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Fox host questions whether Omar is 'an American first.'
NEW YORK - Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar said Wednesday that Fox News Channel host Brian Kilmeade is guilty of a "dangerous incitement" for questioning her loyalty to the United States, since she's been t...
Apr 12, 2019
Canadian international Janine Beckie signs contract extension with Man City
TORONTO - Canadian international forward Janine Beckie has signed a one-year contract extension with Manchester City. Beckie, 24, joined the English club last August on a one-year deal from ...
Apr 12, 2019
Feds win 'interim interim' stay for 15-day cap on solitary confinement
TORONTO - The federal government won't have to comply immediately with a court decision that limited solitary confinement to 15 consecutive days, the Supreme Court of Canada has decided. In granting O...
Apr 12, 2019
Stars welcome Mustangs to home barn for Game 1 of Canalta Cup Final
The Battlefords North Stars return to action tonight for Game 1 of the Canalta Cup Finals, as the team will play host to the Melfort Mustangs at the NB Civic Centre. The North Stars are coming off ser...
Apr 12, 2019 The North Stars held a 1-3 record against the Mustangs this season, and will be looking to reverse that trend in the first game of the final tonight at the Civic Centre. (Martin Martinson/battlefordsNOW Staff)
‘Complete confidence’: R.M.’s new volunteer fire department fully operational
Saturday night, shortly before 5 p.m., the R.M. of North Battleford's new volunteer fire department was put to the test for the first time.A car rolled over and a woman was trapped inside.While the ca...
Apr 12, 2019
Venezuela's ex-spy chief arrested in Madrid on US warrant
MADRID - Venezuela's longtime spy chief was arrested Friday in Madrid by Spanish police acting on a United States warrant for allegedly trafficking tons of cocaine. Maj. Gen. Hugo Carvajal, who for mo...
Apr 12, 2019
Cash incentives for parties could help get more women in politics: MPs
OTTAWA - A House of Commons committee says the government should offer financial incentives to political parties to nominate more women candidates to run for election. This is one of 14 reco...
Apr 12, 2019
Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime gets Monte Carlo wild card
MONTE CARLO - Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime has been given a wild card into the Monte-Carlo Masters next week. The 18-year-old from Montreal is ranked 33rd in the world after a strong start to 2019, ...
Apr 12, 2019
Goodale says report on terror threats 'maligned' certain communities
OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale says future reports on terrorist threats to Canada will not refer to Sikh extremism and instead use "extremists who support violent means to establis...
Apr 12, 2019
Oklahoma governor tries 'American Ninja Warrior' course
OKLAHOMA CITY - Oklahoma's new Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt is taking a shot at the "American Ninja Warrior" obstacle course outside the state capitol in Oklahoma City. Organizers of the reality televi...
Apr 12, 2019