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Agrimex gearing up for family friendly installment of show
Over 5,000 consumers are expected for the Agrimex show in just two days' time. The show has been running for 33 years, and this year's edition promises to add a new family element to the three-day exp...
Apr 02, 2019 This year's agrimex will be geared to a family setting in the 34th annual event. (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Lille overcomes 2-goal deficit, Caen upsets Monaco, PSG wins
PARIS - Nantes and Lille failed to get a single shot on target during the first half of their French league game on Sunday, and then produced five goals in 15 minutes. The goal bonanza at Nantes' La B...
Apr 02, 2019
Canada's Thibault ready to make history at Augusta National Women's Amateur
Even though Brigitte Thibault's parents Josee and Daniel had been avid golfers for decades, she was never really interested in the sport until watching the Masters with her family in 2005. It was then...
Apr 02, 2019
Live-action 'Dumbo' struggles to soar at box office
LOS ANGELES - Disney's "Dumbo" isn't exactly taking flight at the North American box office the way its other live-action remakes of animated classics have. The Walt Disney Co. said Sunday that the Ti...
Apr 02, 2019
One of Russia's richest women dies in plane crash in Germany
FRANKFURT - One of Russia's richest women, S7 Group co-owner Natalia Fileva, has died in a small plane crash in Germany, the Russian airline operator said Sunday. Fileva, 55, was aboard a single-engin...
Apr 02, 2019
Quebec Premier Francois Legault defends secularism bill as "moderate"
MONTREAL - The Quebec government is taking a moderate approach to secularism that does not violate freedom of religion, Premier Francois Legault said Sunday as he defended&nbs...
Apr 02, 2019
Saskatchewan premier to speak at rally organized by climate-change denier
REGINA - Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe is planning to speak at a rally this week where one of the organizers doesn't believe climate change poses a threat to the planet. The Rally Against the Carbon ...
Apr 02, 2019
Butts, Wilson-Raybould texts show mounting anger, frustration over shuffle
OTTAWA - Text messages between Jody Wilson-Raybould and one of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's top advisers suggest she initially tried to prevent her move out of the prestigious Justice portfolio by ...
Apr 02, 2019 Jody Wilson-Raybould (file photo/Canadian Press)
Federal cabinet ministers Bibeau, Carr to testify on canola feud with China
OTTAWA - The federal trade and agriculture ministers will face questioning Tuesday afternoon from MPs about the government's handling of Canada's canola feud with China. Citing pes...
Apr 02, 2019
Rate increases coming to recreation facility fees
The Town of Battleford council approved an overall slight increase to recreation facilities user fees at its meeting Monday.Parks and Recreation Director Jordan Schechtel presented the Parks and Recre...
Apr 02, 2019 The Town of Battleford council approved a slight overall rate increase to recreation facility user fees at its meeting Monday. (Angela Brown/battlefords NOW Staff)