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Saskatchewan budget projects $34M surplus
The Saskatchewan government is projecting a surplus of $34.4 million in 2019-20, with increasing positive balances in the three fiscal years to follow. The province tabled its budget Wednesday afterno...
Mar 20, 2019 The 2019-20 Saskatchewan budget is balanced with a small surplus of $34 million. (Tyler Marr/battlefordsNOW Staff)
B.C. to start measles 'catch-up' campaign, offering shots at schools, clinics
VICTORIA - British Columbia has recorded 19 confirmed cases of measles this year and the province is responding by launching a measles immunization catch-up drive next month, aiming to vacci...
Mar 20, 2019
Celina Caesar-Chavannes quits Liberal caucus, sits as independent MP
OTTAWA - Celina Caesar-Chavannes has informed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that she's leaving the federal Liberal caucus and will sit as an independent MP. The Whitby, Ont., MP has been a v...
Mar 20, 2019
Independent watchdog to handle complaints about border agency, Liberals pledge
OTTAWA - Travellers, immigration detainees and others who feel they have been mistreated by Canada's border agency will be able to complain to an independent body under a new measure in...
Mar 20, 2019
Up 3-0, Stars can sweep series with Bombers tonight in Game 4
The Battlefords North Stars enter action tonight at the Whitney Forum in Flin Flon for Game 4 of their first round, best-of-seven series with the Flin Flon Bombers. Leading the series 3-0, the Stars s...
Mar 20, 2019 Stars’ captain, Cody Spagrud has been a force to deal with for the Bombers’ forwards all series long, logging huge minutes in all situations to lead his team from the blue line. (Martin Martinson/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Tim McGraw, CeCe Winans to perform during NFL Draft
NASHVILLE - The stars of the gridiron will meet the stars of Music City when the NFL Draft comes to Nashville, Tennessee, in April. The NFL announced Monday that Grammy-winning country star Tim McGraw...
Mar 20, 2019
AP source: Justice Dept. probing development of Boeing jets
WASHINGTON - U.S. prosecutors are looking into the development of Boeing's 737 Max jets, a person briefed on the matter revealed Monday, the same day French aviation investigators concluded there were...
Mar 20, 2019
Game One of Provincial Finals Saturday
Hafford Hawks will be playing the Gull Lake Greyhounds in game one of the provincial final series Saturday. Battleford Arena will host the game and the 50/50 will be guaranteed at $2500.00, sponsored ...
Mar 20, 2019
PM condemns hateful, 'toxic segments' of society after New Zealand shooting
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivered an emotional clarion call Monday as he urged people of all political stripes to turn the page on hateful ideology and condemn the sort of int...
Mar 20, 2019
Quebec Court of Appeal rules Richard Henry Bain's sentence in election shooting to stand
MONTREAL - Quebec's Court of Appeal has ruled that the sentence handed down to 2012 Quebec election night shooter Richard Henry Bain will remain unchanged. Bain was convicted of attacking a Parti...
Mar 20, 2019