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Warmer than usual Christmas Day for much of Canada, low-visibility fog across Ontario
OTTAWA - Christmas across much of Canada has been warmer than normal, with above zero-temperatures from Ontario to the Maritimes while the West Coast braces for heavy rains. Environment Canada has iss...
Dec 25, 2023
Canada in an unfamiliar position ahead of world junior opener against Finland
GOTHENBURG, Sweden - Macklin Celebrini hasn't been an underdog many times in his life. The same goes for Canada whenever the country hits the ice for an international tournament. Heading into the 2024...
Dec 25, 2023
Celebrini to Savoie: 10 players to watch at the world junior hockey championship
GOTHENBURG, Sweden - The world junior hockey championship gets going Tuesday. While there's no Connor Bedard this year following his record-breaking performance at the 2023 tournament in Halifax, the ...
Dec 25, 2023
Search for young girl who fell into Quebec river enters fourth day
DOLBEAU-MISTASSINI, Que. - Quebec provincial police are resuming a search for a four-year-old girl who fell into a river in a region north of Quebec City on Friday. The child was sledding with her mot...
Dec 25, 2023
Vancouver resident says Gaza used to be 'dressed like a bride' during Christmas
What Omar Mansour misses most about Christmas in the Gaza Strip is the music. Churches, schools and homes played Christmas music starting early December, said the Vancouver resident, and a permanent r...
Dec 25, 2023
Pope Francis denounces the weapons industry as he makes a Christmas appeal for peace in the world
ROME (AP) - Pope Francis on Monday blasted the weapons industry and its "instruments of death" that fuel wars as he made a Christmas Day appeal for peace in the world and in particular between Israel ...
Dec 25, 2023
'Beauty in the struggle': Edmonton TikToker aims to end hunger with street outreach
EDMONTON - Kora-lea Vidal, once a running back for Canada's silver-medal-winning national football team, says she never thought she'd escape domestic violence and become homeless. Vidal, 36, often pos...
Dec 25, 2023
Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Navalny located in penal colony 3 weeks after contact lost
MOSCOW (AP) - Associates of imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said Monday that he has been located at a prison colony above the Arctic Circle nearly three weeks after contact with hi...
Dec 25, 2023
Year in Review: Bruce Vance leaves lasting legacy on P.A.
As 2023 draws to a close, paNOW is taking a look back on the most important and impactful stories of the year, as selected by our reporters and editorial staff.This past year was a special one for Pri...
Dec 25, 2023
A plane stuck for days in France for a human trafficking investigation leaves for India
VATRY, France (AP) - A charter plane grounded in France for a human trafficking investigation departed on Monday for India, after an exceptional holiday ordeal that left about 300 Indians en route to ...
Dec 25, 2023
