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Liberals put 'right to housing,' anti-poverty laws into omnibus budget bill
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals are using their omnibus budget bill to legislate a "right to housing" in Canada, a pledge advocates worry could fall short of being the historic step ...
Apr 13, 2019
Different pictures emerge of La Loche school shooter requesting youth sentence
REGINA - Saskatchewan's highest court has reserved its decision on whether a young man who shot and killed four people and injured seven others in a northern community should be sentenced as a yo...
Apr 13, 2019
Bottas, Vettel lead Chinese GP practice sessions
SHANGHAI - Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas and Ferrari rival Sebastian Vettel led Friday's practice sessions ahead of the Chinese Grand Prix. Off the track, Formula One prepared to celebrate its 1,000...
Apr 13, 2019
Geoffrey Rush wins case against Sydney newspaper publisher
CANBERRA, Australia - Oscar-winning actor Geoffrey Rush won his defamation case on Thursday against a Sydney newspaper publisher and journalist over reports he had been accused of inappropriate behavi...
Apr 13, 2019
South Korean court orders easing of decades-old abortion ban
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - In a major reversal, South Korea's constitutional Court on Thursday ordered the easing of the country's decades-old ban on most abortions, one of the strictest in the devel...
Apr 13, 2019
Sudan's military overthrows president amid bloody protests
CAIRO - Sudan's military overthrew President Omar al-Bashir on Thursday after months of bloody protests against his repressive 30-year rule. But pro-democracy demonstrators vowed to keep up their camp...
Apr 12, 2019
Pavelski's painful goal leads Sharks past Golden Knights 5-2
SAN JOSE, Calif. - Joe Pavelski lost a couple of teeth, had stitches in his lip and his mouth was still bloody long after taking Brent Burns' point shot right off his chin . Pavelski was also able to ...
Apr 12, 2019
Golden Knights tie series with Sharks with 5-3 win in Game 2
SAN JOSE, Calif. - Mark Stone scored the tiebreaking goal on a power play created by a penalty that negated an apparent San Jose goal and the Vegas Golden Knights responded after blowing a three-goal ...
Apr 12, 2019
Rookie scores in debut, Stars beat Preds for 1-0 series lead
NASHVILLE - Miro Heiskanen turned in a post-season debut to remember, even if the Dallas rookie defenceman didn't wind up writing himself into the NHL's record book because of a late scoring change. H...
Apr 12, 2019
Gregor scores two big goals to lift Raiders to crucial Game 5 win
Prince Albert Raiders forward Noah Gregor has had his chances to score, but was unable to convert in his last five playoff games. But he sure chose a great time to end that streak as he scored twice i...
Apr 12, 2019 Raiders forward Noah Gregor celebrates his first of two goals Friday at the Art Hauser Centre as the Raiders beat the Blades 6-1 in Game 5, to take a 3-2 series lead. Jeff D’Andrea/paNOW Staff
