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Leafs prospect Nick Robertson producing like a first-round pick with Peterborough Petes
Peterborough Petes forward Nick Robertson had no hesitation approaching Maple Leafs coach Mike Babcock to talk after Toronto selected him in the 2019 NHL Draft. Growing up in the suburbs of Detroit wh...
Nov 07, 2019
Canadian women's soccer team heads to Texas to open Olympic qualifying
MIAMI - Canada will be in a group with fellow 2019 World Cup participant Jamaica, Mexico and St. Kitts and Nevis at the CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament. The finalists at the eight-team ...
Nov 07, 2019
NBCHS curling teams looking for continued success with new season ahead
The North Battleford Comprehensive High School (NBCHS) curling teams got underway with practices this week in preparation for the fast approaching curling season. While the teams will likely not see t...
Nov 07, 2019 The NBCHS senior boys curling team took home a podium finish at Districts, Regionals and Provincials last season, in a year to remember for the school's curling program. (submitted photo/Evan Reid)
Liberal winners, losers gather in Ottawa after disappointing election result
OTTAWA - Re-elected, newly elected and defeated Liberal MPs are gathering on Parliament Hill to mull over the disappointing results of the Oct. 21 election and contemplate the best way forwa...
Nov 07, 2019
Fajardo, Judge, Dickenson named finalists for CFL awards
Three members of the Saskatchewan Roughriders could win CFL awards this year.Quarterback Cody Fajardo has been named the West Division's nominee for the CFL award as most outstanding player, linebacke...
Nov 07, 2019 Saskatchewan Roughriders quarterback Cody Fajardo. (File photo courtesy of the Saskatchewan Roughriders)
Woman fired over access to leaked tape of ABC's Amy Robach
NEW YORK - A CBS News employee has lost her job following reports that she may have been involved in the leak of video that showed ABC's Amy Robach complaining that her bosses didn't run a story about...
Nov 07, 2019
Lobsterman rescues deer trapped in water off Maine coast
HARRINGTON, Maine - A Maine lobsterman hauled in an unusual catch 5 miles off the coast - a live deer. Ren Dorr says he was setting traps when he saw a young deer Monday morning. He says the deer had ...
Nov 07, 2019
Small aircraft operators making 'gradual drift' toward unsafe flying, says TSB
OTTAWA - Small aircraft operators in Canada have fallen into a trap of accepting too many safety risks - and it has to stop before more people are killed or injured, the Transportation Safety Board wa...
Nov 07, 2019
Preliminary inquiry dates set for two accused in Jonson homicide
Preliminary inquiry dates are set for both men accused in the death of Mark Douglas Jonson to determine if there is sufficient evidence for trial.Nicolas Buck, 22, and David Keller, 47, each face a fi...
Nov 07, 2019 Mark Douglas Jonson was found dead in a home on 15 Ave. and 100 St. on July 5. (File photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Quebec offers more for families in economic update, will end year with $1.4B surplus
Quebec's fall economic update is offering more money for families, a reduction in hospital parking fees and a return to a single rate for the province's subsidized daycar...
Nov 07, 2019