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NBCHS graduation day brings joy, celebration
As the school year winds down, Grade 12 students at North Battleford Comprehensive High School (NBCHS) gathered together with friends and family to celebrate their final day of high school.For senior ...
Jun 28, 2019 Grade 12 students at NBCHS pose for a picture prior to taking the stage on Friday. (Martin Martinson/battlefordsNOW Staff)
City launches new program to promote bike safety
School is out and bike safety is in.Battlefords Community Safety Officers have launched a new bike safety campaign aimed at promoting safe and responsible riding.The city's Community Safety Officers r...
Jun 28, 2019 Youth cyclist (file photo/paNOW staff)
Alaska governor slashes university budget by $130 million
JUNEAU, Alaska - Gov. Mike Dunleavy slashed the University of Alaska system budget by $130 million on Friday, part of a series of vetoes he characterized as difficult but necessary amid an ongoing sta...
Jun 28, 2019
Senators offer bill to limit heavy truck speeds to 65 mph
DETROIT - Two U.S. senators have introduced a bill that would electronically limit tractor-trailer speeds to 65 miles per hour, a move they say would save lives on the nation's highways. Sens. Johnny ...
Jun 28, 2019
Jony Ive, the designer behind the iPhone, is leaving Apple
SAN FRANCISCO - In a story June 27 about Jony Ive leaving Apple and an Aug. 26, 2011, profile on Ive, The Associated Press reported erroneously that he had founded a design company called Tangerine. I...
Jun 28, 2019
Matthews set to make season as Bombers prepare for fearsome Eskimos defence
WINNIPEG - Head coach Mike O'Shea is looking forward to watching free-agent prize receiver Chris Matthews make his season debut with the Blue Bombers on Thursday. The six-foot-five veteran gives quart...
Jun 28, 2019
Europe, you're up! Yankees top Blue Jays 8-7, head to London
NEW YORK - Buckingham Palace and Westminster Abbey, the pubs and the double-decker buses, there's plenty to see in London. To Aaron Judge, there's an even more enticing sight: The 385-foot fence in ce...
Jun 28, 2019
Rapinoe has 2 goals and US knocks France out 2-1
PARIS - Megan Rapinoe went from controversy to triumph, scoring twice for the United States in the much-anticipated clash with host France to send the defending champions into the semifinals of the Wo...
Jun 28, 2019
B.C. Lions coach DeVone Claybrooks facing familiar foes in Calgary
CALGARY - DeVone Claybrooks says his 2018 Grey Cup ring is still in its box. The new B.C. Lions head coach spent the previous decade in the Calgary Stampeders organization as a player, ...
Jun 28, 2019
Britney Spears' conservatorship sues blogger for defamation
LOS ANGELES - The conservatorship that oversees Britney Spears' personal life and career sued the creator of a blog devoted to the pop superstar Wednesday in an increasingly aggressive effort to push ...
Jun 28, 2019