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Ontario tightens purse strings, Tories don't plan to balance books until 2023-24
TORONTO - Ontario's books won't be balanced within the Progressive Conservatives' mandate, but the government's first budget serves up an era of gradual belt-tightening with a side of booze. The Torie...
Apr 11, 2019
Border chaos forces truckers to wait hours, sometimes days
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico - To deal with a surge of migrating Central American families, the Trump administration has reassigned so many inspectors from U.S.-Mexico border crossings that truckers are wait...
Apr 11, 2019
Toronto Raptors rebuild has taken load off all-star guard Kyle Lowry
TORONTO - Kyle Lowry pulled the microphone out of its stand, then leaned way back in his chair in a picture of nonchalance before addressing the media on Thursday. If there's a prevailing th...
Apr 11, 2019
Daisy Bates, Johnny Cash statues headed to US Capitol
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson has signed into law a bill that replaces the state's two statues in a U.S. Capitol display with statues of civil rights leader Daisy Bates and country ...
Apr 11, 2019
Council approves Lake Estates rezoning
Prince Albert city council has approved rezoning a patch of park land in an upscale gated community on the city's south side as developers plan for construction of a set of rental fourplexes. City cou...
Apr 11, 2019 The city has voted to rezone a parcel of land in Lake Estates on South Hill to allow for the development of rental fourplexes. (Charlene Tebbutt/paNOW Staff)
Prince Albert Exhibition Centre hosts Agriculture Education event
The Prince Albert Exhibition Association hosted over 700 kids for its annual AgEd showcase.Katie Wilson, who is a director with the Prince Albert Exhibition Centre and organizes the event told paNOW t...
Apr 11, 2019 Over 700 kids came through the doors at the Prince Albert Exhibition Centre to learn about agriculture (Michael Joel-Hansen/paNOW Staff)
Toronto's BMO Field undergoes transformation into a hybrid playing surface
TORONTO - Like an electronic caterpillar, a special machine is inching its way across the BMO Field pitch these days. It's going 24 hours a day stitching green artificial fibres into the natural ...
Apr 11, 2019
Nipsey Hussle becomes face of downtown LA on day of memorial
LOS ANGELES - Nipsey Hussle's face was everywhere outside the Staples Center on Thursday, where a mood of festival and celebration stood in contrast to the sombre memorial inside . The late rapper's i...
Apr 11, 2019
Israeli spacecraft crashes in attempt to reach moon
YEHUD, Israel - An Israeli spacecraft lost contact with Earth and crashed just moments before it was to land on the moon late Thursday, failing in an ambitious attempt to make history as the first pri...
Apr 11, 2019
Stelco pushes PM for help in dealing with 'changing landscape' for steel
OTTAWA - Canadian steel producer Stelco is looking for more support from the federal government as the country's steel and aluminum producers grapple with punishing U.S. tariffs imposed on exports of ...
Apr 11, 2019
