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Montreal airport refuellers vote in favour of New Year's Day strike
MONTREAL - The workers in charge of refuelling planes at Montreal's Trudeau and Mirabel airports could walk off the job on New Year's Day, which would likely disrupt the busy holiday travel ...
Dec 28, 2019
Blue Jays officially sign Yamaguchi to two-year, $6.35-million contract
TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays have agreed to terms with right-handed pitcher Shun Yamaguchi on a two-year contract worth $6.350 million, the team announced Saturday. The 32 year old pitched 170.0 in...
Dec 28, 2019
Sabres forward Skinner out 3-4 weeks with upper body injury
BUFFALO, N.Y. - Buffalo Sabres forward Jeff Skinner will miss three to four weeks because of an upper body injury. The team did not provide any other details in announcing the update Saturday, a day a...
Dec 28, 2019
Sports Year in Review; Marauders and Crusaders share the Canadian Tire Classic before rematch
The battles between the St. Mary Marauders and Carlton Crusaders on the football field make it to our Top Sports Stories for 2019. For the first time ever in the eight years of the Canadian Tire Class...
Dec 28, 2019 The Canadian Tire Classic wasn't claimed by either the Crusaders, nor the Marauders, so they shared it in post-game celebrations. (Jeff D'Andrea/paNOW Staff)
German opera singer, conductor Schreier dies at 84
FRANKFURT - Opera singer and conductor Peter Schreier, who won fame at the Salzburg festival and Milan's La Scala, has died in Dresden, Germany. He was 84. The dpa news agency reported Thursday that h...
Dec 28, 2019
Police release teen suspect in Barnard student's killing
NEW YORK - A 14-year-old boy suspected of fatally stabbing a Barnard College freshman was released from police custody on Thursday, mere hours after New York City police said he had been located follo...
Dec 28, 2019
Mikheyev recovering in hospital, expected to miss at least 3 months after laceration injury
NEWARK, United States - The Toronto Maple Leafs announced on Saturday that Ilya Mikheyev had successful surgery to repair an artery and tendons in his wrist that were severed during the team's ga...
Dec 28, 2019
Small plane crashes in Louisiana
LAFAYETTE, La. - A fire official says 5 people are dead after a small plane crash in Louisiana. Lafayette Fire Chief Robert Benoit told KLFY-TV that there were five fatalities at the scene. Acadian Am...
Dec 28, 2019
Year in review: Health care upgrades
While there was still plenty of talk in 2019 about the need for a new hospital in Prince Albert there were a number of other big announcements made throughout the year to help enhance health care in t...
Dec 28, 2019 (File photo/ paNOW Staff)
Raptors named The Canadian Press team of the year for historic championship run
TORONTO - Fans cheered on the Toronto Raptors from all corners of Canada, gathering around televisions in bars and living rooms and squeezing shoulder to shoulder in city squares f...
Dec 28, 2019
