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Brothers sue Jussie Smollett's lawyers, claiming defamation
CHICAGO - Two brothers who say they helped Jussie Smollett stage a racist and homophobic attack against himself filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the "Empire" actor's attorneys, alleging that they repea...
Apr 23, 2019

Zelenskiy wins Ukraine's presidential election with 73%
KIEV, Ukraine - Full preliminary results show TV comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy won Ukraine's presidential election with 73% of the vote. The Ukrainian Central Election Commission on Tuesday published t...
Apr 23, 2019

US expands probe into air bag failures to 12.3M vehicles
DETROIT - U.S. auto safety regulators have expanded an investigation into malfunctioning air bag controls to include 12.3 million vehicles because the bags may not inflate in a crash. The problem coul...
Apr 23, 2019

Singh says childhood abuse steeled him for scrutiny and stress of politics
OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says he decided to "take a chance" and share his story of childhood sexual abuse in hopes of helping other victims. He recounts the assaults for the first time&n...
Apr 23, 2019

Rodeo Queen Contestants
The 49th Annual Rodeo Queen Contest is April 26, 27 andd 28 with $1,000 in prize money.See the poster for details.
Apr 23, 2019

Hundreds of Canadian troops deployed to flood zones in Quebec and N.B.
MONTREAL - Quebecers whose homes are repeatedly flooded may eventually be forced to move, Premier Francois Legault said Sunday as he toured an area enduring its second bout of spring flooding in three...
Apr 23, 2019

Safety and Health Week.
The 2019 Prince Albert NAOSH Week Barbeque will be at the Art Hauser Centre on Thursday, May 9 from 11:30 a.m. until 1:00 p.m..See the poster for details.
Apr 23, 2019

Monday's Scoreboard
Monday's GamesTELUS CupToronto 1, Halifax 2Cantonniers de Magog 6, Tisdale 0Thunder Bay 4, Calgary 7MJHLPortage 3, Swan Valley 2 (OT)POR wins 4-3, will face Battlefords for ANAVET Cup NHL PlayoffsFirs...
Apr 23, 2019 (file photo/battlefordsNOW staff)

Bahrain king reinstates citizenship of 551 amid mass trials
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Bahrain's king on Sunday reinstated the citizenship of 551 people convicted and stripped of their nationality amid a series of mass trials conducted as part of a yearslon...
Apr 23, 2019

US new-home sales climbed 4.5% in March
WASHINGTON - Sales of new U.S. homes increased 4.5% in March, the third straight monthly gain as the housing market appears to be cautiously recovering from a mortgage rate spike last year that caused...
Apr 23, 2019