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Higgs making strides in the pool for Orcas
The Battlefords Orcas Swim Club is enjoying a banner year for 2018-19.Madison Higgs qualified for the Western Canada Games during her performance at Prairie Champs in mid-March. The games will begin a...
May 08, 2019 It's been a strong season for the Battlefords Orcas Swim Club (Facebook/Battlefords Orcas Swim Club)
Town gives go ahead to improve industrial park drainage issues
Battleford will improve drainage in the industrial park area to reduce ongoing damage to the road and riverbank from overland flooding. The work will involve installing storm sewers so excess water co...
May 08, 2019 The Town of Battleford council approved starting work to improve drainage in the Industrial Park area. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Military misses Vice-Admiral Mark Norman, ready to welcome him back: Top general
OTTAWA - Defence chief Gen. Jonathan Vance says the military has missed Vice-Admiral Mark Norman and that the two of them will discuss Norman's return to active duty as soon as possible. The comment i...
May 08, 2019
Goodale disputes charge that bill maintains solitary confinement by another name
OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale is disputing claims that a bill to end solitary confinement in Canada's prisons is merely "linguistic trickery" that maintains the practice under a d...
May 08, 2019
The Stars Group and Fox Sports to launch sports wagering in the U.S.
TORONTO - The Canadian owner of PokerStars is joining forces with Fox Sports in a US$236-million deal to launch Fox Bet, a sports wagering partnership in the United States. The Stars Group I...
May 08, 2019
Former B.C. mayor pleads guilty to sex assaults of four boys under 16
SMITHERS, B.C. - The youngest elected mayor in British Columbia's history pleaded guilty Monday to sexually assaulting boys in what his lawyer says is an act of remorse that will bring an end to ...
May 08, 2019
Pro-pipeline protesters chant outside natural resources minister announcement
CALGARY - Hundreds of pro-pipeline protesters rallied outside a Calgary office tower during a clean energy announcement by federal Natural Resources Minister Amarjeet Sohi. The protest by the gro...
May 08, 2019
Refusal to hand over Trump's tax returns sets up legal fight
WASHINGTON - Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has made it official: The administration won't be turning President Donald Trump's tax returns over to the Democratic-controlled House. Mnuchin told Ways...
May 08, 2019
As child benefits climb, feds look to get payments in to families missing out
OTTAWA - A planned increase in the value of the Canada Child Benefit will miss just over one-fifth of Indigenous families living on reserves, part of the five per cent of families nationwide...
May 08, 2019
Broncos tragedy leads to focus on first responders’ mental health
The Humboldt Broncos bus crash was a dark day in the province, but the tragedy has helped shed light on the mental health of first responders.On Wednesday, the province announced $250,000 in funding f...
May 08, 2019 Kelly Prime and Jessica Brost at the SEMSA conference in Saskatoon on May 8, 2019. (Brent Bosker/650 CKOM)