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Canada's two-man crew of Kripps, Stones in contention at world championships
WHISTLER, B.C. - Canada's Justin Kripps and Cam Stones are in contention halfway through two-man bobsled runs at the world championships. Kripps of Summerland, B.C., and Stones of Whitby, Ont., are 0....
Mar 02, 2019
Notley says new energy assessment bill conflicts with purchase of pipeline
OTTAWA - Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says it makes no sense for Ottawa to use one hand to buy the Trans Mountain pipeline for $4.5 billion, and another to push legislation that w...
Mar 02, 2019
Senegal: President gets election win, rivals won't challenge
DAKAR, Senegal - Senegalese President Macky Sall easily won re-election to a second term during a first round of voting, election officials announced Thursday. His opponents issued a joint statement s...
Mar 02, 2019
Sask RCMP issue warning as online 'challenge' spreads
Saskatchewan RCMP are reminding children and parents about online safety as the momo challenge spreads online. According to RCMP, the challenge encourages youth to do dangerous things.Police recommend...
Mar 02, 2019 Saskatchewan RCMP have issued a reminder about the importance of online safety (File Photo/paNOW Staff)
Veteran Lions quarterback Travis Lulay announces his CFL retirement
SURREY, B.C. - Tears welled in Travis Lulay's eyes Thursday as he spoke about ending his CFL career. The veteran B.C. Lions quarterback had announced earlier in the day that he was retiring and said h...
Mar 02, 2019
PM's former top adviser asks to testify after Wilson-Raybould bombshell
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's former principal secretary, Gerald Butts, wants to give his side of the story in the SNC-Lavalin affair. Butts wrote the House of Commons justice com...
Mar 02, 2019
Harvard choir that rejected W.E.B. Du Bois pays him tribute
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - A Harvard University choir group that rejected author W.E.B. Du Bois when he was a student because he was black will celebrate his work through a musical tribute. The Harvard Glee C...
Mar 02, 2019
Trudeau announces Canada will be partner in NASA-led Lunar Gateway project
LONGUEUIL, Que. - Canada will be a partner in a NASA-led project to establish an outpost for lunar exploration as part of a revitalized national space program, Prime Minister Justin Tru...
Mar 02, 2019
National Defence lowballing cost of used Aussie fighters: budget officer
OTTAWA - Parliament's budget watchdog says the Department of National Defence might have deliberately lowballed the cost of buying and flying second-hand fighter jets from Australia by $200 million. T...
Mar 02, 2019
Growing support for separating roles of justice minister and attorney general
OTTAWA - Federal Justice Minister David Lametti is publicly musing about whether Canada should consider separating the offices of its attorney general and its minister of justice in the wake of t...
Mar 02, 2019
