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OD deaths decrease in B.C. but officials say safer drug supply needed
VICTORIA - Overdose deaths linked to illicit drugs dropped by 36 per cent last year in British Columbia compared with 2018 but the death toll remains almost as high as when the province declared ...
Feb 26, 2020
Kenney says feds sank Teck mine with deadline change, but Ottawa says 'not true'
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says it was a new, last-minute delay by Ottawa on whether to approve the Frontier oilsands mine that led Teck Resources Ltd. to pull the plu...
Feb 26, 2020
Graffiti crackdown blitz, security camera registry all part of city's safety efforts
North Battleford council had an opportunity this week to get an update on the work of the city's community safety initiatives as well as the regional partnership developed through the Sacichawasihc Re...
Feb 26, 2020 North Battleford Community Safety Coordinator Herb Sutton gives council an update on many safety projects happening in the community. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Shorthanded Stars make final trip to Humboldt in likely playoff preview
With the regular season schedule quickly winding to a close, the Battlefords North Stars will take to the ice Wednesday for their third-final game of the year, taking on the division rival Broncos in ...
Feb 26, 2020 Stars’ forward, Ryland McNinch has played some of his best hockey of late for the Battlefords, and will be among those counted on heavily for the team Wednesday night, as the Stars will head into their matchup with Humboldt shorthanded due to a rash of injuries. (Martin Martinson/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Government urged to increase diversity at top of federal public service
OTTAWA - The federal government faced calls Monday to add more diversity to the senior ranks of the public service, as black civil servants gathered in the national capital to share their experiences ...
Feb 26, 2020
Halifax council studies quiet fireworks displays to avoid alarming veterans
HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia city councillor is pushing for quiet fireworks in Halifax out of concern the noise is alarming veterans and people on the autism spectrum. However some in the pyrotec...
Feb 26, 2020
Canada names provisional Olympic soccer qualifying roster but no Davies, David
Alphonso Davies had a coming-out party Tuesday in Bayern Munich's Champions League win over Chelsea. Jonathan David scored a hat trick for KAA Gent on the weekend and leads the Belgium League in ...
Feb 26, 2020
Congress makes lynching a federal crime, 65 years after Till
WASHINGTON - Sixty-five years after 14-year-old Emmett Till was lynched in Mississippi, Congress has approved legislation designating lynching as a hate crime under federal law. The bill, introduced b...
Feb 26, 2020
Assisted dying bill gets mixed reviews, raises fears of more restrictions
OTTAWA - Some experts fear that legislation intended to make it easier for intolerably suffering Canadians to receive medical assistance to end their lives might actually make it harder in some cases ...
Feb 26, 2020
Sharapova retires from tennis at age 32 with 5 Slam titles
Maria Sharapova was a transcendent star in tennis from the time she was a teenager, someone whose grit and groundstrokes earned her a career Grand Slam and whose off-court success included millions of...
Feb 26, 2020