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Interior construction to start at Thunderchild cannabis cultivation facility
With exterior construction substantially complete on the Thunderchild by Westleaf Cannabis cultivation facility, interior development is underway. The approximately 130,000 square foot cultivation fac...
Feb 26, 2019 The Thunderchild by Westleaf Cannabis cultivation facility outside Battleford in scheduled for completion in 2019. (Tyler Marr/battlefordsNOW Staff) : Tyler Marr
'A line ... was crossed' in SNC-Lavalin affair, says New Democrat MP
OTTAWA - Canadians could hear this week from Jody Wilson-Raybould about whether the former attorney general believes she faced inappropriate pressure from the prime minister's office to halt a cr...
Feb 26, 2019
Guilty pleas in Darchuk hunting death
There will be no trial for a Prince Albert man accused in the shooting death of another hunter in the fall of 2017.At a hearing in Nipawin Monday, Austyn Adamko entered guilty pleas to the lesser char...
Feb 26, 2019 (File photo/ paNOW Staff)
US appeals court clears AT&T's $81B merger with Time Warner
WASHINGTON - A federal appeals court on Tuesday cleared AT&T's takeover of Time Warner, rejecting the Trump administration's claims that the $81 billion deal will harm consumers and reduce competi...
Feb 26, 2019
Coalition Avenir Quebec government to table first budget on March 21
QUEBEC - Francois Legault's Coalition Avenir Quebec government will table its first budget on March 21. Finance Minister Eric Girard announced the date today, telling Quebecers they can expect go...
Feb 26, 2019
R. Kelly signs autographs at McDonald's after jail release
CHICAGO - R&B singer R. Kelly signed autographs and waved at a fan who yelled "I love you!" when he stopped at a McDonald's in Chicago after being released from jail in his sexual abuse case. Kell...
Feb 26, 2019
Stephen King, wife give $1.25M to genealogical society
BOSTON - The master of the American horror novel has donated $1.25 million to the masters of American genealogical research. Stephen King and his wife, Tabitha, made the gift through their foundation ...
Feb 26, 2019
Liberals' bump in child benefits fuels poverty rate drop, Statistics Canada says
OTTAWA - The national statistics office says fewer children are living in poverty and it is connecting the drop to the Liberal government's signature child benefit. The Liberals introduced the in...
Feb 26, 2019
Bangladesh police identify suspect in failed plane hijacking
DHAKA, Bangladesh - A man who was killed while trying to hijack a commercial flight in Bangladesh was a 24-year-old passenger from a village near the capital who had been previously arrested in a kidn...
Feb 26, 2019
City council gives nod to community grants for non-profits
North Battleford city council approved community grant requests for the Battlefords District Food and Resource Centre (BDFRC)/ Empty Stocking Fund, and the Battlefords and Area Sexual Assault Centre (...
Feb 26, 2019 North Battleford councillors Len Taylor, left, and Kent Lindgren at a recent meeting. Council approved granting two non profits that serve the vulnerable with support for 2019. (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff) : Angela Brown