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Federal program for women entrepreneurs urged to do more to help firms scale up
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government marked International Women's Day on Friday by touting its collection of measures designed to support - and boost the number of - female en...
Mar 08, 2019
Getting off the pot and getting tested
An uncomfortable topic, but a necessary one. That's the idea behind March's Colorectal Cancer Awareness month.Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in Canada and affects more ...
Mar 08, 2019 (submitted photo/Sask. Cancer Agency)
Elderly Ottawa man dug out by police after spending winter snowed into home
Ottawa Police say they helped dig an elderly man out of his home Thursday after discovering he had been snowed in and unable to get out all winter. The police say the man's neighbours called Thursday ...
Mar 08, 2019
Provincial jobless down year-over-year but local stats remain high
The Saskatchewan government is hailing the latest job stats that show a year-over-year net increase of 9,000 jobs. However, the opposition New Democrats are focusing on the month-over-month stats whic...
Mar 08, 2019 (File photo/Tyler Marr paNOW Staff) : Glenn Hicks
The Cruze cruises: GM assembly plant closing, maybe for good
LORDSTOWN, Ohio - The last compact car rolled off the line Wednesday at General Motors' massive assembly plant in Ohio as the automaker began moving toward its future while workers wondered about thei...
Mar 08, 2019
A timeline of the SNC-Lavalin affair
OTTAWA - A chronology of the SNC-Lavalin controversy, according to public documents, reports and testimony to the House of Commons justice committee: Feb. 19, 2015 - The RCMP lays corruption and fraud...
Mar 08, 2019
‘Mission accomplished’: Province celebrates official opening of Saskatchewan Hospital North Battleford
Mission accomplished.Those were the words of former Prairie North Health Region CEO David Fan as politicians and health care workers gathered to mark the grand opening of the Saskatchewan Hospital Nor...
Mar 08, 2019 Premier Scott Moe was on hand for the official grand opening of the new Saskatchewan Hospital North Battleford. (Tyler Marr/battlefordsNOW Staff) : Tyler Marr
Chelsea Manning jailed for refusing to testify on Wikileaks
ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Former Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning, who served years in prison for leaking one of the largest troves of classified documents in U.S. history, has been sent to jail for ...
Mar 08, 2019
Federal Conservatives not introducing non-confidence motion against Trudeau
ROSSER, Man. - Federal Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says he will not be introducing a motion of non-confidence against Justin Trudeau despite saying the prime minister has lost the moral authorit...
Mar 08, 2019
Battleford's Ag Society Evening Out
The Battleford Ag Society's Evening Out will be March 9 at the Agrivilla Hall in North Battleford. Supper by Second to None and Entertainment by Jesse Lewis - Hypnosis. Dancing with The Prairie Dogs. ...
Mar 08, 2019 : Karen Cay