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Vigneault takes the wheel for Canada at men's world hockey championship
Alain Vigneault is back coaching in a big way after a winter of unemployment. Vigneault is not only Canada's head coach at the men's world hockey championship starting Friday in Sl...
May 08, 2019
Trump administration seeks to target nationwide injunctions
WASHINGTON - Vice-President Mike Pence will announce Wednesday that the Trump administration intends to challenge the right of federal district courts to issue nationwide injunctions. He'll make the a...
May 08, 2019
Ice Cube, others mourn director Singleton at private funeral
LOS ANGELES - Family, friends and dignitaries including Ice Cube, Stevie Wonder and Congresswoman Maxine Waters were among those mourning director John Singleton at his Los Angeles funeral on Monday. ...
May 08, 2019
Coffee cup in 'Game of Thrones' scene perks up viewers
LOS ANGELES - "Game of Thrones" fans got a taste of the modern world when eagle-eyed viewers spotted a takeout coffee cup on the table during a celebration in which the actors drank from goblets and h...
May 08, 2019
P.A. Mayor makes 'sweater bet' with Mayor of Vancouver
There is now a bit more riding on the outcome of the Western Hockey League's (WHL) final between the Prince Albert Raiders and Vancouver Giants.Prince Albert Mayor Greg Dionne made a friendly bet with...
May 08, 2019 (Nigel Maxwell/ paNOW Staff)
Scoring first has been key so far in the WHL final series
Whoever scored the first goal so far in the 2019 Rogers WHL Championship Series has won the game. Giants defenceman Dylan Plouffe drew first blood in Game 1, scoring 4:20 into the first period. The Gi...
May 08, 2019 Raiders forward Parker Kelly scored 41 seconds into Game 3, the start of a huge seven-goal snowball for the Raiders. Submitted photo, Rik Fedyck.
Five lingering questions from the end of Mark Norman's criminal case
OTTAWA - Now that public prosecutors have decided to stay a breach-of-trust charge against Vice-Admiral Mark Norman, here are five questions Canadians don't have full answers to: 1) What was the evide...
May 08, 2019
Federal prisons taking aim at special (illicit) deliveries from the sky
OTTAWA - Canada's prison service has earmarked $6 million for electronic systems to prevent tiny drones from dropping illegal drugs, cellphones or other contraband into the yards of its...
May 08, 2019
Hoop Dreams: Six-team Canadian Elite Basketball League set to tip off
With the new Canadian Elite Basketball League about to tip off, chief executive officer Mike Morreale is brimming with the same energy he used to have before playing a bi...
May 08, 2019
Pompeo says Canadian claim to Northwest Passage is 'illegitimate'
OTTAWA - Canada's claim over the Northwest Passage is "illegitimate," U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Monday in a major speech to the Arctic Council that Canadian experts called both provocat...
May 08, 2019
