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Toronto FC edge Colorado 3-2 to spoil Rapids coach Robin Fraser's homecoming
Toronto FC extended its unbeaten streak in all competition to nine games (5-0-4) Sunday with a 3-2 victory over a resilient Colorado side that is proving to be a tough out under former Toron...
Sep 17, 2019
Only on AP: Vape maker overhauls packaging to counter fakes
LOS ANGELES - A short walk from police headquarters in the heart of downtown Los Angeles, a cluster of bustling shops are openly selling packaging and hardware that can be used to produce counterfeit ...
Sep 17, 2019
Facebook to name first oversight panel members by year-end
BOSTON - Facebook said Tuesday that it expects to name the first members of a new quasi-independent oversight board by year-end. The oversight panel is intended to rule on thorny content issues, such ...
Sep 17, 2019
Trudeau campaigns in Atlantic Canada
MIDGELL, P.E.I. - Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau travelled Tuesday through Atlantic Canada, hoping to remind Atlantic Canadians why they handed him every seat in the regio...
Sep 17, 2019
N.S. senior whose birthday card request drew international response dies
SYDNEY, N.S. - A Nova Scotia widower who received thousands of birthday cards last year after his daughter asked people to mail him their best wishes for his 92nd birthday has died...
Sep 17, 2019
North Battleford business pre-approved to build cannabis facility, produce hemp
North Battleford's Envirosafe Chemicals Canada (Envirosafe) has announced it received approval from Health Canada to embark on two new projects. It has been pre-approved to build a cannabis cultivatio...
Sep 17, 2019 Envirosafe president and CEO James Davey seen on Oct. 17, 2018, the day cannabis was legalized in Canada. (Tyler Marr/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Rob Bagg ready to move on from football
Former Saskatchewan Roughriders receiver Rob Bagg announced his retirement from the CFL on Tuesday.A product of Kingston, Ont., Bagg joined the Roughriders as an undrafted free agent out of Queen's Un...
Sep 17, 2019 Rob Bagg. (submitted photo/Saskatchewan Roughriders)
Freedom of expression or personal attack? Nurse appeals fine for Facebook post
REGINA - Saskatchewan's highest court is to decide what's next for a registered nurse who was fined $26,000 for criticizing her grandfather's care on Facebook.Carolyn Strom from Prince Albert was foun...
Sep 17, 2019 Carolyn Strom, left, arrives at the Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan in Regina on Sept. 17, 2019. Strom was found guilty of professional misconduct by the Saskatchewan Registered Nurses Association in 2016 and handed the financial penalty. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Michael Bell
Former Councillor Demkiw remembered for long service
For Robert Demkiw, being part of the community has always meant doing his part to help others. The former Battleford councillor who passed away at the age of 82 from heart failure on Sept. 14 committe...
Sep 17, 2019 Former Battleford councillor Robert (Bob) Demkiw died Sept. 14. (Submitted photo/Battlefords Funeral Service)
Trial date set for Mountie accused of misconduct
A nine-year member of the RCMP will face trial next summer.Const. Wade Chitrena, who has been charged with breach of trust, is scheduled to face trial in June 2020 at Court of Queen's Bench in Battlef...
Sep 17, 2019 (File photo/ battlefordsNOW Staff)