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Kasirer praised for keen mind, collegiality at Supreme Court welcoming ceremony
OTTAWA - Colleagues praised Nicholas Kasirer as a nimble legal mind and devoted professional Monday at a ceremony to welcome the newest member of the Supreme Court of Canada. The fluently bilingual Ka...
Nov 06, 2019
SeaBus affected as Metro Vancouver transit strike reaches Day 4 with no talks
VANCOUVER - Job action by Metro Vancouver transit workers is into a fourth day with more sailing cancellations on a pedestrian ferry connecting Vancouver to the North Shore, and a warni...
Nov 06, 2019
Jozy Altidore says it will take a miracle to play Sunday in MLS Cup final
Toronto FC striker Jozy Altidore offered a blunt update Monday on the quad strain that has kept him out of the MLS playoffs. "It's been a while. At this point, it'll take a little bit of a miracl...
Nov 06, 2019
Receiver Banks tops Hamilton Ticats' list of 13 East Division all-stars
TORONTO - Record-setting receiver Brandon Banks topped the list of 13 Hamilton Tiger-Cats placed on the East Division all-star squad Wednesday. Banks finished the regular season as the CFL's leading r...
Nov 06, 2019
Carol Burnett returning to 'Mad About You' revival
LOS ANGELES - Carol Burnett will be among the familiar faces gracing the "Mad About You" revival. Sony Pictures Television announced Monday that Burnett will reprise her Emmy-winning role as the mothe...
Nov 06, 2019
Alaska university taking PB&J as payment for parking tickets
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - What a lip-smacking offer! Anyone with unpaid parking fines at the University of Alaska Anchorage campus has the option to reduce or cover the cost of their tickets with peanut but...
Nov 06, 2019
MP Dominic LeBlanc discharged from Montreal hospital following stem cell transplant
MONTREAL - Re-elected federal Liberal Dominic LeBlanc has been discharged from a Montreal hospital following a successful stem cell transplant. LeBlanc said in a statement today he is feeling str...
Nov 06, 2019
Charges laid, following gun-related incident in Birch Hills
A 29-year-old man has been charged with assault in connection to a tense situation in Birch Hills last week in which the local school was temporarily placed on alert.Early Friday morning, police respo...
Nov 06, 2019 (File photo/paNOW Staff)
Alfred Jenkins has been certified fresh
The Alfred Jenkins Field House is getting a thumbs up when it comes to air quality.The facility has been recognized by the National Air Filtration Association (NAFA) with a Clean Air Award."Alfred Jen...
Nov 06, 2019 Neil Hamilton, Facilities Maintenance Coordinator (left) and Lynne Schwartzenberger, Alfred Jenkins Field House Recreation Coordinator (center) Scot Johnson, Manager, BGE Indoor Air Quality Solutions (right). (Submitted photo/ City of Prince Albert)
Conservative post-election gathering gets underway on Parliament Hill
OTTAWA - Members of the federal Conservative caucus have gathered on Parliament Hill to sift the ashes of the 2019 federal election campaign - and contemplate the future of leader Andrew Scheer. The m...
Nov 06, 2019
