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Vancouver's Bibiano Fernandes reclaims One Championship MMA bantamweight title
TOKYO - Brazilian-Canadian Bibiano (The Flash) Fernandes reclaimed his One Championship MMA bantamweight crown from Kevin (The Silencer) Belingon on Sunday when the Filipino title-holder was disqualif...
Mar 31, 2019
Annual Chili Cook-off raises money for Children's Haven
The weather outside this weekend may have been slightly colder than the last few Prince Albert has experienced, but there was a good way to stay warm.The 31st annual Power99 FM Chili Championships run...
Mar 31, 2019 Dozens of participants competed in this year's 31st annual Chili Cook-off. All proceeds from the event went to Prince Albert's Children's Haven. (Brady Bateman/paNOW Staff)
Canada's chief justice urges 'major reforms' to judge oversight
TORONTO - The body that handles complaints about the behaviour of federally appointed judges is in need of both internal and legislative reform to streamline what is now a cumbersome disciplinary proc...
Mar 31, 2019
Saturday's Scoreboard
WHLFirst Round Playoff Series - Best of Seven Everett 9, Tri-City 1 (Everett wins series 4-1)Calgary 6, Lethbridge 5 (Calgary leads series 3-2)Vancouver 5, Seattle 1 (Vancouver wins series 4-2)Spokane...
Mar 31, 2019
Montreal priest stabbed one week ago returns to church, presides over mass
MONTREAL - A week after he was stabbed while delivering morning mass, a Montreal priest was back at the altar Friday. Rev. Claude Grou said afterwards he was somewhat concerned but...
Mar 31, 2019
Human Rights Watch: missing Canadian Edith Blais was kidnapped, taken to Mali
A Canadian woman who's been missing in West Africa for several months has reportedly been kidnapped and taken to Mali. Edith Blais of Quebec and her travel companion, Luca Taccheto of Italy, went miss...
Mar 31, 2019
Moncton to host 2019 CFL game between Toronto Argonauts and Montreal Alouettes
The CFL will stage another game in Moncton, N.B., with the possibility of more to come. The league announced Friday the Aug. 25 contest between the Toronto Argonauts and ...
Mar 31, 2019
Bonjour, Alexa! How a virtual assistant learned to speak Canadian French
MONTREAL - Last September, Hans Laroche embarked on an unusual teaching assignment. He and a few thousand fellow Quebecers were enlisted to help Amazon's virtual assistant Alexa learn the finer p...
Mar 31, 2019
Dieppe veteran who was Canadian Army's longest-serving officer dies at 101
MONTREAL - A Second World War veteran who was the Canadian Army's longest-serving officer has died. The Royal Montreal Regiment announced that Honorary Col. David Lloyd Hart died last Wednesday at the...
Mar 31, 2019
Saying business model is "financially unsustainable," the CWHL is folding
TORONTO - The Canadian Women's Hockey League is no more. The CWHL's board of directors have decided to discontinue operations May 1 of this year, the league has announced. "Unfortunately, while the on...
Mar 31, 2019
