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Helicopters rescue Norway cruise ship passengers amid storm
HELSINKI - Rescue workers off Norway's western coast rushed to evacuate 1,300 passengers and crew from a disabled cruise ship by helicopter on Saturday, winching them one-by-one to safety as heaving w...
Mar 25, 2019
Sources say Trudeau rejected Wilson-Raybould's conservative pick for high court
OTTAWA - Jody Wilson-Raybould recommended in 2017 that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau nominate a conservative Manitoba judge to be chief justice of the Supreme Court, even though he wasn't a sitti...
Mar 25, 2019
Trudeau sells housing plan in visit to hot real estate market in B.C.
MAPLE RIDGE, B.C. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau touted efforts by the Liberal government to help first-time homebuyers put more down on their mortgages during a visit to a region of the co...
Mar 25, 2019
Huxley snags provincial honour
It was a big night for Battlefords Youth Soccer, and ultimately, Kat Huxley.Huxley who coaches the Battlefords United FC and acts as the president and competitive coordinator was named the Saskatchewa...
Mar 25, 2019 Kat Huxley and Udo Baecker pose with Huxley's award at the SSA AGM (Facebook/Kat Huxley)
Crash threatens Vancouver shipyard's schedule for new coast guard ships
OTTAWA - A Vancouver shipyard is searching for answers after the fisheries science vessel it built for the Canadian Coast Guard - and whose delivery is already years overdue - ran into ...
Mar 25, 2019
Tom Clancy's widow expands challenge of rights ownership
BALTIMORE - Tom Clancy's widow says in a lawsuit that his estate is the exclusive owner not just of the novelist's famous character Jack Ryan, but the rights to the character John Clark and several bo...
Mar 25, 2019
Michael Avenatti charged with extortion and wire, bank fraud
LOS ANGELES - U.S. prosecutors on two coasts have charged President Donald Trump critic and attorney Michael Avenatti with extortion and bank and wire fraud. A spokesman for the U.S. attorney in Los A...
Mar 25, 2019
Michael Avenatti charged with extortion and wire, bank fraud
LOS ANGELES - U.S. prosecutors on two coasts have charged President Donald Trump critic and attorney Michael Avenatti with extortion and bank and wire fraud. A spokesman for the U.S. attorney in Los A...
Mar 25, 2019
Supporters mark missing woman Ashley Morin’s birthday with ceremony, walk
It was an afternoon of hugs and tears as the family of missing North Battleford woman Ashley Morin and supporters came together to recognize Morin's 32nd birthday, Sunday. A large gathering came toget...
Mar 25, 2019 Family and supporters take part in walk for missing woman Ashley Morin, Sunday which marked Morin's 32nd birthday. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Ethiopian Airlines chief questions Max training requirements
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - The warning and training requirements set for the now-grounded 737 Max 8 aircraft may not have been adequate, in light of the Ethiopian plane crash that killed 157 people, the ...
Mar 25, 2019