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'We're still dealing with the repercussions': P.A. couple hit by impaired driver 36 years ago
Rod and Della Hicks don't remember much the night of a fateful crash in 1983, but they're still feeling the effects of it today, and say they will for the rest of their lives.On July 12, 1983 Della an...
Mar 19, 2019 March 17 to 23 marks National Impaired Driving Prevention Week across Canada. (File photo/paNOW Staff)
P.A.steam engine up and running to Alberta
Prince Albert's steam Locomotive 5080 has chugged - or rather been carried - on its way to the next chapter in an already long life. The 104-year-old machine is now on the road, headed to Alberta.Crew...
Mar 19, 2019 Loco 5080 is prepared for loading at the P.A. Exhibition grounds. (Glenn Hicks/paNOW Staff)
No timetable for end to fire at Texas chemical facility
HOUSTON - Officials said Tuesday that they're not sure when a two-day-old fire at a Houston-area petrochemicals storage facility will burn itself out, but they are confident that the air quality is sa...
Mar 19, 2019
Pistons beat Raptors 110-107 to complete season sweep.
DETROIT - Blake Griffin scored 25 points, Andre Drummond had 15 points and 17 rebounds and the Detroit Pistons beat the Toronto Raptors 110-107 on Sunday to complete a season sweep. Reggie Jackson add...
Mar 19, 2019
Federal budget delivers compensation money for hard hit farmers
Dairy, egg and poultry farmers who have lost money because of Canada's recent free-trade agreements with Europe and the Pacific Rim, will receive billions of dollars in compensation, according to Tues...
Mar 19, 2019 (File photo/ farmnewsNOW)
Crash-prone Quebec ferry removed from service as inspection raises serious doubt
MONTREAL - A Transportation Safety Board of Canada investigator says a ferry that has been removed from service in Quebec after two recent collisions was already badly damaged before the acc...
Mar 19, 2019
Canadian Bianca Andreescu has her first WTA title, winning BNP Paribas Open
INDIAN WELLS, Calif. - Canadian Bianca Andreescu has her first WTA title. The unseeded 18-year-old from Mississauga, Ont., upset eighth-seeded German Angelique Kerber 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 ...
Mar 19, 2019
Sen. Beyak broke Senate's code of conduct by posting racist letters
OTTAWA - The Senate's ethics officer says Sen. Lynn Beyak violated the upper chamber's conflict-of-interest code by posting racist letters about Indigenous people on her website. Pierre Legault s...
Mar 19, 2019
Trainer Mark Casse comfortable with War of Will being a Derby favourite
Mark Casse is comfortable heading to the US$1-million Louisiana Derby with a bull's eye firmly on his back. The Casse-trained War of Will is the early 6-5 favourite for the 1 1/8-mile race, which...
Mar 19, 2019
Canadian identified as alleged informant in U.S. college admissions scandal
MONTREAL - Morrie Tobin, the Montreal native named in reports as the central figure who exposed an alleged college admissions scam in the United States, was described Tuesday by those who knew hi...
Mar 19, 2019
