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Ebola outbreak in Congo declared a global health emergency
GENEVA - The deadly Ebola outbreak in Congo is now an international health emergency, the World Health Organization announced on Wednesday after the virus spread this week to a city of two million peo...
Jul 17, 2019
Family Fun Weekend at Creekside Arena - Melfort
Come out and join us for a fun weekend with your family. We have fun events for the kids as well as some family friendly events such as team sorting and a ranch trail class. Saturday evening we are ha...
Jul 17, 2019
Trailer Court sold, remaining residents left holding their breath
The remaining residents at the North Bay Trailer Court have received welcome news, less than two weeks before a scheduled eviction.They were informed the trailer park was sold and the eviction notices...
Jul 17, 2019 The future remains uncertain for residents at the North Bay Trailer Park but at least for now they don't have to be concerned with moving. (file photo/paNOW Staff)
Toronto man who lost family in Ethiopian plane crash testifies at US Congress
A Toronto man who lost his family in the crash of a Boeing 737 Max jet in Ethiopia called Wednesday for a stronger aircraft approval process in the U.S. and said more people would die if that typ...
Jul 17, 2019
Interviews with family of highway shooting victim heard in Calgary court
CALGARY - The trial of an Alberta youth accused of firing a gun at a German tourist on a highway west of Calgary is having to rely on police interviews done with the family after he was shot...
Jul 17, 2019
'Told to shoot:' Trial begins for Alberta youth in shooting of German tourist
CALGARY - There was conflicting testimony in court Monday about whether a youth charged in the shooting of a German tourist on an Alberta highway may have acted on his own or was ordered to ...
Jul 17, 2019
Search for missing Quebec businessman, son stretches into fifth day
MONTREAL - A sonar-equipped provincial police boat explored a deep reservoir Monday for signs of a missing helicopter carrying a Quebec entrepreneur and his teen son who haven't been heard from since ...
Jul 17, 2019
Anglican Church rejects same-sex marriage amendment; will not add policy to national laws
The Anglican Church of Canada narrowly voted down a proposal to bless same-sex marriage across the denomination, with its newly elected leader acknowledging the disappointment the decision w...
Jul 17, 2019
Boxing champ Pernell Whitaker dies; hit by car in Virginia
Pernell Whitaker, an Olympic gold medallist and four-division champion who was regarded as one of the greatest defensive fighters ever, has died after being hit by a car in Virginia. He was 55. Police...
Jul 17, 2019
Final blast of torrential rains unleashed by weakened Barry
NEW ORLEANS - Tropical Depression Barry spared New Orleans and Baton Rouge from catastrophic flooding, but even as it weakened and moved north through Arkansas, its trailing rain bands swamped parts o...
Jul 17, 2019
