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Another 69 Canadians headed to help fight bushland fires in Australia
OTTAWA - Another 69 Canadians are heading to Australia this week to help fight the country's worst bush fires in recent memory. Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne says the deployment...
Jan 14, 2020
Accused in Thunderchild First Nation murder case still awaits bail hearing
A man charged in connection to a homicide on the Thunderchild First Nation in 2018 remains in custody as he awaits a bail hearing.Ivor Antoine Wapass, 44, is charged with second-degree murder in the d...
Jan 14, 2020 Ivor Antoine Wapass, 44, remains in custody while facing a charge of second-degree murder connected to the death of Roger Standingwater on Sept. 15, 2018. (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Roughriders re-sign long-snapper Jorgen Hus
Saskatoon-born long-snapper Jorgen Hus has signed a one-year contract extension with the Saskatchewan Roughriders.The CFL team made the announcement Tuesday. Hus, 30, could have become a free agent Fe...
Jan 14, 2020 (file photo/CKOM News Staff)
'All Canadians stand with you:' Trudeau says crash families will get answers
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says it's been "gut-wrenching" to listen to stories from relatives of 57 Canadians who perished in the downing of a Ukrainian jetliner in Iran last week. S...
Jan 14, 2020
Air force to spend hundred of millions more to keep CF-18s fighting fit
OTTAWA - The federal government is planning to invest hundreds of millions of dollars more to ensure Canada's aging CF-18s can still fight over the coming decade while the country waits for long-overd...
Jan 14, 2020
Experts see holes in international flight security rules, oversight
MONTREAL - Experts say the Iran plane crash points to a glaring gap in rules around flight security, with countries lacking incentives to close their own airspace and global agencies lacking the autho...
Jan 14, 2020
North Stars head to Wilcox for battle with Hounds
After nearly a full week since their last game action, the Battlefords North Stars return to the ice Tuesday night, as the team will travel to Wilcox to take on the division rival, Notre Dame Hounds. ...
Jan 14, 2020 Forward, Logan Spence and his North Stars’ teammates will kick off their midweek road swing Tuesday night in Wilcox against the Hounds. The Stars enter play having won five of their last six games overall. (Martin Martinson/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Pelosi sets Wednesday votes to send impeachment to Senate
WASHINGTON - After weeks of delay and strategizing, the U.S. House is planning to vote Wednesday to send the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump to the Senate to start the trial on ...
Jan 14, 2020
Rising energy costs lift US consumer prices 0.2% in December
WASHINGTON - Rising energy costs drove U.S. consumer prices higher in December, and American workers' earnings couldn't keep up. The Labor Department said Tuesday that its consumer price index rose 0....
Jan 14, 2020
Leafs make another blue-line move, recalling Liljegren from the AHL Marlies
TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs have made another blue-line move, recalling Timothy Liljegren from the American Hockey League Marlies On Monday, the team summoned Swedish teenager Rasmus Sandin...
Jan 14, 2020