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Eight arrested after police execute high-risk search warrant in 'complex investigation'
Three men and five women were arrested after police executed a high-risk search warrant at a home in North Battleford.All were taken without incident and a search of the home on 11 Ave. and 106 St. fo...
Jun 08, 2019 Officers executed a high-risk search warrant at a home on 11 Ave. and 106 St. early Saturday morning. (battlefordsNOW Staff)
RCMP forensic unit investigating North Battleford property
The RCMP Forensic Identification Services conducting an investigation a home on the 900 block of 105 St. in North Battleford.The property has been cordoned off since Friday morning.Police cordoned off...
Jun 08, 2019 The RCMP Forensic Identification Services unit conducted an investigation at a house on the 900 block of 105 Street in North Battleford, Saturday. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Feds have failed to explain 'inaction' in Grassy Narrows: UN rapporteur
OTTAWA - The case of a northern Ontario First Nation plagued by mercury contamination is "emblematic" of an overall pattern of inaction in the face of grave risks to the health of Indigenous Peop...
Jun 08, 2019
Extradition hearing for Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou set for early next year
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's Supreme Court has accepted a plan by the defence team for Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou that would see her extradition hearing begin Jan. 20, more than a year after she ...
Jun 08, 2019
Mexican envoy says new NAFTA to get quick approval despite U.S. tariff threat
OTTAWA - Mexico's ambassador to Canada says his country will formally ratify the new North American trade deal within the next two weeks after having overcome its latest tariff drama with th...
Jun 08, 2019
Philippines lifts Canadian travel ban but no return of ambassador yet
OTTAWA - The Philippines is slowly normalizing diplomatic relations with Canada now that the trash tiff of 2019 has come to a close. There is no word yet on a return to Canada of the Philippine a...
Jun 08, 2019
Tory candidate asks Federal Court to move voting day off Jewish holiday
OTTAWA - A Conservative candidate for a seat in Toronto in this fall's federal election is asking the Federal Court to shift voting day because it falls on a Jewish holiday. Election day can be no lat...
Jun 08, 2019
PM worries China could target more Canadian goods as fears about soybeans rise
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he's worried an ongoing diplomatic dispute could see China target imports of other Canadian agricultural products as concerns grow&...
Jun 08, 2019
Greater share of recent immigrants landing jobs even as Canada welcomes more
OTTAWA - The share of recent immigrants of prime working age who had employment reached a new high last year, even though Canada has been opening its doors to more newcomers than ever b...
Jun 08, 2019
Saskatchewan philanthropists honoured for a lifetime of giving
Gordon Rawlinson says he learned the importance of giving back to the community from his father.It was a good lesson, as the owner and CEO of Rawlco Radio and his wife, Jill, have become two of Saskat...
Jun 08, 2019 (Submitted photo/CJME News)