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Expert urges homeowners to take steps to protect against flooding
Saskatchewan will join jurisdictions across the country in a push to update flood plain maps and a Canadian researcher says it may be the push many homeowners need to protect themselves against floodi...
Jun 03, 2019 Flash flooding washed out parts of 8th Street in Saskatoon June 22, 2018. (Daniella Ponticelli/650 CKOM)
NW College offers free haircut day; students shine in competitions
It was a feel-good day for all at North West College's (NWC) hairstylist program Monday.Battlefords Concern for Youth partnered with the college to host a free haircut day for kids. The NWC hairstylis...
Jun 03, 2019 One of the many who received free haircuts Monday at North West College Tangles Hair Salon in North Battleford. NWC and Concern For Youth partnered on the initiative. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Orlando City scores three first-half goals to beat Montreal Impact
MONTREAL - Coach Remi Garde felt it was appropriate to apologize to Impact fans for Montreal's "embarrassing" performance against Orlando City SC on Saturday. Orlando City scored three times...
Jun 03, 2019
NBA Finals set another Canadian ratings record, numbers remain lukewarm in US
TORONTO - The NBA Finals between the Toronto Raptors and Golden State Warriors continue to draw big television numbers in Canada, while ratings remain lukewarm south of the border. TSN announced Monda...
Jun 03, 2019
Riders’ rookie receiver ready to roll
Justin McInnis is playing catch-up at the Saskatchewan Roughriders' training camp.The 22-year-old product of Pierrefonds, Que., missed most of the first two weeks of camp at Griffiths Stadium on the U...
Jun 03, 2019 Saskatchewan Roughriders receiver Justin McInnis during a training-camp practice on June 3, 2019 (Wray Morrison/650 CKOM)
Gymnastics fun meet to feature provincial standouts
The Battlefords Gymnastics Club will be hosting a fun meet June 9 from 1 to 6 p.m. President of the club, Natalie Jesney, said the event is a fun way for the athletes to close out the gymnastics seaso...
Jun 03, 2019 Makenzie Gidych placed second at Provincials competing in level 5A for Rhythmic Gymnastics. (submitted photo/Natalie Jesney)
Loan money for farmers available June 26, Ottawa says
Agriculture producers will have to wait another 3 1/2 weeks before they see loan money from the adjusted Advance Payments Program, Ottawa announced Monday.In an emailed media release, federal Agricult...
Jun 03, 2019 (file photo/CKOM News Staff)
'Now the real work begins:' Families call for action after inquiry report
Anita Ross knew the release of a report into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls would roil up difficult feelings about the untimely death of her teenage daughter, but she hopes openi...
Jun 03, 2019
Judge: Federal wagering law only applies to sports gambling
CONCORD, N.H. - A federal judge ruled Monday that a law prohibiting interstate wagering applies only to sports gambling, setting aside a Justice Department opinion that some states feared would make o...
Jun 03, 2019
Explained: Why the MMIWG commission invoked 'Canadian genocide'
The national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women was unequivocal in its assessment: "This is genocide." Chief commissioner Marion Buller was greeted by cheers when she spoke these ...
Jun 03, 2019