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Coach and three Toronto Wolfpack players up for end-of-season rugby league awards
TORONTO - Three members of the Toronto Wolfpack are in the running for player of the year in the Betfred Championship. Hooker Andy Ackers, fullback Gareth O'Brien and loose forward Jon Wilkin are fina...
Sep 17, 2019
WATCH NOW: Nurse's battle over $26K fine for Facebook comments heads to Sask. Appeal Court
The case of a Prince Albert nurse facing a $26,000 fine for criticizing her grandfather's care on Facebook will be heard by the province's highest court today. Carolyn Strom was found guilty of profes...
Sep 17, 2019 Prince Albert nurse Carolyn Strom is asking the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal to overturn a disciplinary ruling by the Saskatchewan Registered Nurses' Association. (file photo)
Kaillie Humphries' bid to be released by Canadian bobsleigh group denied
CALGARY - A Calgary judge has denied Kaillie Humphries' bid to be released by Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton. The two-time Olympic bobsled champion asked the courts for an injunction forcing the national g...
Sep 17, 2019
Federal party leaders address gun violence after weekend shooting near Toronto
OTTAWA - What police were calling an "ambush-style" shooting in the Toronto area that left one teenager dead and five other people injured saw federal party leaders swiftly move to offer con...
Sep 17, 2019
Stampeders teammates, Roughriders running back named CFL top performers
TORONTO - Calgary defensive back Tre Roberson, Stampeders wide receiver Eric Rogers and Saskatchewan Roughriders running back William Powell are the CFL's top performers of the week for Week 14. Rober...
Sep 17, 2019
Man who pleaded guilty in killing of unborn child wants to withdraw plea
MONTREAL - A Montreal man who pleaded guilty to fatally stabbing his unborn child told a court today he wants to withdraw his plea. Sofiane Ghazi announced today he had fired the lawyers who...
Sep 17, 2019
AP source: NFL to meet with Antonio Brown accuser Monday
The NFL plans to meet Monday with a woman who says she was raped by New England Patriots wide receiver Antonio Brown. A person with direct knowledge of the situation confirmed the meeting to The Assoc...
Sep 17, 2019
Town moves council meeting so everyone can vote in federal election
Battleford residents won't have an excuse not to vote in the upcoming election.Lawmakers agreed to change town council's meeting to Tuesday, Oct. 22 instead of Monday, Oct. 21 - the date of the federa...
Sep 17, 2019 Battleford Mayor Ames Leslie, left, and CAO John Enns-Wind shown during council’s meeting Monday. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Federal government posts third straight double-digit deficit with $14B shortfall
OTTAWA - The federal government's latest annual financial report shows it ran a $14-billion deficit in 2018-19 for its third consecutive double-digit shortfall. The deficit for the fiscal ye...
Sep 17, 2019
Lindhout kidnapper Ali Omar Ader abandons appeals of sentence, conviction
OTTAWA - A Somalian man found guilty in the kidnapping of Amanda Lindhout has abandoned appeals of his sentence and conviction.In a statement today, the Public Prosecution Service of Canada says Ali O...
Sep 17, 2019