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Stars welcome Mustangs to home barn for final showdown
The Battlefords North Stars return to action Friday night for their first of two games this weekend, as the Melfort Mustangs come to town for a showdown at the Civic Centre. Friday will mark the fourt...
Feb 07, 2020 Forward, Dylan Esau (#28) will play his 100th career SJHL game Friday night, as he and his North Stars’ teammates look for continued success against the Mustangs. The Battlefords are 3-0 against Melfort this season, heading into the final game of the season-series. (Martin Martinson/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Toronto Arrows have familiar look as Major League Rugby season starts
Major League Rugby kicks off its third season this weekend with three new teams and some big-name additions in South Africa's Tendai (The Beast) Mtawarira and former All Blacks Ma'a Nonu and Rene Rang...
Feb 07, 2020
Heritage Day celebrates the Battlefords rich and diverse culture
A celebration of the Battlefords rich and diverse culture is happening Sunday at the Western Development Museum (WDM).The WDM will be hosting their third annual Heritage Day Feb. 9. The event costs $2...
Feb 07, 2020 Heritage Day at the WDM on Sunday Feb. 9 (Supplied photo/WDM)
Iraqi officials: At least 8 shot dead in southern Iraq
BAGHDAD - At least eight anti-government protesters were shot dead and 52 were wounded in clashes with followers of a radical Shiite cleric in southern Iraq on Wednesday, Iraqi medical officials and a...
Feb 07, 2020
Almost $150 million in vaunted oceans-protection funding not spent
OTTAWA - Almost $150 million allocated to help protect Canada's oceans has gone unspent by the Trudeau government over the past two years. The Liberals have touted their $1.5-billion oceans protection...
Feb 07, 2020
Oscar Predictions: Can 'Parasite' upset '1917'?
NEW YORK - Ahead of Sunday's 92nd Academy Awards, Associated Press Film Writer Jake Coyle shares his predictions for a ceremony with a lot of locks but the potential for a few surprises. BEST PICTURE ...
Feb 07, 2020
Sen. Mitt Romney breaks with GOP, votes to convict Trump
WASHINGTON - Republican Mitt Romney, establishment to the core, took the Senate's most brazenly rebellious stance Wednesday in voting to force President Donald Trump from office, a move highlighting h...
Feb 07, 2020
Airliner skids, breaks open in Istanbul; 3 dead, 179 injured
ISTANBUL - A Turkish airliner skidded off a runway, crashed into a ditch and broke apart while landing in bad weather in Istanbul Wednesday, killing three people and injuring dozens more. Passengers h...
Feb 07, 2020
Snakebit! Bullmastiff heals, heads to Westminster Dog Show
NEW YORK - Whatever got a piece of gentle Titus in the North Carolina brush, it was trouble. Co-owner Cassandra Carpenter reckons it was a pygmy rattlesnake. Veterinarian Jess Hunter figures it could'...
Feb 07, 2020
Manslaughter charges in hit-and-run accident that killed 2
MOORE, Okla. - A man accused of striking and killing two suburban Oklahoma City high school cross-country runners who were running on a sidewalk was charged Friday with manslaughter in the deaths. Max...
Feb 07, 2020