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A list of federal election candidates forced to step down, resign
OTTAWA - A list of candidates forced to step down, or resigned since the start of the campaign on Sept. 11, which doesn't include, for instance, the Liberal decision to oust candidate Hassan Guil...
Sep 14, 2019

Tip leads to arrest of 2 who escaped prison van last month
PHOENIX - Sixteen days of chasing countless leads about husband and wife fugitives who escaped a prison transport van taking them to face allegations of killing a man ended when a tip led authorities ...
Sep 14, 2019

US judge denies bail to ex-Peru president in corruption case
SAN FRANCISCO - A U.S. judge in San Francisco denied bail to former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo in a hearing Thursday that ended with an emotional outburst by his wife, who had to be dragged o...
Sep 14, 2019

Fall Festival takes over downtown North Battleford
Leaves were wrapped around benches and pumpkins sat on hay bails as hundreds descended on downtown North Battleford for the Fall Festival.The event included a stage with live music, food vendors, a be...
Sep 14, 2019 The Fall Festival took over downtown North Battleford on Sept. 14. (Tyler Marr/battlefordsNOW Staff)

Study shows hockey great Stan Mikita suffered from CTE
CHICAGO - A posthumous study of Stan Mikita's brain shows the hockey Hall of Famer suffered from chronic traumatic encephalopathy at the time of his death a year ago. Dr. Ann McKee, the director of th...
Sep 14, 2019

City beaten at Norwich, dropping 5 points off Liverpool
Manchester City's defence of the English Premier League title is already in trouble. Hapless defensive errors helped Norwich beat City 3-2 on Saturday and leave the defending champion five points behi...
Sep 14, 2019

North Stars return home, hoping for repeat performance against Klippers
The Battlefords North Stars wasted no time getting off to a hot start to the season Friday, as the team put up a touchdown against the rival Klippers to take their season opener 7-1. The Stars will no...
Sep 14, 2019 Stars' forward Kaden Boser was his usual thorn in the side of the rival Klippers in the Stars' season opener, while also picking up a couple of points on the night, to cap off his 19th birthday with a bang. (Martin Martinson/battlefordsNOW Staff)

Forward Mitch Marner joins Toronto Maple Leafs in Newfoundland for training camp
PARADISE, N.L. - Mitch Marner and Maple Leafs general manager Kyle Dubas say bringing the team together and not missing any games were top of mind issues as they inked a six-year deal. ...
Sep 14, 2019

Trump administration drops Obama-era water protection rule
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. - The Trump administration on Thursday revoked an Obama-era regulation that shielded many U.S. wetlands and streams from pollution but was opposed by developers and farmers who sa...
Sep 14, 2019

Dorian damage worse than first thought in Nova Scotia's famed Annapolis Valley
HALIFAX - Closer inspections of the ripening apple crop in Nova Scotia's fertile Annapolis Valley have revealed the damage caused by post-tropical storm Dorian was worse than first thought. ...
Sep 14, 2019