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British Columbia's Archie Windsor laughs about royal baby name link
DUNCAN, B.C. - At first, Archie Windsor of Duncan, B.C., says he was shocked to learn he had the same last name as the newest royal, but then he saw the humour. "My father worked in the woods all his ...
May 08, 2019
Sask. police collect 283 firearms during gun amnesty
Police services across Saskatchewan plan to hold another province-wide gun amnesty next year even though numbers are declining.Regina took the lead, launching its first gun amnesty program in 2017 and...
May 08, 2019 Firearms collected during a gun amnesty on display at the Regina police headquarters on May 8, 2019. (Andrew Shepherd/980 CJME)
Vigneault takes the wheel for Canada at men's world hockey championship
Alain Vigneault is back coaching in a big way after a winter of unemployment. Vigneault is not only Canada's head coach at the men's world hockey championship starting Friday in Sl...
May 08, 2019
Trump administration seeks to target nationwide injunctions
WASHINGTON - Vice-President Mike Pence will announce Wednesday that the Trump administration intends to challenge the right of federal district courts to issue nationwide injunctions. He'll make the a...
May 08, 2019
Ice Cube, others mourn director Singleton at private funeral
LOS ANGELES - Family, friends and dignitaries including Ice Cube, Stevie Wonder and Congresswoman Maxine Waters were among those mourning director John Singleton at his Los Angeles funeral on Monday. ...
May 08, 2019
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)