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Feds have failed to explain 'inaction' in Grassy Narrows: UN rapporteur
OTTAWA - A United Nations human-rights expert says the case of a northern Ontario First Nation plagued by mercury contamination is "emblematic" of an overall pattern of inaction in the face ...
Jun 06, 2019
Paramilitary Christian sect quietly operated in New Mexico
GRANTS, N.M. - A grand jury indicted last week four members of a New Mexico paramilitary religious sect in connection with a child abuse and child sexual abuse investigation. Those indictments Friday ...
Aug 28, 2017
Cape Breton man posts unsettling image of brother before he succumbs to overdose
HALIFAX - The stark image shows a 50-year-old man with short, dark hair motionless in a hospital bed, eyes closed and a plastic breathing tube extending from his mouth. He could be sleeping, or in a c...
Oct 05, 2017
US retail sales up 0.6 pct., but signs of caution emerge
WASHINGTON - U.S. shoppers stepped up their spending in September, with sharply higher sales at auto dealers, restaurants and gas stations. But the government’s retail sales report released Frid...
Oct 14, 2016
Liberal Premier Stephen McNeil: Nova Scotia's soft-spoken fiscal hawk
HALIFAX - Stephen McNeil is a soft-spoken man with a lower-register voice and a somewhat imposing 6-foot-5 frame. He doesn’t always exude warmth on TV, and he understands that. “Some might...
May 01, 2017
The Latest: NTSB: Derailed train going 80 mph in 30 mph zone
DUPONT, Wash. - The Latest on an Amtrak train derailment in Washington state (all times local): 11:52 p.m. Federal investigators say the Amtrak train that derailed south of Seattle was travelling at 8...
Dec 18, 2017
B.C.'s plans to expand civil forfeiture program called unconstitutional
VANCOUVER - Eight years have passed since David Lloydsmith learned British Columbia's Civil Forfeiture Office wanted to seize his modest two-bedroom bungalow, but he says the panic and anger that grip...
Mar 10, 2019
Tech companies find more signs of Russian election activity
WASHINGTON - Major tech companies plan to tell Congress Tuesday that they have found additional evidence of Russian activity on their services surrounding the 2016 U.S. election. Facebook, for instanc...
Oct 31, 2017
Supreme Court of Canada says a computer's IP address deserves privacy protection
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says police need judicial authorization to obtain a computer's internet protocol address, calling the identification number a crucial link between a person and the...
Mar 01, 2024
Year in Review: Battlefords Chamber has big plans for year ahead
As 2022 draws to a close, battlefordsNOW is taking a look back on some of the most important and impactful stories of the year.The Battlefords Chamber of Commerce had an eventful year in 2022. "W...
Dec 29, 2022