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Employment needs, infrastructure among local chamber's concerns shared at roundtable talk
Employment for grads, mental health needs, improved infrastructure and challenges with the carbon tax.These were a few of the key issues discussed when the Battlefords Chamber of Commerce members sat ...
Apr 25, 2019 Linda Machniak (Battlefords Chamber of Commerce), centre, with Elissa LaLiberte, left, and Joshua Kurkjian, right, (both of the Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce), shown following Wednesday's roundtable meeting in North Battleford. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Tye Felhaber amongst early favourites for CHL playoff MVP awards
Ottawa 67's forward Tye Felhaber is scoring the type of playoff goals that can earn a player the title of most valuable player. The 21-year-old from Pembroke, Ont., pushed his team into the Ontario Ho...
Apr 25, 2019
For Raptors, guard Kyle Lowry might be as valuable as ever
The biggest play Kyle Lowry made in the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs might have been overlooked. Game 3 in Orlando, time winding down, Toronto clinging to a three-point lead. Kawhi L...
Apr 25, 2019
Disappearance of woman, child treated as potential homicides: Calgary police
CALGARY - Police in Calgary say they're treating the disappearance last week of a woman and toddler as potential homicides. They say they have found no evidence that 25-year-old Jasmine Love...
Apr 25, 2019
Woman's angry health-care plea to Nova Scotia premier goes viral
HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia mother who says she waited two years for her cancer diagnosis has released a viral, highly emotional video calling out Premier Stephen McNeil for not declaring a heal...
Apr 25, 2019
How court battle over 'Grabher' licence plate mirrors wider societal debate
HALIFAX - When Lorne Grabher bought a personalized licence plate for his father 30 years ago, he thought it would make for a fine tribute to his family's Austrian-German heritage. But the Nova Sc...
Apr 25, 2019
First Nations claim Lake Huron, Georgian Bay as landmark trial starts
TORONTO - A broken Crown promise to forever protect Aboriginal lands is at the heart of a novel Indigenous claim to the waters of Lake Huron and Georgian Bay, an Ontario court heard Thursday. The two ...
Apr 25, 2019
Climate change should be top issue for voters in October, advocates say
OTTAWA - A large group of Canadian climate scientists, environment advocates, business owners and corporate executives want climate change to be the No. 1 issue for voter...
Apr 25, 2019
Company behind possible second roadside THC tester eager to sell to Canada
OTTAWA - The company behind the second machine that could be approved for roadside drug tests in Canada says its product is faster and easier to use for police wary about the technology. Six...
Apr 25, 2019
Ottawa opioid users find hope in program that promises safe drug supply
OTTAWA - Katrina Adams has thought about getting a tattoo for all of her friends who have died in the past two years from opioid overdoses but she doesn't think she has enough...
Apr 25, 2019