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Clemson QB Lawrence leads AP preseason All-America team
Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence headlines The Associated Press preseason All-America team, and he has two teammates from the top-ranked Tigers with him on the first team. Lawrence, the first fresh...
Aug 22, 2019
Liberals granting more leeway to would-be Venezuelan immigrants, refugees
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals are easing immigration and refugee rules for Venezuelans amid their country's deepening political and economic crisis, and ahead of a high-level meeting with the U.S...
Aug 22, 2019
Republican Lewis attacks 'Resistance' in Senate launch
MINNEAPOLIS - Republican Jason Lewis is kicking off a U.S. Senate bid with a video that attacks Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar and the so-called "Resistance" to President Donald Trump. Lewis, a former cons...
Aug 22, 2019
BackwardsNess
Are you a nature, music and community lover? Spend your September Long weekend harkening back to the high days of summer and the old days of Ness at BackwardsNess August 31 at the Ness Creek Site.This...
Aug 22, 2019
Mosquito First Nation announces three new economic developments
The Mosquito Grizzly Bear's Head Lean Man First Nation (MGBHLM) has announced three new economic developments.They will embark on starting a home builders and construction company, a security company,...
Aug 22, 2019 Chief and council for the Mosquito Grizzly Bear's Head Lean Man First Nation pose for a picture following Wednesday afternoon’s announcement of the new economic developments. (Martin Martinson/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Canoeist says contaminated supplement may have caused positive doping test
MONTREAL - Top Canadian Olympic medal contender Laurence Vincent Lapointe is about to start the most important race of her life. The multiple-time world canoeing champion needs to figure out how ...
Aug 22, 2019
MLA calls for bridge as only additional culverts to be added to washed out section of Hwy 903
The Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure is set to replace the Highway 903 culvert washed away late last month and place additional culverts under the highway as part of their repair plans.A sectio...
Aug 22, 2019 Repair plans for Highway 903 include placing four culverts to reduce future washouts. Construction is expected to start in mid-September. (submitted photo/Amber Dishko)
3 dead as lightning strikes in Poland's Tatra Mountains
WARSAW, Poland - A Polish official says three people, including a child, have been killed by lightning during a sudden thunderstorm in Poland's southern Tatra Mountains. The spokeswoman for Krakow's p...
Aug 22, 2019
Earth's future is being written in fast-melting Greenland
HELHEIM GLACIER, Greenland - This is where Earth's refrigerator door is left open, where glaciers dwindle and seas begin to rise. New York University air and ocean scientist David Holland, who is trac...
Aug 22, 2019
Italian premier resigns, blames deputy for political crisis
ROME - Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte resigned Tuesday, blaming the collapse of his 14-month-old populist government on his rebellious, anti-migrant Interior Minister Matteo Salvini, who triggered a p...
Aug 22, 2019