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Wheeler, Scheifele with goal and two assists each, Jets beat Flyers 7-3
WINNIPEG - Blake Wheeler continued his dominance over Philadelphia as Winnipeg used the power play to break the game open. Already the Jets career leader versus the Flyers, th...
Dec 17, 2019

Bus with Victoria students rolled after it moved for Jeep on logging road: RCMP
VANCOUVER - A bus loaded with University of Victoria students moved over for an oncoming vehicle just as a logging road narrowed before it rolled over in September, killing two stu...
Dec 17, 2019

Trappers happy to see Northwest Company reverse fur buying stance
Northern trappers are responding to the decision by The Northwest Company to again accept fur pelts.The announcement was made in a media release on the company's website last week. It reverses a decis...
Dec 17, 2019 A potential buyer takes a look at a few skins at the NSTA Fur Table in Prince Albert. (File Photo/Ian Gustafson/paNOW Staff)

Highway Patrol officers to get new body armour
Saskatchewan Highway Patrol officers are getting upgraded body armour.A request for bids is out to replace their current bulletproof vests, as well as buy new armour plates that can withstand high pow...
Dec 17, 2019 (File photo/CJME staff)

Man facing drug-related charges stemming from police patrol
A man is facing drug-related charges following an investigation stemming from a police patrol Tuesday morning. Battlefords RCMP report at about 9 a.m. members of the Battlefords Gang Task Force were o...
Dec 17, 2019 A man is facing charges following a police investigation. The allegations have not been proven in court. (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)

Smart gun argument makes Danforth shooting class action hard to win: expert
TORONTO - Arguing that the use of smart technology in gun manufacturing could have prevented a deadly mass shooting in Toronto's Greektown will take a proposed class action&nb...
Dec 17, 2019

Ottawa's consultation with Indigenous groups on pipeline was meaningful: Lawyer
VANCOUVER - Lawyers for the Canadian government say it conducted a new round of consultations with Indigenous groups about the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion that was reasonable, adequate...
Dec 17, 2019

Wilkinson 'wrestling' with how oilsands mine would fit into climate commitments
CALGARY - The federal environment minister says he's spoken with his Alberta counterpart about how Canada's climate commitments could weigh into his decision about a large proposed oils...
Dec 17, 2019

Mom of slain girls tells court her life is like a nightmare she never wakes from
VICTORIA - A mother of two murdered girls says her life has become a living nightmare from which she never awakes. Sarah Cotton told a B.C. Supreme Court sentencing hearing for her...
Dec 17, 2019

Lighthouse makes sure everyone has a place to go for Christmas dinner
The Lighthouse Serving the Battlefords is making sure no one is left out in the cold this Christmas.Manager Tracey Reimer said Christmas dinner is planned at 5 p.m. on Dec. 25 at the shelter in North ...
Dec 17, 2019 The Lighthouse Serving the Battlefords is providing a Christmas dinner for the community on Dec. 25. (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)