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Dr. Donald: why the U.S. president keeps touting an unproven COVID-19 treatment
WASHINGTON - Americans and Canadians alike are used to seeing gauzy, pastel-coloured pitches for medicines, therapies and treatments on cable television. They're less accustomed to ...
Apr 07, 2020
Maple Leafs head coach Sheldon Keefe bingeing his own team during NHL pause
TORONTO - Sheldon Keefe doesn't have Netflix and hasn't seen "Tiger King." In fact, when the head coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs heard about the cringe-inducing-but-can't-look-away series,...
Apr 07, 2020
Canada failed to learn from past pandemics: health-care associations
OTTAWA - Health-care associations and unions say Canada has failed to learn vital lessons from past pandemics, and front-line workers are now paying the price. They gave their testimony to the House o...
Apr 07, 2020
Freedom means more this year: how the COVID-19 pandemic is changing Passover
OTTAWA - There's a question asked each year by Jews as they begin the Passover holiday: "Why is this night different?" It's asked as a way into the telling of the Passover story, an ancient tale ...
Apr 07, 2020
Wickenheiser plea for PPE, with Ryan Reynolds assist, scores big donations
Hayley Wickenheiser saw what was coming and heard the fears of friends on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic. Her medical training in Toronto on pause while her teachers join the battle, the Hoc...
Apr 07, 2020
Boris Johnson will 'fight' COVID-19 and has what it takes to recover: envoy
OTTAWA - Britain's envoy to Canada says Prime Minister Boris Johnson is a fighter who has what it takes to recover from his COVID-19 affliction. High Commissioner Susan le Jeune d'Allegeershecque tell...
Apr 07, 2020
Russia flatly denies US allegation of World Cup bid bribes
GENEVA - Russian officials on Tuesday flatly denied bribing a FIFA voter with millions of dollars to support the country's winning 2018 World Cup bid, after American prosecutors revealed new details a...
Apr 07, 2020
Ex-Swift Current Broncos star Colby Cave in medically induced coma
Former Swift Current Broncos captain Colby Cave has been placed in a medically induced coma after suffering a brain bleed.Cave, a 25-year-old from Battleford, split last season between the NHL's Edmon...
Apr 07, 2020 Colby Cave. (Canadian Press)
City's snow clean-up crews making progress
North Battleford motorists are starting to see the pavement again after the area was walloped with a significant snowstorm over the past few days.The city's crews were out all day Monday in the ongoin...
Apr 07, 2020 City crews making progress on clean-up work following snowstorm Monday and on the weekend. (File photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Seven more cases of COVID-19 reported, seven in hospital
On Tuesday, April 7 there are seven new cases of COVID-19 with seven in hospital and seven recoveries.The latest numbers bring the confirmed case total in the province to 260. There are 169 active cas...
Apr 07, 2020 Premier Scott Moe. (File photo)