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Sanders' 'Medicare-for-all' expands long-term care benefits
WASHINGTON - Sen. Bernie Sanders is raising the stakes of the "Medicare-for-all" debate by expanding his proposal to include long-term care. That could force other Democratic presidential candidates t...
Mar 08, 2019
Dissent among Dems postpones action on anti-Semitism measure
WASHINGTON - House Democrats on Wednesday postponed indefinitely a vote on a resolution condemning anti-Semitism after a contentious meeting in which some new members confronted leaders over their pus...
Mar 08, 2019
Applications being accepted for Adam Herold Hockey and Leadership Development Program
The Adam Herold Legacy Foundation is now accepting applications for its 2019-20 Hockey and Leadership Development Program.The Foundation was established to honor Adam Herold, the youngest player kille...
Mar 08, 2019 : Karen Cay
North Stars see night of celebration at annual awards banquet
The Battlefords North Stars held their annual awards banquet to close out the regular season Thursday night at the Civic Centre. With parents and billet parents, grandparents and guardians there to sh...
Mar 08, 2019 Hardware was handed out and laughs were had as the Battlefords North Stars celebrated the regular season Thursday night with their annual awards banquet. The team will begin their post season March 15. (Martin Martinson/battlefordsNOW Staff) : Martin Martinson
Head of Quebec provincial police suspended as criminal allegation probed
QUEBEC - Martin Prud'homme, the chief of Quebec's provincial police, has been temporarily suspended pending an investigation into an allegation he committed criminal offences. Public Security Minister...
Mar 08, 2019
Norway's $1 trillion fund to dump oil and gas shares
STAVANGER, Norway - Norway's $1 trillion wealth fund, the biggest of its kind in the world, will begin dumping shares in oil and gas companies, but stopped short of barring major producers like ExxonM...
Mar 08, 2019
Whoopi Goldberg says she nearly died from pneumonia
NEW YORK - Whoopi Goldberg says she nearly died of pneumonia. Appearing Friday in a video that aired on ABC's "The View," Goldberg told the audience she had pneumonia in both lungs. Goldberg said: "I ...
Mar 08, 2019
Puerto Rico's Farruko pleads guilty to not declaring cash
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Puerto Rican singer Farruko has pleaded guilty to not declaring nearly $52,000 in cash discovered in his luggage and shoes when he arrived in the U.S. territory from the Domini...
Mar 08, 2019
Freeland thanks U.S. lawmakers for bipartisan support on Meng arrest
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland is applauding a bipartisan American political effort to support Canada in its fight with China over its detention of Huawei's chief financial o...
Mar 08, 2019
Jailed navy spy Jeffrey Delisle granted full parole: federal board
HALIFAX - Convicted spy Jeffrey Delisle has been granted full parole. An emailed statement from the Parole Board of Canada says it granted the former Canadian naval intelligence officer ...
Mar 08, 2019