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Taxpayer group reveals 43,000 Quebec bureaucrats earn $100,000 or more
MONTREAL - A national group that lobbies for smaller government and lower taxes has calculated there are more than 43,000 Quebec public sector employees earning six-figur...
Feb 04, 2020
Vancouver's Brandon Clarke a big part of Grizzlies' impressive young core
Ja Morant was a fan of Brandon Clarke before the two broke into the NBA together with the Memphis Grizzlies. While the eventual No. 2 pick in the 2019 NBA draft was turning heads at Murray State ...
Feb 04, 2020
Evacuations, road closures and plenty of cleanup after B.C. flooding, landslides
VANCOUVER - Several British Columbia communities are cleaning up and digging out after a storm swept over the southern part of the province on Friday, prompting flooding and landslides. Local sta...
Feb 04, 2020
Abu Dhabi's long-troubled Etihad sells 38 planes for $1B
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi's long-troubled Etihad Airways said Tuesday it would sell 38 aircraft to an investment firm and a leasing company in a deal valued at $1 billion, the latest cos...
Feb 04, 2020
Montreal Impact add Haiti international midfielder Steeven Saba to first team
MONTREAL - The Montreal Impact have signed Haitian international midfielder Steeven Saba on a one-year contract, with options for 2021 and 2022. Saba, 26, spent the last two seasons with Violette Athl...
Feb 04, 2020
Special monument planned in Prince Albert to honour MMIW
A monument to help honour and pay tribute to missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls may have a home on Prince Albert's riverbank by later this summer.The Sisters in Spirit project was the ide...
Feb 04, 2020 Family like those of Monica Burns will soon be asked for input on a special project. (file photo/paNOW Staff)
Second psychiatrist had worried Desmond was 'falling through the cracks'
GUYSBOROUGH, N.S. - A psychiatrist who saw Lionel Desmond two days before he fatally shot his family and himself says the former soldier showed no signs he was thinking about hurting anyone when ...
Feb 04, 2020
Nominations open for the Prince Albert Women's Hall of Fame
Do you know an extraordinary woman in Prince Albert whose work or volunteerism directly benefitted the community?The Prince Albert Council of Women (PACW) is hoping you'll send in a nomination for the...
Feb 04, 2020 The Prince Albert Women's Hall of Fame. (file photo/paNOW Staff)
Best picture '1917' is big winner at British Academy Awards
LONDON - Gut-wrenching World War I epic "1917" was the big winner at Sunday's British Academy Film Awards, winning seven prizes including best picture and best director. Sam Mendes' drama about one of...
Feb 04, 2020
WestJet flight from Toronto to Jamaica turns back after false coronavirus claim
TORONTO - A WestJet flight from Toronto to Jamaica had to turn back Monday after the airline says a passenger made an "unfounded claim regarding coronavirus." The airline said in a statement that...
Feb 04, 2020
