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VanVleet scores 24 and Raptors beat Magic to remain unbeaten at home
TORONTO - Fred VanVleet scored 24 points to lead the Toronto Raptors past the Orlando Magic 113-97 on Wednesday in a battle between short-handed teams. The Raptors (10-4) improved to 6-0 on the s...
Nov 20, 2019

Police surround last holdouts at Hong Kong campus protest
HONG KONG - A small band of anti-government protesters, their numbers diminished by surrenders and failed escape attempts, remained holed up at a Hong Kong university early Wednesday as they braced fo...
Nov 20, 2019

John Mann, singer and songwriter of group Spirit of the West dead at 57
VANCOUVER - John Mann, lead singer and songwriter for Vancouver's beloved Celtic-inflected rock band Spirit of the West, has died. He was 57. Eric Alper, the band's publicist, says Mann died peacefull...
Nov 20, 2019

Diplomat says of Trump Ukraine call: ‘I remember it vividly’
WASHINGTON - The phone call State Department official David Holmes overheard between President Donald Trump and Ambassador Gordon Sondland lasted just two minutes. But it won't be easily forgotten. "I...
Nov 20, 2019

Fish "baskets" at water treatment plant to cost $1 million
Plans for Prince Albert's new raw water pump house are coming along less than swimmingly. As city councillors contend with news the major infrastructure project will be significantly pricier than init...
Nov 20, 2019 The current filter at the raw water pump house allows small fish into the water treatment plant. The federal government says that shouldn't happen.(Council agenda package/City of P.A.)

Battlefords area youth enjoy learning activities during Day of the Child
Children in the Battlefords and surrounding rural and Indigenous communities had an opportunity to celebrate being themselves Wednesday during the National Day of the Child celebrations.A variety of a...
Nov 20, 2019 Indigenous Young Elder Alvin Baptiste, right, speaks to youth at a workshop known as Braids Teachings, one of many activities offered at the National Day of the Child celebration in North Battleford Wednesday. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff)

Local school division receives provincial award
The Saskatchewan Rivers School Division has been recognized provincially.This week in Regina, the Saskatchewan School Boards Association (SSBA) gave Saskatchewan Rivers the premier's award on behalf o...
Nov 20, 2019 The delegation from Saskatchewan Rivers School Division received the award in Regina this week. (submitted photo/Saskatchewan School Boards Association)

Zach Collaros finding his groove with Winnipeg Blue Bombers on eve of Grey Cup
CALGARY - His eight years of CFL experience helps, but Winnipeg Blue Bombers quarterback Zach Collaros is still in hurry-up mode settling into a new offence ahead of the Grey Cup. A Blue Bomber f...
Nov 20, 2019
What'sHappeningNOW Nov. 20, 2019
News Director Glenn Hicks speaks with Senior Reporter Nigel Maxwell about a new police substation.
Nov 20, 2019

What's the president of the Privy Council do? Five things about the new cabinet
OTTAWA - Five things to note about the new federal cabinet Prime Minister Justin Trudeau named Wednesday: He has a deputy prime minister Besides being intergovernmental-affairs minister, in charge of ...
Nov 20, 2019