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Oh Baby! Legendary broadcaster Bob Cole set to make one final call
Bob Cole still remembers the butterflies flapping in his stomach as he walked into the old Boston Garden in the spring of 1969. Calling games on "Hockey Night in Canada" was his dream. This ...
Apr 05, 2019
Rep: Jagger doing well after receiving medical treatment
NEW YORK - A representative for Mick Jagger says he has successfully undergone treatment, though no details were provided. In a statement released Friday, Jagger's rep says he "is doing very well and ...
Apr 05, 2019
B.C. public schools to provide free menstrual products for students
BURNABY, B.C. - Free menstrual products are being made available in every British Columbia public school. Education Minister Rob Fleming says a ministerial ordered requires all public schools to provi...
Apr 05, 2019
Former sports radio co-host Carton gets 3 1/2 years in prison
NEW YORK - Sports radio personality Craig Carton has been sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison for a ticket reselling scam that ended his decade-long show with ex-NFL quarterback Boomer Esiason. Carton ...
Apr 05, 2019
North Saskatchewan River ice expected to break within the week
Viewers of the North Saskatchewan River will soon be able to watch a parade of ice-islands flow by the city.Water Security Agency spokesperson Patrick Boyle said that ice on the river should start to ...
Apr 05, 2019 With warmer weather increasing the risk of breakup, the Water Security Agency said the ice on the North Saskatchewan River is extremely dangerous. (Ronald Quaroni/paNOW Staff)
Former Winnipeg broadcaster get prison time after admitting to bank holdups
REGINA - A former Winnipeg television sports anchor has been sentenced to nearly three years in prison after pleading guilty to a string of bank robberies in Saskatchewan. Stephen Vogelsang was s...
Apr 05, 2019
Cryptocurrency platform QuadrigaCX should be placed in bankruptcy: monitor
HALIFAX - The court-ordered monitor picking over the remains of the shuttered QuadrigaCX cryptocurrency platform says the insolvent operation should be placed in bankruptcy. Ernst and Young says ...
Apr 05, 2019
Manitoba joins two other provinces challenging federal carbon tax in court
WINNIPEG - Manitoba has joined a list of conservative-led provinces challenging the federal government's backstop carbon tax in court. Premier Brian Pallister says his government will ask a ...
Apr 05, 2019
O'Regan says Cat Lake housing money will not be spent on consultant fee
OTTAWA - Indigenous Services Minister Seamus O'Regan says the government is "deeply disturbed" by a report that a consultant working for Cat Lake First Nation is demanding a fee of more than $1 m...
Apr 05, 2019
Eric Lapointe's group won't be buying Alouettes from Robert Wetenhall
The CFL says American businessman Robert Wetenhall still owns the Montreal Alouettes but if the franchise goes up for sale, a group headed by former player Eric Lapointe won't be in the runn...
Apr 05, 2019
