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City council supports incentives, discount to spur growth
North Battleford businesses and residents may be inspired to make plans for the future now that the city has approved a number of tax incentives to spur development.City Hall approved several tax ince...
Mar 12, 2019 Mayor Ryan Bater is seen following council Monday. Council approved a number of incentives and a discount offer during its meeting to encourage new business and residential development. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff) : Angela Brown
Smollett expected at hearing to discuss cameras in courtroom
CHICAGO - "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett is expected at a Chicago hearing to discuss whether cameras will be allowed in the courtroom during his disorderly conduct case. A spokeswoman for Smollett's a...
Mar 12, 2019
Canadian women's baseball team stars Kate Psota, Ashley Stephenson retire
OTTAWA - Longtime Canadian national women's baseball team members Kate Psota and Ashley Stephenson are retiring as players. The 32-year-old Psota, of Burlington, Ont., and 36-year-old Stephenson,...
Mar 12, 2019
Flyers looking to avoid Boeing 737 model find little love from airlines
MONTREAL - Flight Centre travel agency says Canadian airlines are not waiving flight-change or cancellation fees for passengers who want to switch to an aircraft other than the Boeing 7...
Mar 12, 2019
SARM President expects 'lively discussion' at convention
Delegates attending this week's Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM) convention in Saskatoon are hoping for more details on some big issues affecting the province.SARM president Ray...
Mar 12, 2019 SARM President Ray Orb speaks in Regina on Dec. 4, 2017. (Jessie Anton/980 CJME)
Cash from NY, feds tests 100K rape kits, leads to 1K arrests
NEW YORK - Languishing evidence in over 100,000 sexual assault cases around the country has been sent for DNA testing with money from a New York prosecutor and federal authorities, spurring over 1,000...
Mar 12, 2019
CP NewsAlert: Nine-month-old baby among Canadian victims in Ethiopian crash
One of the youngest victims of the Ethiopian Airlines crash is nine-month-old Canadian Rubi Pauls, who was on the way to Kenya from Ontario to meet her grandfather for the first time for Easter. The g...
Mar 12, 2019
Alphonso Davies returns to Vancouver for CONCACAF Nations League qualifying game
In his return to Vancouver, Bayern Munich teenager Alphonso Davies will look to help complete Canada's perfect CONCACAF Nations League qualifying run against French Guiana on March 24 at BC Place Stad...
Mar 12, 2019
The Latest: UK regulators ground Boeing 737 Max aircraft
HEJERE, Ethiopia - The Latest on Ethiopian Airlines crash (all times local): 4:45 p.m. British regulators have grounded Boeing 737 Max aircraft following the Ethiopian Airlines crash on Sunday. The UK...
Mar 12, 2019
The Latest: UK regulators ground Boeing 737 Max aircraft
HEJERE, Ethiopia - The Latest on Ethiopian Airlines crash (all times local): 4:45 p.m. British regulators have grounded Boeing 737 Max aircraft following the Ethiopian Airlines crash on Sunday. The UK...
Mar 12, 2019