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Montreal offers to help find new homes for carriage horses as industry ends
MONTREAL - The City of Montreal plans to work with the owners of retiring caleche horses to offer the animals a chance to live out their days in the country once the industry is&nb...
Apr 12, 2019
Thieves make off with popular tourist attraction from Peggy's Cove
PEGGY'S COVE, N.S. - One of the most-photographed Nova Scotians is missing. Shorty, a wide-eyed, five-foot-two wooden fisherman, was stolen from outside a tourist spot in Peggy's Cove, N.S.,...
Apr 12, 2019
Toronto Raptors forward OG Anunoby undergoes emergency appendectomy
Toronto Raptors forward OG Anunoby has undergone an emergency appendectomy after being diagnosed with acute appendicitis. The Raptors said the surgery, performed Thursday evening a...
Apr 12, 2019
Laval defensive lineman Mathieu Betts named top CFL draft prospect
TORONTO - Laval Rouge et Or defensive lineman Mathieu Betts has held onto the No. 1 spot in the CFL's Scouting Bureau's final rankings for the 2019 draft. The Montreal native helped the Rouge et Or wi...
Apr 12, 2019
Ex-NFLer Poli-Dixon finds new career in fine art after brief stop in reality TV
TORONTO - Brian Poli-Dixon found himself at loose ends after an injury - ripping his hamstring off the bone - forced him to retire from the NFL. After taking a year off to rehabilitate his ...
Apr 12, 2019
Romania would welcome Canadian help in minimizing gap in Mali: envoy
OTTAWA - Romania's top diplomat in Ottawa says his country is moving as fast as it can to minimize a gap in the provision of lifesaving medical evacuations for injured UN peacekeepers after Canada end...
Apr 12, 2019
Lena Dunham celebrates 1st year of sobriety
NEW YORK - Lena Dunham is celebrating one year of sobriety. The 32-year-old actress shared her milestone in an Instagram post Wednesday with a photo of her flashing a thumbs-up. The "Girls" creator re...
Apr 12, 2019
Manitoba premier gets proof of payment on taxes owed on Costa Rica home
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister has produced evidence that he has, after a year of controversy on the subject, paid a luxury tax he owed on his vacation home in Costa Rica. ...
Apr 12, 2019
Redden on the Raiders: Home ice is everything so far
It all comes down to a best of three.Both teams have held court on home ice, and now we'll see if home ice advantage can be the difference maker for Prince Albert as games five and seven [if needed] w...
Apr 12, 2019 The Eastern Conference semifinal series is down to a best-of-three, and the Raiders hold home ice advantage over the Blades. (File photo/paNOW Staff)
Astronaut David Saint-Jacques says first spacewalk was 'pure joy'
MONTREAL - When Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques exited the International Space Station this week for his first spacewalk, it was dark out and he couldn't really see Earth. "But the sun was...
Apr 12, 2019
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