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Nicolas Cage files for annulment 4 days after Vegas wedding

LAS VEGAS - Nicolas Cage has filed for an annulment four days after getting married in Las Vegas. A court record shows Cage asked for the annulment Wednesday citing reasons that included being too dru...

Mar 29, 2019

Janet Jackson, Nicks, 5 Brit bands lead rock hall inductees

NEW YORK - With the help of duet partners Don Henley and Harry Styles, Stevie Nicks became the first woman to be inducted twice into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Nicks, who was already in the hall ...

Mar 29, 2019

Angelina Jolie: Equality for women key to peaceful world

Actress and activist Angelina Jolie is warning that the world "will remain stuck in a cycle of violence and conflicts" as long as nations put almost every other issue ahead of equality for women. Joli...

Mar 29, 2019

Upsides, downsides for Smollett, city in looming fines fight

CHICAGO - A battle's brewing over Chicago's demand that Jussie Smollett recoup the city more than $130,000 for an investigation into his report of a racist, anti-gay attack that police say he staged. ...

Mar 29, 2019

PST, cannabis revenue among topics discussed at post-budget meeting

Cannabis revenue, expanded PST and the carbon tax were some of the issues on the table when business and community leaders met with Finance Minister Donna Harpauer during her post-budget talk to the B...

Mar 29, 2019 Saskatchewan Finance Minister Donna Harpauer answers questions during her post-budget address at the Battlefords Chamber of Commerce, Friday. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff)

Uncertainty abounds as federal carbon tax looms

The federal carbon tax will hit the province on April 1, but how it will impact Saskatchewan's books and small businesses remains unclear.Finance Minister Donna Harpauer said the impact of the tax was...

Mar 29, 2019 The federal carbon tax comes into effect in Saskatchewan April 1. (Jzehnder1/Dreamstime.com)

RCMP warn public to stay aware in wake of 'tourism crime'

As businesses and the common consumer try to make ends meet, a growing issue continues to pop up on the prairies.Crime tourism is a growing issue that continues to plague many consumers when it comes ...

Mar 29, 2019 Staying vigilant is the only way to stay safe in these crimes (Brady Lang/battlefordsNOW staff)

Hawaii eyes flavoured e-cigarette ban to curb teen vaping

HONOLULU - The first state to limit tobacco and electronic cigarette sales to people 21 and older is contemplating a new nicotine crackdown: outlawing flavoured electronic cigarette liquids and flavou...

Mar 29, 2019

Ban on plastic bags comes close to reality in a 3rd state

ALBANY, N.Y. - Gov. Andrew Cuomo and fellow Democrats who control the Legislature have reached a deal to make New York the third state with a ban on single-use plastic grocery bags as they worked to f...

Mar 29, 2019

Takata air bags claim another life after Arizona crash

DETROIT - Another driver has been killed by an exploding Takata air bag inflator, bringing the worldwide death toll to at least 24. The latest death occurred three days after a crash on June 8, 2018 i...

Mar 29, 2019