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Denver is 1st US city to decriminalize 'magic mushrooms'
DENVER - Voters narrowly made Denver the first U.S. city to decriminalize psilocybin, the psychoactive ingredient in "magic mushrooms." Decriminalization led by a slim 51%, according to preliminary fi...
May 10, 2019
On Air for Health Care raises over $551K for Mammography equipment
After 12 hours of residents ringing phones, making online donations and stopping by the Battlefords Union Hospital, the 2019 BUH Foundation On Air for Health Care radiothon has raised over $551,00, Th...
May 10, 2019 The 2019 On Air for Health Care radiothon was helping raise money for new Mammography equipment at the Battlefords Union Hospital. (Tyler Marr/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Correction: School Safety-Florida story
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - In a story May 8 about a school safety bill signed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, The Associated Press reported that the bill takes effect immediately. While nearly all of the recom...
May 10, 2019
Province invests $700K in community airports
Upgrades and more money are on the way for Saskatchewan's community airports, as the province is giving them $700,000 in funding through the Community Airport Partnership (CAP) cost-share grant progra...
May 10, 2019 Saskatchewan MLA Greg Ottenbreit announces that the Yorkton Regional Airport will receive $257,000 in grant funding for improvements. (Yorkton Chamber of Commerce Twitter)
Maturation of youth ensures bright future for North Stars
In sport - as in life - the wheels of change continue to turn, and at no level is change more apparent in hockey than within the junior ranks. With a shelf-life of three, maybe four-years at the most ...
May 10, 2019 Stars’ forwards Austin Becker, Dylan Esau and Brett Gammer (pictured L-R) spent plenty of time together on a line over the course of the season. All three will be counted on as key pieces of the North Stars’ offense next season. (Martin Martinson/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Fox Sports, Stars Group to offer sports betting in deal
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - A major U.S. sports network is getting into the sports betting game. Fox Sports says it is buying just under 5% of The Stars Group, the parent company of PokerStars, for about $2...
May 10, 2019
The Latest: Auto association: Tariffs will hurt US exports
WASHINGTON - The Latest on the tariffs standoff between the United States and China (all times local): 4:45 p.m. The Association of Global Automakers warns that the Trump administration's decision to ...
May 10, 2019
Risky politics? Trump wields his tariffs as a weapon at home
NEW YORK - His trade war already raging worldwide, President Donald Trump on Friday brandished his aggressive actions as a political weapon at home, too, casting himself as a fighter for American work...
May 10, 2019
Utah event celebrates Transcontinental Railroad anniversary
PROMONTORY, Utah - Music, bells and cannon fire rang out Friday at a remote spot in the Utah desert where the final spikes of the Transcontinental Railroad were hammered 150 years ago, uniting a natio...
May 10, 2019
'You are free to leave': How the case against Mark Norman ended
OTTAWA - Vice-Admiral Mark Norman had walked up to the entrance of the Ottawa courthouse dozens of previous times over the past year, yet this time was different: This would be the last time. Like on ...
May 10, 2019