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Canadian women's soccer team facing Mexico in Toronto to gear up for World Cup
TORONTO - Canada will play a friendly against Mexico on May 18 at Toronto's BMO Field before departing the next day for the Women's World Cup in France. The match against the 27th-ranked Mexicans...
Mar 26, 2019
Lightning reward head coach Jon Cooper with multi-year contract extension
TAMPA, Fla. - The Tampa Bay Lightning have signed head coach Jon Cooper to a multi-year contract extension, the club announced Tuesday. A native of Prince George, B.C., Cooper has been behind the...
Mar 26, 2019
Toronto man arrested in Chinese student's abduction, no sign of missing man
A Toronto man was arrested Tuesday in connection with the alleged abduction of a Chinese student, as police said they were closing in on suspects. A massive manhunt remained underway wi...
Mar 26, 2019
Manitoba awareness campaign aims to stop sexual harassment of civil servants
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is undertaking a governmentwide awareness campaign to ensure employees aren't facing sexual harassment at work. The campaign includes six posters that explain t...
Mar 26, 2019
Tavares has come as advertised, and then some, in special 1st season with Leafs
TORONTO - Morgan Rielly had a good idea of what the Toronto Maple Leafs were getting in John Tavares the player. What impresses him even more - if that's possible considering the s...
Mar 26, 2019
City nixes plan to acquire CN Station due to high costs
North Battleford City Hall has decided to discontinue its plans to attempt to acquire the old Canadian National Railway (CN) station building after encountering a number of road blocks in the process....
Mar 26, 2019 The City of North Battleford has decided to discontinue its efforts to attempt to acquire the old CN station building, shown, in North Battleford, mainly due to high costs. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Mueller finds no Trump collusion, leaves obstruction open
WASHINGTON - Special counsel Robert Mueller found no evidence President Donald Trump's campaign "conspired or co-ordinated" with Russia to influence the 2016 presidential election but reached no concl...
Mar 26, 2019
Bellator champion Rory MacDonald walking a different path these days
TORONTO - Rory (Red King) MacDonald was broken physically and mentally after his 2015 loss to then-UFC champion (Ruthless) Robbie Lawler at UFC 189. "My life was kind of going in a downward direction ...
Mar 26, 2019
Man charged after Battleford pursuit is same from 2016 viral takedown video
The man facing charges stemming from a police pursuit and exchange of gunfire with officers south of Battleford Thursday is the same man from a well known social media video from 2016.battlefordsNOW h...
Mar 26, 2019 A man whose arrest was captured on video in April 2016 is the same man facing charges following an incident south of Battleford last Thursday. (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)
North Stars and Bombers prepare for winner-take-all Game 7
The Battlefords North Stars and Flin Flon Bombers will play the final installment of their first round best-of-seven playoff series in a winner-take-all game seven tonight at the Civic Centre. One of ...
Mar 26, 2019 The North Stars will lean heavily on their core pieces, Braydon Buziak, MacGregor Sinclair and Cody Spagrud (pictured here: left to right) in Game 7 tonight with the Stars' season on the line. (Martin Martinson/battlefordsNOW Staff)