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Quebec to expand assisted death to mentally ill, but few expected to qualify
MONTREAL - Quebec plans to expand medical aid in dying to include people with severe, incurable mental illness, the province's health minister says, with guidelines to be drawn up by the provinci...
Jan 22, 2020
CrokiCurl rink looking for home
The Prince Albert Downtown Business Improvement District is putting out a call for venues to host CrokiCurl this year.Carolyn Carleton, executive director of the Downtown Business Improvement District...
Jan 22, 2020 Prince Albert firefighters flood the Crokicurl rink last year in front of city hall. (Michael Joel-Hansen/paNOW Staff)
Crunching the chronic numbers: Indigenous incarceration rates keep rising
The proportion of Indigenous people in federal custody has reached a historic high and is increasing.Saskatchewan's numbers are alarming and First Nation leaders say it's imperative both senior levels...
Jan 22, 2020 (File photo/paNOW Staff)
Names in the mix: a list of potential Conservative leadership contenders
OTTAWA - The Conservative leadership race is underway and the deadline to register as a candidate and meet the first round of requirements is Feb. 27. These candidates have officially declared they in...
Jan 22, 2020
Manitoba RCMP spent less than $800K on massive manhunt after B.C. killings
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Mounties say they spent less than $800,000 on a massive search last summer for two young men wanted for three killings in northern British Columbia. RCMP Cpl. Julie Courchaine says...
Jan 22, 2020
When it comes to unanimous Hall picks, Jeter could be No. 2.
NEW YORK - When it comes to unanimous picks for baseball's Hall of Fame, Derek Jeter quite appropriately has the chance to be No. 2. Yankees closer Mariano Rivera became the first player to appear on ...
Jan 22, 2020
Court of Appeal reserves decision in flag dispute
A controversial flag depicting a cartoon fetus was the focus of discussions Wednesday during a court hearing in Saskatoon.Judges in the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal have reserved their decision in the...
Jan 22, 2020 (File photo/paNOW Staff)
Canadian snowboarder Mark McMorris closes in on White's X Games medal record
Mark McMorris is on the verge of Winter X Games history. Winning medals in slopestyle and big air Saturday in Aspen, Colo., would push the Canadian snowboarder past American star Shaun White...
Jan 22, 2020
Larry Walker's Hall plaque to feature Rockies cap, not Expos
NEW YORK - Larry Walker's Hall of Fame plaque in Cooperstown will have a Colorado Rockies cap, not a Montreal Expos hat. Walker spoke with Hall officials after he was elected Tuesday in his 10th and f...
Jan 22, 2020
SNC-Lavalin drops court challenge over bid for special agreement
OTTAWA - Montreal-based engineering firm SNC-Lavalin has ended its court challenge of the federal prosecution service's decision to deny it a special agreement to avoid crimin...
Jan 22, 2020
