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Canada to invest in satellite technology to connect rural, remote areas
OTTAWA - The federal government is making a big funding announcement Wednesday alongside a Canadian company that's developing satellite technology to expand hig...
Jul 23, 2019

Tone Broke comes from third to capture Prince of Wales Stakes race
FORT ERIE, Ont. - Tone Broke came from deep stretch to win the $400,000 Prince of Wales Stakes on Tuesday night. Tone Broke, with Ricardo Santana Jr., aboard, stood third before coming on to pass...
Jul 23, 2019

Medics and lifeguards team up to educate public
Swimmers at Kinsmen Water Park got to see lifeguards and paramedics in action Tuesday afternoon.As part of National Drowning Prevention Week, Parkland Ambulance and lifeguards at the water park showed...
Jul 23, 2019 Parkland Ambulance loads the injured swimmer onto a stretcher to cap off the demonstration (Michael Joel-Hansen/paNOW Staff)

Two suspects in B.C. murders spotted in Meadow Lake, may be in Manitoba: RCMP
Police say the two suspects wanted in connection with a homicide investigation in northern British Columbia are on the move after they were spotted in Meadow Lake this week. RCMP investigators said 19...
Jul 23, 2019 RCMP investigators say Kam McLeod and Bryer Schmedgelsky are considered to be armed and extremely dangerous. (submitted photo/RCMP)

Margaret Atwood on Booker Prize longlist for 'The Handmaid's Tale' sequel
LONDON - Canadian Booker Prize winner Margaret Atwood is a contender again for the coveted fiction trophy. Atwood won in 2000 for "The Blind Assassin" and is nominated for "The Testaments," ...
Jul 23, 2019

Friendship Centre breaks ground on new daycare facility
The Battlefords Indian and Mtis Friendship Centre held a sod-turning ceremony to announce the start of a project to build a new daycare.Executive director Jackie Kennedy said it was a good time to lau...
Jul 23, 2019 The Battlefords Indian and Métis Friendship Centre executive director (ED) Jackie Kennedy centre, with assistant to the executive director Kathy Whitford, left, and Shari Lessard, from the Ministry of Education Early Years branch, right, take part in a sod-turning ceremony Tuesday, at the site of a planned new daycare facility. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff)

RCMP make second arrest in death of Tiki Laverdiere
RCMP have arrested and charged a second person in connection to the death of Tiki Brook-Lyn Laverdiere.Danita Thomas, 32, has been charged with first-degree murder, kidnapping, improperly interfering ...
Jul 23, 2019 Edmonton's Tiki Laverdiere, 25, was last seen in North Battleford. (supplied photo/Battlefords RCMP)

Puerto Rico gov will not seek reelection, but won't resign
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rossell said Sunday evening that he will not resign in the face of public furor over an obscenity-laced leaked online chat, but he will not seek reelec...
Jul 23, 2019

Ottawa says meetings to take place Friday over disputed land deal in Oka
FREDERICTON - The federal government says meetings are planned Friday with officials in Oka, Que., and the neighbouring Mohawk community of Kanesatake in a dispute over a proposed ...
Jul 23, 2019

With a wide smile for his mom, Prince George turns 6
LONDON - Kensington Palace has released three new photographs before Prince George's birthday. The future king turns 6 on Monday. It's become a tradition for the palace to release snapshots taken by h...
Jul 23, 2019