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PWHL sorting out missing pieces like team names and logos as it goes along
TORONTO - The Professional Women's Hockey League has its kinks to straighten out. The league came together quickly, with a full season coming to form within five months of its inception. However there...
Jan 02, 2024
Unions serve Viterra with 72-hour strike notice
Workers at Viterra Canada are ready to strike.GSU locals 1 and 2, which represent the country operations and maintenance workers and employees at Regina head office respectively, served Viterra with 7...
Jan 02, 2024
Albertville Christmas concert raises over $11,000 for Rose Garden Hospice
Prince Albert's Rose Garden Hospice has unwrapped a wonderful Christmas gift.The Trudel family concert, held on Dec. 16 in Albertville, raised $11,450. Marina Mitchell, a spokesperson for the Rose Gar...
Jan 02, 2024
Prosecutors accuse Sen. Bob Menendez of introducing Qatari royal family member to aid NJ businessman
NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez introduced a member of the Qatari royal family and principal in a company with ties to the government of Qatar to a New Jersey businessman before the company inv...
Jan 02, 2024
Trump appeals Maine ruling barring him from ballot under the Constitution’s insurrection clause
DENVER - Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday appealed a ruling by Maine's Democratic secretary of state barring him from the ballot over his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. ...
Jan 02, 2024
Host Sweden hangs on for nervy 3-2 overtime win over Switzerland at world juniors
GOTHENBURG, Sweden - Axel Sandin-Pellikka scored a power-play goal 5:22 into overtime as host Sweden survived a scare and advanced to the semifinals with a 3-2 win over underdog Switzerland on Tuesday...
Jan 02, 2024
Ottawa to accept 1,000 applications from Canadians' relatives seeking way out of Gaza
OTTAWA - The federal government says a maximum of 1,000 Palestinian relatives of Canadian citizens will be able to apply to escape the Gaza Strip with Canada's help. The special extended family progra...
Jan 02, 2024
Dennis Edney, lawyer for former Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr, dead at 77
EDMONTON - A well-known Canadian lawyer who played a critical role in the release of Omar Khadr, a young detainee at Guantanamo Bay, has died. Dennis Edney died Saturday at the age of 77. The soccer-p...
Jan 02, 2024
Canadian Micah Zandee-Hart embraces PWHL captaincy in the city that never sleeps
Micah Zandee-Hart doesn't feel intimidated wearing the captain's 'C' in one of the biggest sports markets in the world. The 26-year-old defender from Victoria is the first captain of New York's Profes...
Jan 02, 2024
Commanding Officer of Sask. RCMP looks ahead to 2024
It was a challenging but positive year for the Saskatchewan RCMP but the service has plenty to look forward to in 2024.Commanding Officer of the Saskatchewan RCMP Rhonda Blackmore spoke to paNOW befor...
Jan 02, 2024
