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U.S. firm fined $2.9M for fuel spill that soiled B.C. First Nation territory
BELLA BELLA, B.C. - The company responsible for a fuel spill that contaminated the fishing territory of a First Nation on British Columbia's central coast has been fined $2.9 milli...
Jul 16, 2019
NB sells lot for daycare facility build
North Battleford Daycare Centre has found a new home and is expected to be taking over two properties not far from its current location.Council approved the Daycare's request to purchase a vacant lot ...
Jul 16, 2019 North Battleford Mayor Ryan Bater shown at Monday's meeting. Council approved a property sale and environmental assessment for a proposed new build on 99 St. for a daycare facility. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Latchkey kids: What’s legal in Saskatchewan?
Like the majority of provinces, Saskatchewan does not have a stipulated age at which a child can be safely left alone in any location. That makes leaving kids unsupervised a bit of a legal grey area a...
Jul 16, 2019 The Canada Safety Council recommends children be a minimum of 10 years old before being left alone. (ID 132732295 © Romrodinka | Dreamstime.com)
New head coach Nick Nurse preparing Canada for long FIBA World Cup run
TORONTO - Nick Nurse is going to prepare Canada's men's basketball team for a long haul. A group of 29 players - including 17 NBAers - were invited to Canada's training camp on Tuesday ahead of t...
Jul 16, 2019
Canada opts for blend of experience and youth for rugby sevens Pan Am teams
Some familiar faces will be missing as Canada looks to defend its Pan American Games titles in men's and women's rugby sevens. Injuries and the desire to rest some veterans and to test ...
Jul 16, 2019
Arbitrator upholds CFL’s suspension against Ticats’ linebacker Lawrence
TORONTO - The Hamilton Tiger-Cats will be without linebacker Simoni Lawrence for two games.Arbitrator William Kaplan rejected Lawrence's appeal Tuesday of the two-game suspension levied against him la...
Jul 16, 2019 (Submitted photo/CKOM News)
Former gun panel chair Jack Major says committee was 'an afterthought' for feds
OTTAWA - A former chairman of the federal advisory panel on firearms says he found the committee to be a well-meaning but ultimately pointless exercise because members were not all...
Jul 16, 2019
Powell says financial crisis accelerated economic changes
WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Tuesday that the 2008 financial crisis accelerated major changes in the U.S. and global economies, leading to slower growth, lower inflation an...
Jul 16, 2019
Lawyer sentenced to 5 years for scamming Barkley, others
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A lawyer convicted of swindling NBA star Charles Barkley and using the name of former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to bolster an investment scam was sentenced to five years i...
Jul 16, 2019
Train cars derail near R.M. of Wilton
CN Police is currently managing a train derailment in the R.M. of Wilton. Three empty rail cars left the track and remain upright, according to Maidstone RCMP. The derailment is affecting access on Ra...
Jul 16, 2019 (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)