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YouTube star Lilly Singh to host NBC late-night show
LOS ANGELES - NBC is shaking up late-night TV, giving Carson Daly's slot to a woman of colour who's a star on YouTube. The network said Thursday that a new show, titled "A Little Late with Lilly Singh...
Mar 14, 2019

AP Sources: Browns to acquire star receiver Beckham from NY
CLEVELAND - Odell Beckham Jr. is about to run a deep route out of New Jersey - straight to Cleveland. The superstar wide receiver is bound for the Browns to be a target for quarterback Baker Mayfield ...
Mar 14, 2019

Raptors training facility renamed OVO Athletic Centre in honour of Drake
TORONTO - Drake now has the run of the Toronto Raptors' practice facility. Raptors president Masai Ujiri flew to Manchester, England last week both because he'd never seen a Drake concert in pers...
Mar 14, 2019

Cardinal Pell gets 6 years imprisonment for sexual assault
MELBOURNE, Australia - The most senior Catholic convicted of child sex abuse was sentenced Wednesday to six years in prison for molesting two choirboys in an Australian cathedral in a crime the judge ...
Mar 14, 2019

Vietnamese suspect in Kim Jong Nam's killing seeking release
HANOI, Vietnam - Just four days ago, the future for Indonesia's Siti Aisyah looked bleak - she was two years into her detention in Malaysia and faced a possible death sentence if convicted of killing ...
Mar 14, 2019

Vegas Sands-Macau dealmaker settle 15-year case
LAS VEGAS - A settlement Thursday ended a 15-year breach-of-contract battle between Las Vegas Sands Corp. and a Hong Kong businessman who helped the U.S. company open its first casino in the Chinese g...
Mar 14, 2019

Raptors point guard Kyle Lowry sits out Lakers game with ankle sprain
TORONTO - Kyle Lowry's wonky ankle kept him out of the Toronto Raptors' lineup for Thursday's game against the Los Angeles Lakers. But Danny Green was good to go. Lowry and Green had both been listed ...
Mar 14, 2019

The state of curling in Saskatchewan: A Biggar problem than expected
Yesterday, we took a look at the game of curling from the elite level, and CurlSask's stance on how the game is growing in part one of a three-part series. Today, we're going to look at the hot bed of...
Mar 14, 2019 (Brady Lang/battlefordsNOW Staff)

City to discuss potential of banning single-use plastic bags
North Battleford City Hall plans to sit down to discuss the long term potential of banning single-use plastic bags.Coun. Kent Lindgren raised the issue at council's last meeting."We have asked adminis...
Mar 14, 2019 The City of North Battleford is determining environmental concerns such as possibly banning single-use plastic bags at a future planning meeting. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff)

Investigation into Christopher Lake fire continues
The cause of the fire that destroyed the Christopher Lake Heritage Hotel and Bar last week remains under investigation.On March 8, firefighters from two rural departments were unable to save the 62-ye...
Mar 14, 2019 (Michael Joel-Hansen/paNOW Staff)