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Montreal lightweight John (The Bull) Makdessi willing to sacrifice for his sport
Montreal lightweight John (The Bull) Makdessi climbs into the Octagon on Saturday for the 16th time. Among Canadians, only Georges St-Pierre (22), Patrick (The Predator) Cote (21) and Sam (Hands ...
Mar 21, 2019
Bill to make Orange Shirt Day a federal holiday passes third reading
A new statutory holiday could be announced soon as Desneth-Missinippi-Churchill River NDP MP Georgina Jolibois's private member bill passed a third and final reading.That means the bill is now headed ...
Mar 21, 2019 NDP MP Georgina Jolibois' bill to create new holiday passes final reading. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)
Congress' inaction endangers black lung fund
COEBURN, Va. - Former coal miner John Robinson's bills for black lung treatments run $4,000 a month, but the federal fund he depends on to help cover them is being drained of money because of inaction...
Mar 21, 2019
Sir John A. Macdonald statue vandalized again in downtown Montreal
MONTREAL - Vandals have spray painted a Sir John A. Macdonald statue in downtown Montreal once again. Montreal police noted the spray paint early today at the imposing bronze monument to the country's...
Mar 21, 2019
Prince Albert MP finds flaws in federal budget plan
Short term rewards offered in Tuesday's federal budget will be outweighed by the long term pain of taxes, according to Prince Albert's Conservative member of Parliament.Randy Hoback discussed the $22....
Mar 21, 2019 Randy Hoback. (File photo/ paNOW Staff)
P.A. minor hockey balances ice time during playoffs
With melting ice and upcoming playoffs, it's a stressful time of year for the P.A. Minor Hockey Association.P.A. Minor Hockey Technical Director, James Mays said it's a juggling act to cram all the te...
Mar 21, 2019 The P.A minor hockey league is set for the heat of the playoffs to get underway. (Teena Monteleone/paNOW Staff)
Davie, rivals square off over future of multibillion-dollar shipbuilding plan
OTTAWA - The president of Davie Shipbuilding says he is confident the Quebec-based shipyard will be tapped to build two new ferries included in this week's federal budget. But James Davies says it is ...
Mar 21, 2019
Pregnant asylum seeker rescued from snow trying to cross Manitoba border
WINNIPEG - A pregnant woman who walked across the United States border into Manitoba was rescued after she became trapped in a snowbank and appeared to go into labour. Emerson-Franklin Reeve Dave Carl...
Mar 21, 2019
Canada's Kirsten Moore-Towers and Michael Marinaro finish seventh in pairs
SAITAMA, Japan - Canada's Kirsten Moore-Towers and Michael Marinaro finished in seventh in pairs on Thursday at the world figure skating championships. Moore-Towers, of St. Catharines, Ont., and...
Mar 21, 2019
Young midfielder Richie Laryea comes home, signs deal with Toronto FC
Toronto FC has signed Canadian midfielder Richie Laryea. The 24-year-old from Toronto, who was a trialist with TFC during training camp, was taken seventh overall by Orlando City in the 2016...
Mar 21, 2019
