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Eight arrested after police execute high-risk search warrant in 'complex investigation'
Three men and five women were arrested after police executed a high-risk search warrant at a home in North Battleford.All were taken without incident and a search of the home on 11 Ave. and 106 St. fo...
Jun 08, 2019 Officers executed a high-risk search warrant at a home on 11 Ave. and 106 St. early Saturday morning. (battlefordsNOW Staff)
Relay for Life raises money for Cancer awareness, research
The Canadian Cancer Society held their 2019 Relay for Life in Prince Albert on Saturday.The annual event saw hundreds of members of the community come together with the goal of raising funds to go tow...
Jun 08, 2019 Honourary Chairperson Marni Mullis cuts the ribbon signifying the beginning of the 2019 Relay for Life on Saturday. (Brady Bateman/paNOW Staff)
US and Mexico: More talks, no deal yet to avert tariffs
WASHINGTON - U.S. and Mexican officials laboured for a second day Thursday to avert import tariffs that President Donald Trump is threatening to impose as he tries to strong-arm Mexico into stemming t...
Jun 08, 2019
RCMP forensic unit investigating North Battleford property
The RCMP Forensic Identification Services conducting an investigation a home on the 900 block of 105 St. in North Battleford.The property has been cordoned off since Friday morning.Police cordoned off...
Jun 08, 2019 The RCMP Forensic Identification Services unit conducted an investigation at a house on the 900 block of 105 Street in North Battleford, Saturday. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Feds have failed to explain 'inaction' in Grassy Narrows: UN rapporteur
OTTAWA - The case of a northern Ontario First Nation plagued by mercury contamination is "emblematic" of an overall pattern of inaction in the face of grave risks to the health of Indigenous Peop...
Jun 08, 2019
Albania president cancels elections, citing tense climate
TIRANA, Albania - Albania's president has cancelled upcoming municipal elections, citing the need to reduce political tensions in the country. President Ilir Meta said he acted because "the actual cir...
Jun 08, 2019
Extradition hearing for Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou set for early next year
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's Supreme Court has accepted a plan by the defence team for Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou that would see her extradition hearing begin Jan. 20, more than a year after she ...
Jun 08, 2019
It's a Barty party: Australian wins 1st major at French Open
PARIS - Ash Barty knew she needed a break from tennis, from the pressure and expectations, from the week-in, week-out grind. So she stepped away in 2014 and wound up trying her hand at cricket, joinin...
Jun 08, 2019
Leaders of white supremacist prison gang charged in killings
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Leaders of the Aryan Brotherhood prison gang were charged Thursday with directing killings and drug smuggling from within California's most secure prisons, U.S. prosecutors said. ...
Jun 08, 2019
Mexican envoy says new NAFTA to get quick approval despite U.S. tariff threat
OTTAWA - Mexico's ambassador to Canada says his country will formally ratify the new North American trade deal within the next two weeks after having overcome its latest tariff drama with th...
Jun 08, 2019