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Giants' Trent Miner, Bowen Byram among group using CHL playoffs as NHL audition
TORONTO - Vancouver Giants goaltender Trent Miner was only supposed to be taking notes this season. The 18-year-old rookie, who played the majority of last season in triple-A before a January callup t...
Apr 11, 2019
Canadians divided on banning handguns, assault-style firearms: consultation
OTTAWA - A newly released summary of federal consultations says Canadians have wildly diverging views on banning handguns and assault-style firearms. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau asked...
Apr 11, 2019
Military continues sex-misconduct fight with new guide for members, commanders
OTTAWA - The Canadian Forces have a new manual on how to respond to sexual misconduct, aiming to close many of the gaps identified in the military's policies on abuse in its ranks. But some concerns r...
Apr 11, 2019
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
