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Gushue beats Dunstone at Tim Hortons Brier to advance to final against Bottcher
KINGSTON, Ont. - Newfoundland and Labrador's Brad Gushue defeated Saskatchewan's Matt Dunstone 7-6 in Sunday's semifinal at the Tim Hortons Brier. Gushue had hammer in the 10th end and drew ...
Mar 8, 2020

Vintage Snowmobile Drag Racers blaze through blizzards for hospice
Despite the blizzard like conditions, the first annual Prince Albert Vintage Snowmobile Drag Race was a success.On Saturday from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m., an estimated 130 racers competed at the Prince Al...
Mar 8, 2020 Racers get set at the start line for the Prince Albert Vintage Snowmobile Drag Races. (Ian Gustafson/paNOW Staff)

Former Wolfpack CEO Eric Perez details his rugby league road to Ottawa
Having co-founded and launched the Toronto Wolfpack, Eric Perez always knew one rugby league team wasn't enough in North America. "There's so much more potential for it to grow over here," he said. "I...
Mar 8, 2020

Global Inuit organization concerned about potential spread of COVID-19 in North
OTTAWA - If the novel coronavirus spreads to the North, Inuit communities in Canada and elsewhere in the Arctic are at a much higher risk of exposure because of a chronic lack of basic infrastruc...
Mar 8, 2020

Ottawa speedskater Ivanie Blondin wins World Cup women's mass start title
HEERENVEEN, Netherlands - Ottawa speedskater Ivanie Blondin captured the overall World Cup women's mass start title Sunday in the final day of competition on the circuit. Blondin finished fifth in the...
Mar 8, 2020

The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest news on the novel coronavirus and the illness dubbed COVID-19 (all times Eastern): 5:37 p.m. The Ontario Ministry of Health says two more people have tested positive for the novel co...
Mar 8, 2020

21 positive for coronavirus on cruise ship off California
SAN FRANCISCO - Twenty-one people aboard a mammoth cruise ship off the California coast tested positive for the new coronavirus and 19 of them are crew members, Vice-President Mike Pence announced Fri...
Mar 8, 2020

Cruise ship carrying 237 Canadians has reported 21 cases of COVID-19 so far
A cruise ship carrying 237 Canadians that is being held in the waters off San Francisco has 21 confirmed cases of COVID-19.Princess Cruises issued a statement late Friday saying the first phase of hea...
Mar 8, 2020 (Jessie Anton/980 CJME)

Slain Quebec teen Oceane Boyer remembered as a 'ball of energy' as family bids farewell
LACHUTE, Que. - A Quebec teen who was the victim of a brutal slaying last week was remembered by family and friends on Friday as a helpful, compassionate and energetic force. Hundreds of people t...
Mar 8, 2020

Clean needles in prisons called 'essential health care' in court challenge
TORONTO - Denying drug-addicted prisoners access to clean syringes deprives them of essential health care, which is a violation of their constitutional rights, an Ontario court hea...
Mar 8, 2020

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