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Get out and vote Green in the election, May tells climate protesters
LONGUEUIL, Que. - Green Leader Elizabeth May supports activists who are blocking bridges to spur efforts against climate change, but she says people should get out and vo...
Oct 08, 2019
Canadian baseball team names roster for Premier 12 Olympic qualifier
OTTAWA - Former American League most valuable player Justin Morneau and ex-AL all-star Michael Saunders highlight Canada's roster for the WBSC Premier 12 next month. The 12-team, US$5.2-million e...
Oct 08, 2019
Trudeau highlights climate-change plan in Arctic, which is vulnerable to warming
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau travelled to Nunavut on Tuesday, where he highlighted his promise to protect the High Arctic against climate change and address the concerns of no...
Oct 08, 2019
Northern health agency encouraging more people to roll up their sleeves
The health agency representatives responsible for 33 northern Saskatchewan First Nations communities are hoping for a calmer flu season this year.By the end of November last year, the Northern Inter-T...
Oct 08, 2019 (File photo/ paNOW Staff)
P.A. mother alerts neighbours after adjoined townhouse fire
There were some tense moments for a P.A. family after a fire at a four-plex in the 200 block of 27th Street East yesterday.Jessica Rabbitskin and her boyfriend awoke early Monday morning to the sound ...
Oct 08, 2019 (Nigel Maxwell/paNOW Staff)
Powell sees cooler US hiring in possible hint of rate cuts
WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Tuesday that U.S. job growth since early last year was not as robust as thought, a hint that the Fed may be ready to keep cutting interest rate...
Oct 08, 2019
Oprah to give $13 million more for aid at black college
ATLANTA - Oprah Winfrey says she's giving $13 million to increase a scholarship endowment at a historically black college. Winfrey announced her plan Monday at Morehouse College in Atlanta, adding to ...
Oct 08, 2019
Jury convicts New York bomb-planter in shootout with police
ELIZABETH, N.J. - A New Jersey man already serving a life term for planting bombs in New York City has been convicted of attempted murder and assault stemming from a shootout with police three years a...
Oct 08, 2019
Singh urges young people to 'dream big' as he slams Trudeau for failing them
TORONTO - Scrapping interest on student loans as a prelude to a tuition-free world is among measures a New Democrat government would take if elected, the party's leader promised on Tuesday in a pitch ...
Oct 08, 2019
Parks department to make budget ask for playgrounds
A new report on the state of the Prince Albert's playgrounds was praised by city councillors on Monday night. The document is a detailed inventory of the 30 playgrounds in the city with individual rec...
Oct 08, 2019 The new playground that opened on Muzzy Drive this spring cost $114,000, it was funded by money from the 2018 budget (Michael Joel-Hansen/paNOW Staff)
