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'It's been a pleasure': City, R.M. of North Battleford part ways on fire services
It has been a pleasure to serve you. Those are the parting words from the City of North Battleford, which will cease to provide fire services to the R.M. of North Battleford as of March 31.A new volun...
Mar 14, 2019 (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Bianca Andreescu's success in Indian Wells 'just the beginning,' coach says
MONTREAL - It is said that a step back can sometimes help you move forward, and that was the approach Bianca Andreescu took last fall after months of physical and other setbacks. The 2019 season ...
Mar 14, 2019
His hearing restored, New Zealand prop relishing new challenge in Canada
Hard-running prop Morgan Mitchell has been a force on the field for the expansion Toronto Arrows this season. The New Zealander's rise in rugby is all the more remarkable given he was deaf up unt...
Mar 14, 2019
Individual compensation announced for Indian Day School survivors
OTTAWA - Brilliant late-winter sunshine lifted the spirits of Garry McLean's family members Tuesday as they celebrated the former Indian Day School survivor - and a proposed settlement ...
Mar 14, 2019
Quebec reaches deal to compensate motorists trapped on highway after 2017 storm
MONTREAL - The Quebec government has agreed to compensate motorists who were trapped for hours on a major Montreal highway in March 2017 following a massive snowstorm. Lawyers representing p...
Mar 14, 2019
Local courier asks for city's help with parking challenges
A North Battleford courier is asking for the city's help after having ongoing problems trying to find a place to temporarily park his vehicle for delivery service downtown. Tracy George made a present...
Mar 14, 2019 North Battleford council heard from a courier challenged with parking downtown at its recent meeting. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff)
NHL says Leafs defenceman Morgan Rielly didn't utter homophobic slur
TORONTO - The NHL, the Toronto Maple Leafs and Morgan Rielly are adamant the star defenceman didn't utter a homophobic slur on the ice. What's unclear is this: Did anyone? And if so, who? The lea...
Mar 14, 2019
Moving day: Bear family living in highway median relocated
TEMPLETON, Mass. - A portion of a Massachusetts highway was shut down while state wildlife officials moved a family of bears that had set up a den in the median. State police shut down a stretch of Ro...
Mar 14, 2019
'Zorba the Greek' composer Theodorakis leaves hospital
ATHENS, Greece - An Athens hospital statement says "Zorba the Greek" composer Mikis Theodorakis has been discharged after undergoing surgery to have a pacemaker installed. The 94-year-old Theodorakis ...
Mar 14, 2019
Man killed daughter to make his estranged wife suffer, Crown tells murder trial
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A Crown prosecutor says a Newfoundland man murdered his five-year-old daughter in a calculated plan to inflict suffering on her mother, his estranged wife. A St....
Mar 14, 2019