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Environmental audit urges feds to shore up monitoring of mining waste
OTTAWA - Canada's environmental watchdog says Environment Canada is properly monitoring the dumping of mining waste into the country's waterways, but is not inspecting potash, coal and ...
Apr 02, 2019
Dieppe veteran who was Canadian Army's longest-serving officer dies at 101
MONTREAL - Honorary Col. David Lloyd Hart, a decorated Second World War veteran who was the Canadian Army's oldest and longest-serving officer, has died at age 101. The Canadian Armed Forces...
Apr 02, 2019
Town cracking down on outstanding property taxes
The gravy train may be coming to an end for Battleford residents who have been lax in paying their municipal property taxes. Council heard the town is dealing with roughly half a million dollars in ou...
Apr 02, 2019 Battleford Mayor Ames Leslie, left, and CAO John Enns-Wind shown at council Monday. The town is looking at ways to recover outstanding property taxes that now sit at roughly half a million dollars. (Angela Brown/battlefords NOW Staff)
Monday's Scoreboard
Monday's Games NHLToronto 2 N.Y. Islanders 1Tampa Bay 5 Ottawa 2Winnipeg 4 Chicago 3 (OT)Vegas 3 Edmonton 1Calgary 7 Los Angeles 2Florida 5 Washington 3New Jersey 4 N.Y. Rangers 2St. Louis 3 Colorado ...
Apr 02, 2019 (file photo/battlefordsNOW staff)
Two-time Olympian Melodie Daoust makes world hockey championship debut
Had the final score been different, Melodie Daoust's shootout goal would be more celebrated in Canadian hockey history. With an Olympic gold medal on the line last year, Daoust didn't p...
Apr 02, 2019
Photo posted to social media leads to arrests, recovery of stolen property
Five people were arrested after a resident of Lone Rock posted a photo on social media of a suspicious vehicle driving around the hamlet and contacted the RCMP. In a media release, police said the veh...
Apr 02, 2019 (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Cabinet members openly debate Jody Wilson-Raybould's future in Liberal caucus
OTTAWA - A day before a crucial Liberal caucus meeting where former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould could be shown the door, members of the Trudeau cabinet are focusing on what was behind h...
Apr 02, 2019
CWHL folding, female hockey players fearful for future of their game
The collapse of the Canadian Women's Hockey League plunges the future of the female game in Canada into disarray, at least in the short term. But the CWHL declaring it will cease operations May 1 even...
Apr 02, 2019
Raptors' Leonard pays tribute to rapper Hussle who was shot Sunday
TORONTO - Kawhi Leonard paid tribute to the late rapper Nipsey Hussle on Monday. The Raptors star had written "RIP NIP" on his New Balance shoes, and "All Money In" - the name of Hussle's record label...
Apr 02, 2019
New carbon tax starts coming in for 4 provinces that fought the federal plan
People in Manitoba, Ontario, Saskatchewan and New Brunswick will be paying more for gasoline and heating fuel Monday when the federal government's carbon tax begins in provinces th...
Apr 02, 2019