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Canada defeats Spain 21-0 to advance to semifinals at HSBC Canada Sevens Rugby
VANCOUVER - Scrum-half Lucas Hammond scored a try and made a big defensive play as Canada defeated Spain 21-0 Sunday to advance to the semifinals of the HSBC Canada Sevens Rugby tournament. It was a t...
Mar 08, 2020
20th annual Round Dance brings song, dance and friendship
The Northern Lights Casino 20th annual Round Dance on Saturday was a celebration for staff and a chance to remember former colleagues.General Manager Richard Ahenakew said it was also a chance to say ...
Mar 08, 2020 People join together in a round dance at the Senator Allen Bird Memorial Centre on Saturday. (Ian Gustafson/paNOW Staff)
Matthis Manicke has dominating showing at Snow Slam
Matthis Manicke swept the floor of his martial arts competition at the Snow Slam Open Tournament in Yorkton on the weekend. Manicke, who is an instructor at the Kuro Tora Dojo in Prince Albert, got fo...
Mar 08, 2020 Renshi Matthias Manicke of the Kuro Tora Dojo in Prince Albert celebrates his four event victories. Submitted photo/Wolfgang Manicke
Ravens reach U sports men's basketball semifinal for 18th straight season
OTTAWA - Calgary Dinos head coach Dan Vanhooren knew exactly what his team needed to do to beat the Carleton Ravens in the U Sports men's basketball championship quarterfinal. The only problem is that...
Mar 08, 2020
Ohio State settling some suits over doc abuse; cost unclear
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio State reached an unspecified settlement with nearly half of the roughly 350 men who say they were sexually abused decades ago by a team doctor who was jokingly known among some a...
Mar 08, 2020
Navy's aging warships getting harder to repair: Defence report
OTTAWA - The Royal Canadian Navy's maintenance facilities are having an increasingly tougher time fixing Canada's warships because of staff shortages, lack of spare parts and the age of the fleet, acc...
Mar 08, 2020
Peter MacKay says he regrets how 'stinking albatross' comment was viewed
REGINA - Federal Conservative leadership candidate Peter MacKay says he regrets how some people interpreted his comment that current leader Andrew Scheer's socially conservative values were a "stinkin...
Mar 08, 2020
Oil price dives as OPEC, Russia fail to agree on output cut
VIENNA - OPEC and key ally Russia failed to agree Friday on a cut to oil production that would have contained the plunge in the price of crude caused by the new coronavirus outbreak's massive disrupti...
Mar 08, 2020
Canadian Brandon Bridge shifting focus from football to career in policing
Canadian quarterback Brandon Bridge has shifted his focus from football to police work. Peel Regional Police announced Friday the 27-year-old from Mississauga, Ont., is pursuing a ...
Mar 08, 2020
Dr. Bonnie Henry, virus hunter, healer, resolves to "break" COVID-19
VICTORIA - At the end of a stark news conference during which Dr. Bonnie Henry wiped tears as she broke the news confirming diagnosis of two cases of COVID-19 transmission at a North Vancouver lo...
Mar 08, 2020
