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Feds falling short on promise to provide better case management to vets
OTTAWA - The federal government is blaming a surprise increase in the number of veterans seeking assistance for its failure to make good on a key Liberal promise of ensuring enough case managers to he...
Apr 29, 2019
Investor pulls out of Woodstock 50, leaving fest in shambles
NEW YORK - Woodstock 50 is proving to be as chaotic as the original festival held in 1969. A financial investor in the festival announced Monday it was pulling its funding from the anniversary event, ...
Apr 29, 2019
Appeals court denies Bill Cosby's latest bid for bail
HARRISBURG, Pa. - An appeals court has denied Bill Cosby's latest effort to be released from prison on bail while he fights his sex-assault conviction. Lawyers for the 81-year-old comedian had renewed...
Apr 29, 2019
Close call for resident whose house was on fire
If two Good Samaritans hadn't alerted him to it early on, Dave Bunnell's house might have burned down last weekend. Bunnell was at home alone at his 91 Street home when the fire started around 3 p.m. ...
Apr 29, 2019 A North Battleford resident is thanking some Good Samaritans for alerting him his house was on fire on Saturday. Firefighters arrived promptly to put out the blaze. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff)
B.C. man sues Twitter for 'defamatory' tweets linked to 2016 U.S. election
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia businessman and philanthropist is suing Twitter for publishing what he calls "false and defamatory" tweets that escalated during the 2016 United States election. Frank G...
Apr 29, 2019
12-day-old goat stolen during snuggle event at Vancouver Island farm, owners say
LADYSMITH, B.C. - The owners of a Vancouver Island farm say one of their baby goats was stolen during an event where people can visit and snuggle with the cuddly animals. Rebecca and Justin Dault ...
Apr 29, 2019
Capitol Annex has big weekend with Endgame premiere
It was a big weekend for movie-goers across the world, and that hype didn't stop outside the Battlefords. The new Capitol Annex Theatre had two theatres open for the public to show Avengers: Endgame, ...
Apr 29, 2019 The new theatre had many sold out shows over the weekend. (Tyler Marr/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Researcher calls for better dental care in northern Sask.
A teacher at the University of Saskatchewan's College of Dentistry is hoping his research can help craft better policies to improve dental care in Saskatchewan's northern and remote communities.Dr. Ke...
Apr 29, 2019 (file photo/CKOM News Staff)
Mother, daughter missing: Calgary police say suspect may have burned evidence
CALGARY - Police say a suspect in the disappearance of a missing Calgary woman and her toddler daughter may have tried to get rid of evidence. Homicide investigators say a suspect may h...
Apr 29, 2019
Nigerian debut novelist among finalists for Women's Prize
LONDON - Nigerian debut novelist Oyinkan Braithwaite and U.K. Booker Prize winner Anna Burns are among six finalists for the international Women's Prize for Fiction. Braithwaite is nominated for her d...
Apr 29, 2019