remembrance by viewing a documentary that follows a depressed, suicidal female teenager's three-year surgic...
Nov 20, 2019
Old friends Orlondo Steinauer, Mike O'Shea to square off in Grey Cup
CALGARY - Jim Barker will have a unique opportunity Sunday. Barker will be on the Hamilton Tiger-Cats' sidelines when the East champs face the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the Grey Cup at M...
Nov 20, 2019
Crown seeks Supreme Court of Canada hearing in railway terror case
OTTAWA - The Crown is asking the Supreme Court of Canada to review an appeal court's decision to order a new trial for two men convicted of plotting to crash a Via Rail train. In&n...
Nov 20, 2019
Ticats coach says despite top offence the defence is the 'heartbeat of our team'
CALGARY - The Hamilton Tiger-Cats have racked up an impressive offensive record in 2019, but the team's head coach says it's the defence that has become the "heartbeat" of team. Orlondo Steinauer's cl...
Nov 20, 2019