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Oakland Raiders' Luke Willson finally gets to play another game in Canada
Luke Willson figures he'll have a smooth travel day when his Oakland Raiders head to Winnipeg for Thursday's NFL pre-season game against the Green Bay Packers. "I think I'm going to have the easiest t...
Aug 21, 2019
Conservationists gather to advance bison at P.A. National Park
A number of groups and people focused on buffalo conservation gathered in Prince Albert National Park Tuesday.The Paspiwin Cultural Heritage Site hosted a Buffalo Treaty Gathering, which brought toget...
Aug 21, 2019 Ceremonies took place in the southern part of the P.A.National Park before speakers got on the microphone (Michael Joel-Hansen/paNOW Staff)
US home sales rose 2.5% in July, aided by low mortgage rates
WASHINGTON - U.S. home sales increased 2.5% in July, a sign that lower mortgage rates have produced a spurt of home-buying. The National Association of Realtors said Wednesday homes sold last month at...
Aug 21, 2019
Ethics commissioner ready to testify to committee today: NDP critic
OTTAWA - The NDP's Charlie Angus says he expects ethics commissioner Mario Dion to be in a position to testify before a parliamentary committee today about his findings on the prime minister...
Aug 21, 2019
Jury to weigh ex-school head's lawsuit against writer Sparks
RALEIGH, N.C. - A jury will decide whether the former head of a private Christian school that novelist Nicholas Sparks founded in his North Carolina hometown was unjustly fired, then defamed when the ...
Aug 21, 2019
German city offers $1.1M to whoever proves it doesn't exist
BERLIN - A German city that's been the subject of a long-running online light-hearted conspiracy theory claiming it doesn't really exist is offering big bucks to whoever proves that's true. Officials ...
Aug 21, 2019
China says British consulate staffer detained 15 days
HONG KONG - China said Wednesday a staffer at the British consulate in Hong Kong has been given 15 days of administrative detention in the city of Shenzhen for violating regulations on public order. T...
Aug 21, 2019
Iran moves to strike 4 zeroes from its battered currency
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's president has sent a bill to parliament that would cut four zeroes from value of the nation's sanctions-battered currency, the rial. Semi-official news agencies reported the news...
Aug 21, 2019
In the news today, Aug. 21
Four stories in the news for Wednesday, Aug. 21 --- ETHICS REPORT NOT HURTING LIBERALS: POLL A new poll suggests a scathing ethics report on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's handling of ...
Aug 21, 2019
Judge acquits Manitoba Mountie of manslaughter; says officer feared for his life
THOMPSON, Man. - A judge says he believes that a northern Manitoba RCMP officer genuinely feared for his life when he repeatedly shot at a drunk driver coming at him during an atte...
Aug 21, 2019
