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California adopts broadest US rules for seizing guns
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday signed a law that will make the state the first to allow employers, co-workers and teachers to seek gun violence restraining orders against ...
Oct 11, 2019
Riders’ Idowu worked hard to live up to standard set by older brother
Saskatchewan Roughriders linebacker Oluwaseun Idowu battled literally and figuratively to get out from under his brother Olatunji's shadow for most of his life."I can't tell you how much in high schoo...
Oct 11, 2019 Saskatchewan Roughriders linebacker Oluwaseun Idowu (49) during practice on Oct. 9, 2019. (Britton Gray/980 CJME)
Syrian restaurant owners filing complaint about hate messages, Toronto cops say
TORONTO - A Toronto family who said it was forced to close their popular Syrian restaurant after receiving a series of hate messages and death threats has filed a complaint with ci...
Oct 11, 2019
Laverdiere homicide suspects Sangster, Checkosis appear in court
Two suspects in Tiki Brook-Lyn Laverdiere's homicide, including one who was stabbed while in remand, were back in court Friday morning.Brent Checkosis is facing 14 charges, including accessory after t...
Oct 11, 2019 (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Riders ready for first-place showdown with Stamps
A pair of Micahs are excited to make their returns to McMahon Stadium on Friday.Defensive lineman Micah Johnson played six seasons with the Calgary Stampeders before signing with the Saskatchewan Roug...
Oct 11, 2019 Saskatchewan Roughriders defensive tackle Micah Johnson (2) at practice on July 29, 2019. (Britton Gray/980 CJME)
For 1st time, Biden declares Trump must be impeached
ROCHESTER, N.H. - Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden said Wednesday for the first time that President Donald Trump must be impeached for abusing the powers of his office to help his own reele...
Oct 11, 2019
Nobel author Tokarczuk's hometown gives free rides for books
WARSAW, Poland - A Polish city is offering free public transport rides to bookworms - provided they're carrying works by the country's new Nobel literature prize laureate. City transport authorities i...
Oct 11, 2019
Unemployment rate down after country adds 54,000 jobs in September, StatCan says
OTTAWA - Canada's unemployment rate nudged down to a near four-decade low last month as the economy added more jobs than analysts expected - dropping an economic figure into a tight electoral race, an...
Oct 11, 2019
New handi-bus ready for service in the Battlefords
It took a long time and a lot of hard work but it finally paid off.Those were the words of Transit Manager Paul Robertson as he showed off the newly purchased handi-bus for the Battlefords Transit fle...
Oct 11, 2019 A new handi-bus is ready to roll in the Battlefords. (Tyler Marr/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Two women testify at Edmonton trial of man accused of hitting them with van
EDMONTON - A pedestrian who was struck by a speeding U-Haul van in downtown Edmonton says she woke up in hospital unable to understand language. Kim O'Hara has testified in court that was able to...
Oct 11, 2019