Author Archives:

North Battleford business pre-approved to build cannabis facility, produce hemp
North Battleford's Envirosafe Chemicals Canada (Envirosafe) has announced it received approval from Health Canada to embark on two new projects. It has been pre-approved to build a cannabis cultivatio...
Sep 18, 2019 Envirosafe president and CEO James Davey seen on Oct. 17, 2018, the day cannabis was legalized in Canada. (Tyler Marr/battlefordsNOW Staff)

AP source: New York prosecutors subpoena Trump's tax returns
New York City prosecutors have subpoenaed President Donald Trump's tax returns, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Monday. Manhattan District Attorney's Cyrus Vance Jr.'s o...
Sep 18, 2019

Schools can borrow Second World War artifacts with Canadian War Museum program
Classrooms across Canada can borrow sets of Second World War artifacts and reproductions in the second instalment of a popular learning tool provided by the Canadian War Museum. The Can...
Sep 18, 2019

Utah police use sirens to drive bear up tree for relocation
OREM, Utah - Orem police used their vehicle sirens to drive a 2-year-old bear up a tree after its presence in the central Utah caused traffic delays Wednesday morning. State Division of Wildlife Resou...
Sep 18, 2019

Lightning still the team to beat in NHL's Eastern Conference
Getting swept in the first round wasn't enough to knock the Tampa Bay Lightning off the mountaintop. After finishing 21 points ahead of everyone else during the 2018-19 regular season, the Lightning a...
Sep 18, 2019

‘Creating dreams’: U of R president, staff tour northern communities to gather feedback
Be it childcare accommodation or teacher training and retention in the North, needs for northern Saskatchewan students are intricate and unique.This is why, for the last decade, senior staff and the U...
Sep 18, 2019 The University of Regina. (file photo/CJME News Staff)

Humphries declines Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton's invitation to return to bob team
CALGARY - Olympic bobsled champion Kaillie Humphries says she won't race for Canada as long as the country's sport governing body is run by its current management. Humphries wants Bobsleigh Canada Ske...
Sep 18, 2019

Ottawa loses in court battle with Bangladesh over alleged coup plotter
OTTAWA - Bangladesh has won a round in its court battle with Canada about a man accused of taking part in a 1975 coup that resulted in the death of the south Asian country's president. In a rulin...
Sep 18, 2019

AP sources: 1 of Brown's accusers has met with NFL
Two people with knowledge of the investigation into Antonio Brown being accused of sexual assault tell The Associated Press that one of the accusers has met with NFL investigators and that there is no...
Sep 18, 2019

Jason Spezza wants to 'pay it forward' as veteran voice with Maple Leafs
Jason Spezza remembers what it was like being a young star in the NHL - the demands, the pressure, the expectations. The impact that veteran leaders had on his early career remain equally fresh i...
Sep 18, 2019