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Community members assist RCMP by catching thieves
Community members are feeling relieved their neighbours are watching out for them after a tense situation north of Prince Albert that resulted in the arrest of two theft suspects, one of which was all...
Jan 21, 2020 (submitted photo)
Melfort Fire Department outlines history on new event tent
The Melfort Fire Department has received its new event tent.The tent serves as a visual reminder of the fire department's history in the area, and as shelter.(Facebook/Melfort Fire and Rescue)"We had ...
Jan 21, 2020 (Facebook/Melfort Fire and Rescue)
NewsAlert: Jean Charest won't seek Tory leadership
MONTREAL - Former Quebec premier Jean Charest has decided not to seek the federal Conservative leadership. In an interview with Radio-Canada today, he says the odds are stacked against someone from ou...
Jan 21, 2020
US gets 1st case of mysterious new Chinese illness
SEATTLE - A U .S. citizen who recently returned from a trip to central China has been diagnosed with the new virus that has sparked an outbreak and stringent monitoring around the world. The man retur...
Jan 21, 2020
Métis inventor from Langham recognized with Order of Gabriel Dumont award
Dylan Smart is proud of his Mtis heritage and wants to promote his culture to help other young Mtis people reach their goals just as he is reaching his. The Langham inventor is one of the Order of Gab...
Jan 21, 2020 Métis inventor Dylan Smart of Langham is one of the Order of Gabriel Dumont Award recipients in the bronze category for 2020. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Canadian baseball star Walker believes he'll come up shot in Hall of Fame vote
Former Colorado Rockies and Montreal Expos star slugger Larry Walker says he doesn't expect to be elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame on Tuesday night. The native of Maple Ridge, B.C., is in h...
Jan 21, 2020
Chuckwagon races return to Stampede's 100th
The Meadow Lake Stampede Association is bringing back chuckwagon races to this year's 100th Stampede anniversary. Leighton Wood, president of the association said this year's event will look like a tr...
Jan 21, 2020 (submitted photo/CVM Photography)
Lawyer says 'loving' emails' are key to Weinstein defence
NEW YORK - Defence lawyers want to use a trove of intimate email correspondence between Harvey Weinstein and his accusers to try to convince a jury that any contact was consensual, one of the attorney...
Jan 21, 2020
Day 1 of SJHL/MJHL Showcase kicks off in Regina
Sixty of the top players from the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) and 60 of the best from the Manitoba Junior Hockey League (MJHL) gathered together in Regina Tuesday for day one of the annua...
Jan 21, 2020 North Stars players in their Showcase threads: Pictured top row: Matthias Urbanski, Quintin Loon-Stewardson, Seth Summers, Elijah Loon-Stewardson. Back row: Noah Form, Austin Becker, Matthew Fletcher, Steven Kesslering (Martin Martinson/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Violence in northern Syria kills 17, including whole family
BEIRUT - Airstrikes on rebel-held parts of northwestern Syria and the shelling of government-held areas killed at least 17 people Tuesday, including an entire family, Syrian opposition activists said....
Jan 21, 2020