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City council renews contract for operation of Cosmopolitan Lodge
The city has opted to continue working with the same operator for the Cosmopolitan Lodge at Little Red River Park for another year, but says some changes are needed to make the facility more of a dest...
Mar 06, 2019 file photo/paNOW Staff
Alouettes veteran lineman Brodeur-Jourdain enjoying solid CFL career
The Mr. Irrelevant of the 2008 CFL draft has quietly fashioned himself a solid career. Offensive lineman Luc Brodeur-Jourdain was the last player taken in that draft, going 48th overall to the Mo...
Mar 06, 2019
'Jeopardy!' host Alex Trebek says he has pancreatic cancer
LOS ANGELES - "Jeopardy!" host Alex Trebek says he has been diagnosed with advanced pancreatic cancer. In a video posted online Wednesday, the 78-year-old said he was announcing his illness directly t...
Mar 06, 2019
Manchester United stuns PSG 3-1 to reach CL quarterfinals.
PARIS - Marcus Rashford's injury-time penalty sent Manchester United through to the Champions League quarterfinals on Wednesday, securing a 3-1 win at Paris Saint-Germain to overturn a two-goal defici...
Mar 06, 2019
Michigan governor proposes nearly tripling the gas tax
LANSING, Mich. - New Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, who campaigned on a bold promise to "fix the damn roads" in the capital of the U.S. auto industry, will propose nearly tripling the state's per-gal...
Mar 06, 2019
Canada looking to add to medal haul at bobsled, skeleton world championships
WHISTLER, B.C. - Mirela Rahneva's heart thumped in her chest as she stood at the top of the sliding track in Whistler, B.C., last weekend. The Canadian skeleton athlete doesn't usually get anxiou...
Mar 06, 2019
A timeline of the SNC-Lavalin affair
OTTAWA - A chronology of the SNC-Lavalin controversy, according to public documents, reports and testimony to the House of Commons justice committee: Feb. 19, 2015 - The RCMP lays corruption and fraud...
Mar 06, 2019
Saskatchewan's Moe wants carbon tax delayed pending Appeal Court ruling
REGINA - Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe is asking Ottawa to hold off on imposing a carbon tax next month until the province's Court of Appeal has ruled on its constitutionality. S...
Mar 06, 2019
McDonald among Canadian stars at Final 8 women's basketball tournament
TORONTO - Haley McDonald knew she'd had a decent night. But what mattered more was that her Acadia Axewomen had held on to beat UPEI in the Canadian university conference semifinals. It wasn...
Mar 06, 2019
Schnell feeling lucky that Escape Clause not among horses to die a Santa Anita
Canadian Don Schnell considers himself very lucky. On Wednesday, California's storied Santa Anita racetrack closed indefinitely following the death of 21 horses there over 10 ...
Mar 06, 2019
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