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Stars to face Bombers in quarterfinals
The North Stars were 1-2-1 over the four game season-series with the Bombers. The two teams combined for 31 goals, 274 penalty minutes through the four games. Since their win in the final game of the ...
Mar 11, 2019 The North Stars were 1-2-1 over the four game season-series
with the Bombers. The two teams combined for 31 goals, 274 penalty minutes through
the four games. (illustration/Tyler Marr/battlefordsNOW Staff) : Tyler Marr
Google paid former exec $35 million after harassment claim
SAN FRANCISCO - Google paid former search executive Amit Singhal $35 million in an exit package when he was reportedly forced to resign after a sexual assault investigation, according to court documen...
Mar 11, 2019
Crown, attorney general to appeal mosque gunman Alexandre Bissonnette's sentence
MONTREAL - Quebec's Crown prosecutors' office and the provincial attorney general will appeal the sentence handed down to the gunman who killed six worshippers in a Quebec City mos...
Mar 11, 2019
Multiple Sask. communities to receive family resource centres
Families with young children will soon be able to access reliable information, services and support to help raise healthy kids in the community. The province announced that The Battlefords, Meadow Lak...
Mar 11, 2019 (Submitted photo/Government of Saskatchewan) : Tyler Marr
Drive to ratify new North American trade deal gets lift from U.S. TV exposure
OTTAWA - The push for the speedy passage of the new NAFTA is getting a boost from a big advertising campaign in the United States. An alliance of U.S. companies, trade associations and lobbyists&...
Mar 11, 2019
Chance the Rapper marries longtime girlfriend
LOS ANGELES - Chance the Rapper tied the knot with his longtime girlfriend in a star-studded ceremony. The Chicago-based rapper posted several photos of him and Kirsten Corley on his Instagram and Twi...
Mar 11, 2019
The Latest: Witness: Rear of plane was smoking before impact
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - The Latest on Ethiopian Airlines crash (all times local): 11:20 p.m. A witness to the Ethiopian Airlines crash says smoke was coming from the rear of the plane before it hit th...
Mar 11, 2019
Family questions housing policy on right to smudge
Casting a solemn eye on a few tea-spoon-sized samplings of sweetgrass, a natural herb, sitting unlit in a container on his table top in front of him, Lynal Ernest says it isn't right.Ernest and his wi...
Mar 11, 2019 Lynal Ernest, left, and
Shanda Sapp say they should have a right to smudge in their home and question
Battlefords Housing Authority for not allowing the practice in its ban on ceremonial
smoke. The Saskatchewan Housing Corp., however says people can request special
permission as an exception. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff) : Angela Brown
The Latest: Silent tribute to crash victims at UN meeting
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - The Latest on Ethiopian Airlines crash (all times local): 9:50 p.m. A U.N. official says thousands stood in silent tribute to victims of the Ethiopian Airlines crash at the ope...
Mar 11, 2019
Feds invest in projects to combat guns, gangs in Sask.
The federal government is giving the province nearly $12 million to stop gang and gun violence in Saskatchewan.Ralph Goodale, the federal minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, announce...
Mar 11, 2019 Regina MP Ralph Goodale making a funding announcement at Regina City Hall on Feb. 12, 2019. (Andrew Shepherd/980 CJME) : Glynn Brothen