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North Stars aim for third-straight win, sixth in last seven
As the old adage goes "Good things come in threes." After back-to-back wins in Weyburn Friday and Estevan Saturday, the Battlefords North Stars will aim to keep the ball rolling Sunday against Notre D...
Feb 24, 2019 North Stars' goaltender Joel Grzybowski will get the start again tonight for the Battlefords. Grzybowski has posted a 2.64 goals-against average and .911 save percentage through 41 games this year. (Martin Martinson/battlefordsNOW Staff) : Martin Martinson
Silvernagle finishes with bronze at Scotties
In her first ever Scotties Tournament of Hearts appearance, Robyn Silvernagle and Team Saskatchewan are heading home from Sydney, N.S., with a bronze medal.North Battleford's Silvernagle, along with S...
Feb 24, 2019 Robyn Silvernagle. Tyler Marr/battlefordsNOW
Toronto FC coach says team can rebound from disappointing loss in Panama
TORONTO - Despite suffering a humiliating 4-0 loss to Club Atletico Independiente de la Chorrera in Panama, Toronto FC coach Greg Vanney says his side can rebound in the return leg of the CONCACA...
Feb 24, 2019
El Chapo wants new trial, hearing to probe jury misconduct
NEW YORK - The defence team for Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman said Friday it will seek a new trial for the notorious drug lord in light of "misconduct" on the part of several jurors who allegedly followed...
Feb 24, 2019
Judge dismisses charges over boy's death on waterslide
KANSAS CITY, Kan. - A judge dismissed criminal charges Friday against a Kansas water park owner and the designer of a 17-story slide on which a 10-year-old boy was decapitated in 2016. Wyandotte Count...
Feb 24, 2019
Hijacking foiled on Bangladesh-Dubai flight, suspect killed
DHAKA, Bangladesh - A flight bound for Dubai from Bangladesh's capital, Dhaka, made an emergency landing Sunday in Chittagong, Bangladesh, after a man attempted to hijack the plane, officials said. Th...
Feb 24, 2019
Ball hits 100, Mustangs down Klippers
Make it nine wins in a row for the Melfort Mustangs in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League.The Mustangs defeated the Kinderlsey Klippers on Saturday 6-3 and it was also a big night for the team and ...
Feb 24, 2019 The Melfort Mustangs face off against the Kindersley Klippers, Feb, 23. (Mat Barrett/northeastNOW Staff)
QuadrigaCX case: Canada's big banks wary of cryptocurrency assets
HALIFAX - The wary skepticism that Canada's big banks have for the cryptocurrency industry was on full display Friday when a Nova Scotia judge issued an order for the eventual disbursement o...
Feb 24, 2019
Domestic workers gather to celebrate 'Roma' and the Oscars
LOS ANGELES - Doris Tapia never imagined that she would get to watch the Oscars at a party in Los Angeles, exchanging the sneakers she wears when she takes care of children in New York for a pair of h...
Feb 24, 2019
'A line . . . was crossed' in SNC-Lavalin affair, says New Democrat MP
OTTAWA - Canadians could hear this week from Jody Wilson-Raybould about whether the former attorney general believes she faced inappropriate pressure from the prime minister's office to halt a crimina...
Feb 24, 2019