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"Superfan" Nav Bhatia in isolation, misses Raptors game for the first time in history
TORONTO - Friday night's Toronto Raptors game was notable for who wasn't in attendance. The Raptors' COVID-19 scare kept "Superfan" Nav Bhatia from Toronto's game against the New York Knicks. It's the...
Dec 10, 2021
B.C. businessman Frank Giustra's lawsuit against Twitter can proceed, court rules
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's highest court has upheld a lower-court ruling allowing a prominent businessman and philanthropist's defamation lawsuit against Twitter Inc. to proceed in the province. T...
Dec 10, 2021
Survey suggests health-care worker morale sinking in Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan health-care workers are looking to work less, leave the field or retire early as distress and other mental health strains increase following the latest wave of COVID-19.A survey from Univ...
Dec 10, 2021
New temporary warm space opens up for P.A.'s homeless
A warming centre is now open in Prince Albert for those living on the streets.On Friday, the Prince Albert Grand Council (PAGC) officially turned the Union Centre downtown into a space where the commu...
Dec 10, 2021
Bedard aims to join Gretzky, Crosby in playing for Canadian junior hockey team at 16
CALGARY - The half-dozen who played for the Canadian junior men's hockey team at age 16 is sprinkled with names like Gretzky, Crosby and McDavid. Connor Bedard of North Vancouver, B.C., wants to join ...
Dec 10, 2021
Iqaluit residents can drink city water again after 60-day health order
IQALUIT - People in Iqaluit can drink the city's tap water again after 60 days of living under a do-not-consume notice. The notice was lifted Friday by Nunavut's Health Department. Residents of the te...
Dec 10, 2021
16-year-old charged with attempted murder after teacher stabbed in Montreal classroom
MONTREAL - A 16-year-old boy has been charged with attempted murder after a teacher was stabbed in a Montreal high school classroom Thursday. The provincial prosecution service said the teenager, who ...
Dec 10, 2021
Like father like son. Ticats QB Dane Evans happy to learn footballs X's and O's
HAMILTON - The son of a football coach, Hamilton Tiger-Cats quarterback Dane Evans got into the X's and O's himself last year - almost by accident. When the CFL cancelled its 2020 season due to the pa...
Dec 10, 2021
Murder case involving former Prince Albert RCMP officer faces delays
A scheduled preliminary hearing next week for a former Prince Albert RCMP officer charged with first degree murder has been postponed five months. The simple reason provided to paNOW by Prosecutor Bil...
Dec 10, 2021
Speedskater Laurent Dubreuil shatters Canadian record at World Cup stop in Calgary
CALGARY - Laurent Dubreuil didn't just break Jeremy Wotherspoon's Canadian record, he shattered it. On the opening day of the ISU World Cup speedskating event at Calgary's Olympic Oval, Dubreuil of Le...
Dec 10, 2021
