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Liberals' bump in child benefits fuels poverty rate drop, Statistics Canada says
OTTAWA - The national statistics office says fewer children are living in poverty and it is connecting the drop to the Liberal government's signature child benefit. The Liberals introduced the in...
Feb 26, 2019

Bangladesh police identify suspect in failed plane hijacking
DHAKA, Bangladesh - A man who was killed while trying to hijack a commercial flight in Bangladesh was a 24-year-old passenger from a village near the capital who had been previously arrested in a kidn...
Feb 26, 2019

City council gives nod to community grants for non-profits
North Battleford city council approved community grant requests for the Battlefords District Food and Resource Centre (BDFRC)/ Empty Stocking Fund, and the Battlefords and Area Sexual Assault Centre (...
Feb 26, 2019 North Battleford councillors Len Taylor, left, and Kent Lindgren at a recent meeting. Council approved granting two non profits that serve the vulnerable with support for 2019. (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff) : Angela Brown

RCMP investigating break-ins in Smeaton, Choiceland
RCMP are investigating a series of break-ins in two local-area communities recently.Police said in a release that civic buildings in both Smeaton and Choiceland were broken into Dec. 4. In Smeaton, th...
Feb 26, 2019 file photo/ paNOW Staff

SideQuest app to assist in promoting northeast snowmobile trails
An app-based snowmobile contest is coming to the northeast region for the first time.Twelve communities and NewSask Community Futures collaborated for the past three years to promote the trails with a...
Feb 26, 2019 The Hudson Bay area boasts many groomed snowmobile trails. (Facebook/Hudson Bay Trail Riders)

Bisons' Iizuka attempting to become first female to play U Sports football
Reina Iizuka is Canadian university football's best-kept secret. The five-foot-seven, 160-pound defensive back is entering her third year at the University of Manitoba, having been ...
Feb 26, 2019

Nigeria votes for a 2nd day in places as death toll rises
KANO, Nigeria - Nigeria faced a second day of voting in scattered areas Sunday in a presidential election seen as too close to call, while the death toll from vote-related violence mounted in Africa's...
Feb 26, 2019

Service Canada Coming to Stanley Mission
Representatives from Service Canada will be in Stanley Mission at the Band Hall from 10:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. to issue Social Insurance Numbers, help with Canada Pension Plan, Old Age Security and I...
Feb 26, 2019 : Karen Cay

Trudeau looking forward to Wilson-Raybould testimony on SNC-Lavalin controversy
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says it was important to waive solicitor-client privilege and cabinet onfidentiality to allow for former justice minister Jody Wilson-Raybould to tell her side o...
Feb 26, 2019

Liberals celebrate Quebec byelection win while NDP relieved over Singh's success
OTTAWA - Liberal cabinet ministers expressed delight this morning over securing a win in a Quebec riding formerly held by Tom Mulcair while the NDP breathed a collective sigh of relief over their lead...
Feb 26, 2019