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All clear ahead for Environment Canada contract at airport
While North Battleford's Cameron McIntosh Airport is best known as a place where planes set off for lofty new heights, it is also the site where Environment Canada tracks temperature highs and lows fo...
Oct 16, 2019 City council approved renewing a lease with Environment Canada for use of the North Battleford Cameron McIntosh Airport to monitor temperature changes and other weather-related occurrences. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff).
New Brunswick premier critical of Trudeau comments on abortion services
FREDERICTON - The premier of New Brunswick says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is playing politics with the issue of abortion services in the province. The comments from Blaine Higgs come a day after&n...
Oct 16, 2019
Stalock perfect in net as Wild shut out Senators for first win of season
OTTAWA - The Minnesota Wild stuck to their defensive plan Monday and it paid off to give them their first win of the season. Alex Stalock stopped all 26 shots he faced for his sixth career shutout, an...
Oct 16, 2019
Canadian soccer win just the latest triumph for country over Americans
The Canadian men's soccer team's first win over the United States in 34 years on Tuesday night brought back memories of some other famous Canada-U.S. clashes. Here's a look back at 10 memorable w...
Oct 16, 2019
US to require Chinese officials to report American contacts
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration said Wednesday that it will soon require Chinese officials in the U.S. to notify the State Department ahead of any contacts they plan to have with American educat...
Oct 16, 2019
Broncos families head to Alberta legislature to fight for trucking changes
EDMONTON - Alberta families affected by the Humboldt Broncos bus crash say they will continue to fight for changes to provincial trucking regulations. Sixteen people were killed and 13 were injured wh...
Oct 16, 2019
Woman killed, suspect shot at home of 'Tarzan' actor Ron Ely
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - Authorities in Southern California say a woman was killed at the home of former "Tarzan" actor Ron Ely and sheriff's deputies fatally shot a suspect. A Santa Barbara County she...
Oct 16, 2019
Lawyers for 'Snowden refugees' demand Trudeau grant asylum before election
OTTAWA - Vanessa Rodel arrived in Canada with her seven-year-old daughter last winter, granted refugee status in Canada as one of seven people who helped shelter American whistleblower Edward Snowden ...
Oct 16, 2019
Obama weighs in on federal election, urges Canadians to vote Trudeau
OTTAWA - Former U.S. president Barack Obama is urging Canadians to re-elect Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau. In a message Wednesday on Twitter, Obama said that while he was president he was proud t...
Oct 16, 2019
First Nations displaced by storm share concerns with Scheer campaign
WINNIPEG - Families forced to flee the Lake Manitoba First Nation are expressing frustration around evacuation efforts following a recent snowstorm that's left thousands of people in the province...
Oct 16, 2019