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Coffee cup in 'Game of Thrones' scene perks up viewers
LOS ANGELES - "Game of Thrones" fans got a taste of the modern world when eagle-eyed viewers spotted a takeout coffee cup on the table during a celebration in which the actors drank from goblets and h...
May 08, 2019
Five lingering questions from the end of Mark Norman's criminal case
OTTAWA - Now that public prosecutors have decided to stay a breach-of-trust charge against Vice-Admiral Mark Norman, here are five questions Canadians don't have full answers to: 1) What was the evide...
May 08, 2019
Federal prisons taking aim at special (illicit) deliveries from the sky
OTTAWA - Canada's prison service has earmarked $6 million for electronic systems to prevent tiny drones from dropping illegal drugs, cellphones or other contraband into the yards of its...
May 08, 2019
Hoop Dreams: Six-team Canadian Elite Basketball League set to tip off
With the new Canadian Elite Basketball League about to tip off, chief executive officer Mike Morreale is brimming with the same energy he used to have before playing a bi...
May 08, 2019
North Stars’ 20-year-old’s going out on top
Following the North Stars' second Canalta Cup win in three years, eight players from this season's championship roster will graduate from the junior hockey ranks to new opportunities. Twenty-year-old ...
May 08, 2019 North Stars’ 20-year-old’s (pictured L-R): Back Row: Cody Spagrud (C), Braydon Buziak (A), Ryan Gil, Dayton Heino, Regan Doig, MacGregor Sinclair (A). Front Row: Owen Lamb (A), Chad Duran. (Martin Martinson/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Pompeo says Canadian claim to Northwest Passage is 'illegitimate'
OTTAWA - Canada's claim over the Northwest Passage is "illegitimate," U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Monday in a major speech to the Arctic Council that Canadian experts called both provocat...
May 08, 2019
Town looks at grid road access during construction work
The Town of Battleford discussed access to Grid Road 656 while construction work is underway on the Battle River Bridge at its recent meeting. Council agreed to allow farming equipment to use the road...
May 08, 2019 The Town of Battleford discussed the use of Grid Rd 656 during the construction work on Battle River Bridge at its meeting Monday. (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Refugee changes will hurt women asylum seekers, women's organizations say
OTTAWA - A group of Canadian women's organizations is calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to withdraw controversial changes to asylum laws included in an omnibus budget bill, saying they will har...
May 08, 2019
CP NewsAlert: Winnipeg man guilty of murder in Indigenous woman's death
WINNIPEG - A Winnipeg man has been convicted of murdering an Indigenous woman in what Crown prosecutors called a crime worse than any horror movie. A jury found Brett Ronald Overby, who...
May 08, 2019
Edmonton Oilers confirm owner Daryl Katz dealing with life-threatening illness
EDMONTON - The Edmonton Oilers are confirming that team owner Daryl Katz has been dealing with a life-threatening illness. Speculation arose Tuesday when Katz appeared at a news conference announcing ...
May 08, 2019