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Head coach George Burnett still searching for first Memorial Cup title
HALIFAX - Guelph Storm general manager/head coach George Burnett won't call it the most difficult road a team has ever taken to get to the Memorial Cup. But he sure followed a much easier path&nb...
May 16, 2019
Carnival worker accused of killing 2 missing women, teen
Two missing women and a missing teenage girl were shot to death by a carnival worker who met them through the travelling show, authorities in Virginia say. James Michael Wright, 23, is accused of kill...
May 16, 2019
Saskatchewan Roughriders sign veteran punter Jon Ryan to one-year deal
REGINA - Punter Jon Ryan has returned home. The 37-year-old Regina native signed a one-year deal with the Saskatchewan Roughriders on Tuesday. The six-foot, 217-pound Ryan returns to the CFL following...
May 16, 2019
Trudeau says U.S. state abortion bans are 'backsliding on women's rights'
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he is deeply disappointed in a "backsliding on women's rights" happening in American states moving to ban abortion access. Alabama's legislature p...
May 16, 2019
Woman tells Winnipeg murder trial drugs blossomed into romance
WINNIPEG - One of five women who lived with a man now accused of first-degree murder testified she met him buying methamphetamine but it soon turned romantic. Perez Cleveland, who is 46, has plea...
May 16, 2019
Final preparations begin for community powwow
Over 3,000 people are expected to fill Kinsmen Park later this month for the second annual "Heart of the Youth" community powwow, according to the event's coordinator.Liz Settee, who is also Elder for...
May 16, 2019 (Nigel Maxwell/ paNOW Staff)
RCMP wants to see evidence that led to demise of Mark Norman case
OTTAWA - RCMP investigators say they're not sure why the Mark Norman case collapsed because they haven't seen the new evidence that led to the stay of a breach-of-trust charge agai...
May 16, 2019
Meeting the coaches
As the Prince Albert Raiders get settled in Halifax for the 2019 Memorial Cup presented by Kia, they don't know an awful lot about their opponents. So at the coaches' conference on Thursday night, paN...
May 16, 2019 The four coaches vying for the 2019 Memorial Cup. (From left to right, Eric Veilleux, Halifax Mooseheads, Marc Habscheid, Prince Albert Raiders, Mario Pouliot, Rouyn-Noranda Huskies, George Burnett, Guelph Storm. (Jeff D'Andrea/paNOW Staff)
CFL, CFL Players' Association into marathon collective bargaining talks
TORONTO - The CFL and CFL Players' Association are now into marathon bargaining. According to a pair of sources, the two sides met into the night Monday and got a head start on talks early T...
May 16, 2019
Firefighter killed, 3 injured at Wisconsin transit station
APPLETON, Wis. - A firefighter responding to a medical emergency was killed in a shooting at a Wisconsin bus station that left three others injured, officials said. The shooting happened after police ...
May 16, 2019
