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Female driver suffers minor injuries after car jumps curb, lands near tracks
A female driver was taken to hospital for non-life threatening injuries after her car jumped the curb and landed near the train tracks along Railway Ave. E.RCMP officers are seen measuring the distanc...
Apr 29, 2019 A car jumped the curb and landed near the train tracks along Railway Ave. E. Sunday evening. (Tyler Marr/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Record number of anti-Semitic incidents fuelled by online hate: B'nai Brith
OTTAWA - B'nai Brith Canada says online hatred is fuelling a rise in anti-Semitism that saw record numbers of Jewish Canadians harassed and assaulted last year. The Jewish advocacy group says the...
Apr 29, 2019
Boeing shareholders meet as company's plane faces scrutiny
Boeing shareholders are meeting six months to the day since the first of two deadly crashes involving the company's 737 Max airliner and as new questions arise about the aerospace giant's handling of ...
Apr 29, 2019
Not the rocket man, HFX Wanderers midfielder Elton John is the soccer man
HFX Wanderers FC boasts the biggest name in the Canadian Premier League even if the fame has to be shared. Midfielder Elton John is used to the attention his name brings. "I get that a lot," he said. ...
Apr 29, 2019
Catalan leader goes to court after Canada refuses him entry for speaking visit
MONTREAL - A Quebec nationalist group is claiming the Canadian government revoked a travel permit for the exiled former president of Spain's Catalonia region. The Societe Saint-Jea...
Apr 29, 2019
Flood victims say more homes would be lost if not for volunteers, military
OTTAWA - Were it not for volunteers and the military as water levels climbed over the weekend, victims of this year's devastating spring flooding in Eastern Canada say many more homes would be lost to...
Apr 29, 2019
Connor McDavid, Sidney Crosby, Nikita Kucherov named as Hart Trophy finalists
NEW YORK - Edmonton Oilers centre Connor McDavid, Pittsburgh Penguins centre Sidney Crosby and Tampa Bay Lightning right-winger Nikita Kucherov are the finalists for the NHL's Hart Trophy. McDavid had...
Apr 29, 2019
RCMP looking for help in locating stolen vehicle
The Battlefords RCMP are looking for the public's help in locating a stolen vehicle. The Blue 2018 Hyundai Elantra Sport with the license plate 7-5-5 L-F-A was last seen by police north of the city at...
Apr 29, 2019
Sunday's Scoreboard
Sunday's GamesTELUS CupTisdale 3, Calgary 2Bronze Medal GameToronto 2, Cantionniers de Magog 1 (2OT)Gold Medal Game NHL PlayoffsSecond RoundCarolina 2 New York Islanders 1(Hurricanes lead series 2-0) ...
Apr 29, 2019 (file photo/battlefordsNOW staff)
Uganda: Opposition pop star Bobi Wine jailed over protest
KAMPALA, Uganda - The Ugandan pop star and opposition politician known as Bobi Wine was remanded to a maximum-security prison on Monday after being charged over his role in a street protest last year ...
Apr 29, 2019