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Argos GM Jim Popp is giving three Canadian quarterbacks a shot with CFL team
TORONTO - General manager Jim Popp is doing his part to give Canadian quarterbacks a shot with the Toronto Argonauts. The Argos now have three on their roster. They signed vet...
May 03, 2019
North Stars’ season reflection
"Resilient."That's the word that, perhaps more than any other, is used by head coach Brayden Klimosko when asked to sum up the 2018-19 Battlefords North Stars, the Canalta Cup Champions.Joining the St...
May 03, 2019 Seventeen players from the North Stars’ 25-man championship roster are eligible to return to the team next season, as the team looks to remain a contender moving forward. (Martin Martinson/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Kentucky Derby favourite Omaha Beach scratched
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Suddenly, the Kentucky Derby is wide open. Favourite Omaha Beach was scratched because of a breathing problem Wednesday night, leaving a pair of Hall of Famers on the sideline - trai...
May 03, 2019
Mixed April for Battlefords' housing market
April was a mixed month for the Battlefords housing market according to the latest data from the Saskatoon Region Association of Realtors.Twelve homes sold within both North Battleford and Battleford,...
May 03, 2019 Home sales were mixed in the Battlefords area in April. (file photo)
Turtleford receives new landing pad for STARS
The Turtleford community now has better access to emergency healthcare services now that work on the new landing pad for the Shock, Trauma, Air Rescue Service (STARS) air ambulance is complete. STARS ...
May 03, 2019 The new landing pad is now complete for the Shock, Trauma, Air Rescue Service (STARS) air ambulance in Turtleford. (submitted photo/Melanie Garner)
Texas officer charged with homicide for shooting black man
DALLAS - A Texas grand jury indicted a suburban Dallas police officer Wednesday on a charge of criminally negligent homicide for fatally shooting a black man during a traffic stop last year. The Tarra...
May 03, 2019
Alaska marijuana regulators vent over investigative help
JUNEAU, Alaska - Alaska marijuana regulators expressed frustration Wednesday with the limited co-operation they say they're receiving with investigations from the state Department of Public Safety. Th...
May 03, 2019
Messi hits 600 goals with a brace, Barca beats Liverpool 3-0
BARCELONA, Spain - Facing its toughest opponent of the season, Barcelona once again turned to Lionel Messi to move the team within one step of reaching its first Champions League final in four seasons...
May 03, 2019
Banning any head contact would mean end of all hits in NHL, Bettman says
OTTAWA - The commissioner of the National Hockey League hit back Wednesday at the notion of banning any kind of head contact in hockey, telling a parliamentary panel that such a rule would be impossib...
May 03, 2019
Green Lake model competing to be cover girl for Maxim Canada
Hannah Anderson-Ross, a model from Green Lake, could soon be on the cover of Maxim Canada as the Mtis model has made it into the 2019 Maxim Magazine Cover Girl Canada competition.The Carpenter High Sc...
May 03, 2019 Hannah Anderson-Ross is competing to be the cover model for Maxim Canada. (Nikita Ganovicheff/meadowlakeNOW)