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Plane skids off wet runway in Myanmar; pilot, 3 others hurt
YANGON, Myanmar - A plane operated by Biman Bangladesh Airlines skidded off the runway while landing Wednesday evening at Myanmar's Yangon International Airport, injuring at least four people includin...
May 08, 2019
Denver is 1st US city to decriminalize 'magic mushrooms'
DENVER - Voters have made Denver the first U.S. city to decriminalize psilocybin, the psychoactive ingredient in "magic mushrooms." Preliminary results show that the citizen-led initiative narrowly pa...
May 08, 2019
Florida governor signs bill allowing more armed teachers
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - More Florida teachers will be eligible to carry guns in the classroom under a bill Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed Wednesday that immediately implements recommendations from a ...
May 08, 2019
Santa Fe Opera announces plans to stage world premieres
SANTA FE, N.M. - World-premiere operas derived from the gender-bending Broadway hit "M. Butterfly" and from meditations on Victorian-era repression in Bram Stroker's "Dracula" are coming to the Santa ...
May 08, 2019
Higgs making strides in the pool for Orcas
The Battlefords Orcas Swim Club is enjoying a banner year for 2018-19.Madison Higgs qualified for the Western Canada Games during her performance at Prairie Champs in mid-March. The games will begin a...
May 08, 2019 It's been a strong season for the Battlefords Orcas Swim Club (Facebook/Battlefords Orcas Swim Club)
Town gives go ahead to improve industrial park drainage issues
Battleford will improve drainage in the industrial park area to reduce ongoing damage to the road and riverbank from overland flooding. The work will involve installing storm sewers so excess water co...
May 08, 2019 The Town of Battleford council approved starting work to improve drainage in the Industrial Park area. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Military misses Vice-Admiral Mark Norman, ready to welcome him back: Top general
OTTAWA - Defence chief Gen. Jonathan Vance says the military has missed Vice-Admiral Mark Norman and that the two of them will discuss Norman's return to active duty as soon as possible. The comment i...
May 08, 2019
Goodale disputes charge that bill maintains solitary confinement by another name
OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale is disputing claims that a bill to end solitary confinement in Canada's prisons is merely "linguistic trickery" that maintains the practice under a d...
May 08, 2019
The Stars Group and Fox Sports to launch sports wagering in the U.S.
TORONTO - The Canadian owner of PokerStars is joining forces with Fox Sports in a US$236-million deal to launch Fox Bet, a sports wagering partnership in the United States. The Stars Group I...
May 08, 2019
Former B.C. mayor pleads guilty to sex assaults of four boys under 16
SMITHERS, B.C. - The youngest elected mayor in British Columbia's history pleaded guilty Monday to sexually assaulting boys in what his lawyer says is an act of remorse that will bring an end to ...
May 08, 2019