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Esso Cup announces new fan events
Amid concerns that COVID-19 could see the event cancelled or postponed, organizers of the Esso Cup say they're confident Canada's top midget female hockey tournament will go on as planned. On Thursday...
Mar 12, 2020 Bruce Vance, special events and sponsorship co-chair of the Esso Cup, speaks during a press conference on Thursday. (Alison Sandstrom/paNOW Staff)
Canadian, U.S. fighter jets intercept Russian aircraft off Alaskan coast
OTTAWA - U.S. and Canadian fighter jets have intercepted and escorted two Russian reconnaissance planes flying off the coast of Alaska, only days after Canada's top general described Russia as the gre...
Mar 12, 2020
Canada to continue immigration increases, Mendicino announces
OTTAWA - The federal government is continuing with slight increases to the number of immigrants Canada will accept over the next three years. Federal Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino released the ...
Mar 12, 2020
Tow truck drivers rally to share important message
Some Prince Albert tow truck companies want to remind drivers about the importance of slowing down and moving over when they see flashing lights.On Wednesday evening drivers from Gateway North Towing,...
Mar 12, 2020 Around 10 tow trucks from three different companies gathered on Highway 2 north of P.A. Wednesday to remind drivers to slow down and move over. (submitted photo/Mishelle Pilot Photography)
AP source: UEFA to decide on plan to postpone Euros a year
UEFA is nearing a decision to postpone the European Championship by a year to 2021 as the continent grapples with the coronavirus pandemic, a person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated...
Mar 12, 2020
NHL suspends season due to COVID-19 pandemic
NEW YORK - The NHL has suspended its season immediately due to the COVID-19 pandemic.The league made the announcement Thursday afternoon.The NHL advised all its clubs earlier in the day not to conduct...
Mar 12, 2020 Image Credit: The Canadian Press
Ethics watchdog dismisses conflict-of-interest allegation against ex-PCO boss
OTTAWA - The federal ethics commissioner says there is no reason to believe former Privy Council clerk Michael Wernick broke the conflict-of-interest law during the SNC-Lavalin affair. In a report Tue...
Mar 12, 2020
New Brunswick government tables surplus budget amid political sabre rattling
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick's governing Progressive Conservatives tabled a $10.2-billion budget Tuesday that could prove to be their undoing, given their tenuous minority in the le...
Mar 12, 2020
Humane society wants better fire protection in barns to stop animal deaths
Better fire protection is needed in barns to stop the cruel deaths of tens of thousands of farm animals each year, says a report from the Humane Society International/Canada. "We're just not...
Mar 12, 2020
Liberals defends $4M transfer from operating budget amid veterans' backlog fury
OTTAWA - The Liberal government is defending its decision to take more than $4.1 million from Veterans Affairs Canada's operating budget at a time when the department is struggling with a backlog of t...
Mar 12, 2020
