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China sets robust growth target to shore up cooling economy
BEIJING - China announced a robust annual economic growth target and a 7.5 per cent rise in military spending Tuesday as it convened an annual legislative session overshadowed by a tariff war with Was...
Mar 06, 2019
Bend, Oregon now has last Blockbuster store in world
BEND, Ore. - The Blockbuster store in Bend, Oregon became the last one in the US last year. And now it's the only one in the world. The Bulletin reports that a Blockbuster store in Perth, Australia is...
Mar 06, 2019
Canadian rising star Bianca Andreescu advances to second round at Indian Wells
INDIAN WELLS, Calif. - Canada's Bianca Andreescu advanced to the second round of the Indian Wells Masters series tennis tournament with a 6-7 (3), 6-3, 6-3 win over Romania's Irina-Camelia Begu on Wed...
Mar 06, 2019
Noem offers bills aimed at possible Keystone XL protests
PIERRE, S.D. - South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem said Monday that she's proposing a new framework for oil pipeline construction before building starts on the Keystone XL pipeline, introducing legislation ...
Mar 06, 2019
Century-old Blackfoot headdress found in thrift store returned to First Nation
CALGARY - A more than century-old Blackfoot headdress that was dropped in a thrift store bin has been returned to a First Nation east of Calgary. An Alberta government spokeswoman&...
Mar 06, 2019
Study shows unusually high proportion of high-value diamonds: Star Diamond
As mining giant Rio Tinto gears up for large bulk sampling of diamonds at the proposed Fort la Corne mining site east of Prince Albert, the owners of the kimberlite deposits are releasing information ...
Mar 06, 2019 A huge trench cutter rig operated by Rio Tinto will excavate a massive hole starting in the spring as the mining company aims to determine the amount and value of diamonds buried in the kimberlites at Fort à la Corne east of Prince Albert.(submitted photo/Star Diamond Corp.) : Glenn Hicks
Blurring the lines of creative weaving
An art exhibition at the Chapel Gallery in North Battleford that embraces a new ideology for an old art form was held over to Saturday due to popular demand.Artist Judi Gay's creates Saori weavings fo...
Mar 06, 2019 Artist Judi Gay, standing left, at her No Roadmap Required show on now at the Chapel Gallery until Saturday. (submitted photo/Leah Garven) : Angela Brown
Battlefords Barons return home for game two of post season tomorrow
The Battlefords Barons return to action tomorrow night for game two of their first round playoff series with the Martensville Marauders at Battleford Arena. The Marauders lead the series 1-0 after a 2...
Mar 06, 2019 The Battlefords Barons have seen a lot of young blood inserted into the lineup this year, with just three returning players from last season's team. (Martin Martinson/battlefordsNOW Staff) : Martin Martinson
‘We are building the Northwest’: College gathers input as it eyes potential new campus
Come 2020, shovels could be in the ground for a new North West College (NWC) campus in the Battlefords.Board Chair Byron Merkosky said the organization wants to have a business case for a potential ne...
Mar 06, 2019 North West College has gathered public feedback as they eye a potential new campus in North Battleford. (Tyler Marr/battlefordsNOW Staff) : Tyler Marr
Alouettes veteran lineman Brodeur-Jourdain enjoying solid CFL career
The Mr. Irrelevant of the 2008 CFL draft has quietly fashioned himself a solid career. Offensive lineman Luc Brodeur-Jourdain was the last player taken in that draft, going 48th overall to the Mo...
Mar 06, 2019