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No. 17 at TPC Sawgrass doesn't faze Hadwin ahead of Players Championship
No. 17 at TPC Sawgrass is one of the signature holes on the PGA Tour. Although it's just 137 yards to the Island Green, the hole is surrounded on almost all sides by water and has a tiny bunker in fro...
Mar 13, 2019
Quebec's plan to reduce immigration levels won't help newcomers: study
MONTREAL - A Quebec think tank says the province's plan to cut immigration levels is misguided and will not accomplish its intended goal of better integrating newcomers. The Institut de recherche...
Mar 13, 2019
BID planning downtown business survey
Local businesses will be able to offer their feedback when the business improvement committee takes to the streets this spring to gather information for a new survey it is working on.North Battleford ...
Mar 13, 2019 Pop band The Wolfe perform at Central Park
during the North Battleford Downtown Business Improvement District (BID)
concert series in 2018. The BID are making a number of plans for the year ahead
including a survey for downtown business members. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW
Staff)
Caregivers still vulnerable under new immigration rules, advocates warn
OTTAWA - Migrant workers employed in Canada as caregivers are confused by new changes to immigration programs aimed at them, with many concerned the changes could mean more barriers to obtai...
Mar 13, 2019
Liberal MPs shut down SNC committee before vote on recalling Wilson-Raybould
OTTAWA - Liberal MPs have used their majority on the House of Commons justice committee to shut down an opposition attempt to call Jody Wilson-Raybould to testify again on the SNC-Lavalin affair. Shor...
Mar 13, 2019
NDP leader Singh hopes new deputy will help party 'reconnect' with Quebec
MONTREAL - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh was barely a minute into his speech Monday announcing a deputy leader from Quebec when he invoked the memory of Jack Layton, who famously led th...
Mar 13, 2019
A look at the Canadian victims of the Ethiopian Airlines plane crash
Details are emerging about the 18 Canadian victims of an Ethiopian Airlines plane crash in Addis Ababa that left 157 people dead. Here is what we know so far: Ashka Dixit, Anushka Dix...
Mar 13, 2019
Garneau orders grounding of all Boeing 737 Max 8s over safety concerns
OTTAWA - Transport Minister Marc Garneau is closing Canadian skies to the Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft, effectively grounding the planes over safety concerns arising from the crash of an Ethiopian Airlin...
Mar 13, 2019 A Sunwing Boeing 737-800 passenger plane prepares to land at Pearson International Airport in Toronto on Wednesday, August 2, 2017. Transport Minister Marc Garneau faced an escalating dilemma Tuesday over Boeing's 737 Max 8 aircraft, which a growing number of countries have grounded or banned in the wake of the Ethiopian Airlines crash that killed 157 people Sunday. (Canadian Press/Christopher Katsarov)
Alberta First Nation votes to accept $150M settlement over mismanaged cattle
STANDOFF, Alta. - Members of a southern Alberta First Nation have voted to accept a $150-million settlement from the federal government. The Blood Tribe filed a claim nearly two decades ago ...
Mar 13, 2019
École Père Mercure is Hosting Open House
cole Pre Mercure is hosting Open House for registration in Pre-K and Kindergarten. March 28, 5 pm to 7 pm and April 11, 9 am to 12. cole Pre Mercure is a French as first language school open to all fa...
Mar 13, 2019 Children playing together with building blocks. Educational toys for preschool and kindergarten kids. Little girls build pyramid toys at home or daycare.