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Kevin Vickers to announce Friday if he'll seek New Brunswick Liberal leadership
FREDERICTON - Former House of Commons sergeant-at-arms Kevin Vickers is expected to announce Friday whether he intends to seek the Liberal leadership in New Brunswick. The retired ambassador to Irelan...
Mar 13, 2019
Ken Starr says he raised money for ex-player's rape defence
WACO, Texas - Former Baylor University President Ken Starr said Tuesday that he raised money on behalf of a former Baylor football player who was recently acquitted of sexual assault. Starr told the W...
Mar 13, 2019
Toronto Maple Leafs winger Kasperi Kapanen sidelined with a concussion
Toronto Maple Leafs winger Kasperi Kapanen has a concussion and will miss a second straight game on Wednesday night against the visiting Chicago Blackhawks. The 22-year-old native of Finland was ...
Mar 13, 2019
Stro Show: Blue Jays right-hander Stroman to get start on opening day
SARASOTA, Fla. - Right-hander Marcus Stroman will get the start on opening day for the Toronto Blue Jays. Manager Charlie Montoyo confirmed the decision before Wednesday's pr...
Mar 13, 2019
Chinese evidence behind canola impasse? 'So far we've heard nothing,' Carr says
OTTAWA - International Trade Minister Jim Carr says Beijing has yet to provide an explanation for China's decision to block canola shipments from one of Canada's largest grain...
Mar 13, 2019
No. 17 at TPC Sawgrass doesn't faze Hadwin ahead of Players Championship
No. 17 at TPC Sawgrass is one of the signature holes on the PGA Tour. Although it's just 137 yards to the Island Green, the hole is surrounded on almost all sides by water and has a tiny bunker in fro...
Mar 13, 2019
Quebec's plan to reduce immigration levels won't help newcomers: study
MONTREAL - A Quebec think tank says the province's plan to cut immigration levels is misguided and will not accomplish its intended goal of better integrating newcomers. The Institut de recherche...
Mar 13, 2019
BID planning downtown business survey
Local businesses will be able to offer their feedback when the business improvement committee takes to the streets this spring to gather information for a new survey it is working on.North Battleford ...
Mar 13, 2019 Pop band The Wolfe perform at Central Park
during the North Battleford Downtown Business Improvement District (BID)
concert series in 2018. The BID are making a number of plans for the year ahead
including a survey for downtown business members. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW
Staff)
Caregivers still vulnerable under new immigration rules, advocates warn
OTTAWA - Migrant workers employed in Canada as caregivers are confused by new changes to immigration programs aimed at them, with many concerned the changes could mean more barriers to obtai...
Mar 13, 2019
Liberal MPs shut down SNC committee before vote on recalling Wilson-Raybould
OTTAWA - Liberal MPs have used their majority on the House of Commons justice committee to shut down an opposition attempt to call Jody Wilson-Raybould to testify again on the SNC-Lavalin affair. Shor...
Mar 13, 2019