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Fleury gets second straight shutout, Vegas beats Canucks 3-0
LAS VEGAS - Gerard Gallant believes his Vegas Golden Knights are playing their best hockey of the season. After back-to-back shutouts, 15-year veteran goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury certainly might be. ...
Mar 05, 2019
Holiday season defines winners and losers in retail
NEW YORK - The 2018 holiday season turned out to be a mixed bag for retailers, with some of them defying a gloomy government report in December that raised concerns that shoppers were hunkering down e...
Mar 05, 2019
Deadline nearing to file appeal of Bissonnette's sentence for mosque murders
QUEBEC - Crown prosecutors and defence lawyers have less than a week left to decide whether to appeal the sentence handed down to the gunman who killed six men in a Quebec City mosque. Alexa...
Mar 05, 2019
Ajax eliminates Madrid in round of 16 of Champions League
MADRID - Real Madrid's Champions League reign is over. Ajax stunned Madrid 4-1 at Santiago Bernabeu Stadium on Tuesday, eliminating the three-time defending champion 5-3 on aggregate in the round of 1...
Mar 05, 2019
Battleford planning to improve drainage of Industrial Park area
The Town of Battleford is waiting for more information on a proposed system to improve surface water storm drainage for its Industrial Park area, so hopefully it can get started this year.The issue wa...
Mar 05, 2019 The Town of Battleford is looking at plans to improve surface water drainage for its Industrial Park area. (Angela Brown/battlefords NOW Staff) : Angela Brown
Finalists announced for Sask. Tourism Awards of Excellence
Tourism Saskatchewan has announced the names of 36 finalists and three Tourism Builders for the Saskatchewan Tourism Awards of Excellence for 2018.Among those announced, several of the finalists are f...
Mar 05, 2019 (Submitted Photo/ Tourism Saskatchewan)
Search continues for suspect after officers hit by car in Burnaby, B.C.
BURNABY, B.C. - One of two Vancouver-area police officers injured in a hit-and-run crash has been released from hospital, but RCMP say the second faces a long recovery. Burnab...
Mar 05, 2019
Hello Kitty to make her big screen debut
NEW YORK - Hello Kitty might not have a mouth but she's got a movie deal. Warner Bros.' New Line Cinema announced Tuesday that it has acquired film rights to Hello Kitty from the Japanese corporation ...
Mar 05, 2019
Ex-NYC Mayor Bloomberg won't run for president in 2020
Michael Bloomberg is not running for president. The 77-year-old former New York City mayor, one of the richest men in the world, announced his decision not to join the crowded Democratic field in a Bl...
Mar 05, 2019
Former CFL head coach Marc Trestman joins XFL's Tampa Bay franchise
TAMPA, Fla. - Former CFL head coach Marc Trestman has joined the upstart XFL. The league announced Tuesday Trestman has been named the head coach/GM of the new franchise in Tampa Bay. "Marc is a two-t...
Mar 05, 2019