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Sponsors show support at BUH Foundation kick off celebration
There was a good start to the Battlefords Union Hospital (BUH) Foundation kick off event Wednesday, as a lead up to the 23rd Annual Wayne Pruden Memorial Golf Tournament next month.Some of the sponsor...
May 10, 2019 Left to right, Tracy Voigt (BUH Foundation board of directors secretary); Donnica Bernier (BUH Foundation board of directors); Dana Johnson (North Battleford Golf & Country Club director of golf), Green Fee Sponsor; and Chad Gartner (Innovation Credit Union Vice President, Financial Advisors), Master Sponsor. (Unable to attend was M&M Food Market North Battleford owner and franchisee Ed Lee, Banquet Sponsor.) (BUH Foundation/Submitted)
Gerard Bouchard declares opposition to Quebec's 'radical' secularism bill
QUEBEC - A second prominent intellectual has told the Quebec government it is going down the wrong path with its secularism bill, saying there is no compelling reason to lump teach...
May 10, 2019
Area highways voted some of worst roads in CAA's 2019 campaign
CAA is back with its annual list of the top ten worst roads in the province as voted by motorists. Topping the list are two area highways - Highway 26 outside of Goodsoil and Highway 21 by Paradise Hi...
May 10, 2019 Highway 26 outside of Goodsoil was voted as the worst road in the province in CAA's annual worst road campaign. (supplied photo/CAA)
Blood-donor deferral period for men who have sex with men cut to three months
OTTAWA - Men who have had sex with men will be able to give blood after a deferral period of three months, down from a year, Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor said Wednesday. The decis...
May 10, 2019
Family of murdered Toronto physician 'destroyed,' court hears
TORONTO - Ana Fric says she would have given up on life after her daughter's brutal murder but her three young grandchildren give her a reason to live. Elana Fric Shamji was killed by her hu...
May 10, 2019
Swedish defenceman Olle Alsing signs with Ottawa Senators
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators have signed Swedish defenceman Olle Alsing to a two-year, entry-level contract. Alsing, 23, recently completed his second full season in the Swedish Hockey League, and fir...
May 10, 2019
Ottawa announces $4.5-million in funding for three palliative care projects
MONCTON, N.B. - Three organizations that focus on palliative care will receive $4.5 million in funding from Ottawa. Federal Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor announced the funding for three proj...
May 10, 2019
Family, strangers bid adieu to 7-year-old girl: 'A lot of outrage and pain'
GRANBY, Que. - A seven-year-old girl whose death has become a rallying cry for change to Quebec's youth protection system was laid to rest Thursday at a funeral attended by hundreds of mourn...
May 10, 2019
It’s time for the On Air for Health Care radiothon
Pick up the phone, head to the website or stop by the Battlefords Union Hospital to help the On Air For Health Care Radiothon reach it's goal of $500,000 for a new Mammography equipment.With early det...
May 10, 2019 Q98's Samara Emsley, Manager of the Medical Imaging Colais Franzo, CJNB's Grant Shutte and 93.3 The Rock's Bryan Falnnery. (Tyler Marr/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Suspects in Colorado school shooting due back in court
DENVER - Both suspects in a suburban Denver school shooting are due back in court Friday as prosecutors file charges in the attack that killed a student and wounded eight others. The district attorney...
May 10, 2019