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24th BUH Foundation Cash Lottery opens today
If you're looking to purchase your tickets for the Battlefords Union Hospital Foundation's $100,000 Cash Lottery, the time is now. The lottery opened this morning, and tickets will be on sale until No...
Aug 13, 2018
Trump proposes reduction of drug costs under Medicare
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump will propose lowering prescription drug costs for Medicare beneficiaries by allowing them to share in rebates that drug companies pay to insurers and middlemen, an ...
Feb 09, 2018
Honouring tradition: Ivan White among auctioneers inducted into the Saskatchewan Auctioneers Association Hall of Honour
Ivan White had one word when describing the feelings of being inducted into the Auction Era Hall of Honour: Awesome.The longtime member of the Saskatchewan Auctioneers Association (SAA) from North Bat...
Feb 01, 2024
Expert panel says country needs new agency to oversee pharmacare program
TORONTO - Ottawa should create a new agency to oversee the rollout of a national drug plan, a federally struck expert panel said Wednesday in laying out what it called the "building blocks" ...
Mar 08, 2019
Town council to keep higher discounts for pre-paid taxes
Battleford residents will be pleased to hear they can still receive higher discounts for prepaying their taxes. The issue came up Monday, when council reviewed the bylaw for property tax discounts on ...
Dec 13, 2017
Covering 'essential' drugs could fill health gaps, save billions: researchers
VANCOUVER - New research suggests that providing universal coverage for more than 100 prescription medications could save Canadians as much as $3 billion per year. A paper published in the Canadian Me...
Feb 27, 2017
Sharks' Celebrini and Smith and Canadiens' Slafkovsky headline the NHL's next generation of stars
Juraj Slafkovsky was an NHL draft pick, just like Alex Ovechkin, Sidney Crosby, Auston Matthews, Nathan MacKinnon, Connor McDavid and Connor Bedard. The spotlight, however, has not been quite as brigh...
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Still bad: 71-year-old Ilie Nastase arrested twice in a day
BUCHAREST, Romania - Former tennis player Ilie Nastase was arrested twice in the space of six hours in his native Romania on Friday, first on suspicion of driving a car while drunk and refusing to tak...
May 25, 2018
Visual effects, animation studios unite to convince Quebec for better tax deal
MONTREAL - Visual effects and animation companies are uniting to strike a better deal with the Quebec government after it implemented tax changes that some firms say will cost them nearly two-thirds o...
13h ago
Elton John pops into a Vancouver record store to pick up some vinyl
VANCOUVER - The owner of a small, independent record shop in downtown Vancouver is crossing his fingers for a repeat visit after music legend Elton John popped into his store unexpectedly earlier this...
Mar 10, 2017